Master's Degree - Community Development

« Graduate Certificate - Community Development
2023 Fall Course Info
Foundations of Community DevelopmentCommunity and Regional Economic Policy and AnalysisPrinciples and Strategies of Community ChangeSustainable CommunitiesCommunity Leadership and Capacity BuildingCommunity Engagement for Civic Change
2024 Spring Course Info
Foundations of Community DevelopmentCommunity Analysis: Introduction to MethodsCommunity and Natural Resource ManagementEvaluation of Organizations and ProgramsGov't, Politics & Community DevelopmentBuilding Native Community and Economic Capacity
Course Planner
Information is subject to change.
Please revisit this page again before the semester starts to make sure you have all the current information.
Drops and Refunds:
Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.
Spring 2024 Course Information
Gov't, Politics & Community Development
Course Description
Introduction to classical and contemporary concepts of federalism, public administration, public policy, and politics with an emphasis on their bearing on community development activities and outcomes.
Contacts
Instructor

Dane Mataic
Office: 701-231-8657
dane.mataic@ndsu.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
View the Campus Coordinator Directory >>

Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Community Development and Public Administration Theory
Edited by Ashley E Nickels and Jason D Rivera
ISBN: 9780367591335

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein
ISBN: 9781631494536

Course Access
 
Approximately three weeks before the first day of class at North Dakota State University, campus coordinator Stacy Duffield will touch base with students via email.  She will encourage students to look for an email the week before classes start that will include instructions for accessing courses at NDSU.  
 
One week before NDSU classes begin, students will receive Stacy's email which includes their ID number, user ID name, and instructions for setting up their Blackboard account at NDSU.  Students may then set their own password and security questions, choose to forward emails to a different account, and activate their NDSU Live account. 
 
Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of classes.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.
More about our members »

Akiko Mallow is in the FCS Ed program at SDSU.As a career switcher, returning student with over the 10-year gap, and non-native English-speaking learner, I was worried that I couldn't complete the Initial Teacher Certification program within a couple of years. The professors are extremely knowledgeable and experienced in each subject and support students to succeed compassionately in any possible way. The master's courses are well-designed and rewarding as I can see my learning progress instantly. Thanks to Great Plains IDEA, I am starting my new career being a high school FCS teacher this fall!

– – Akiko Mallow, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Master's Student,
See more testimonials »