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
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Drops and Refunds:
Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.
Spring 2024 Course Information
Building Native Community and Economic Capacity
Course Description
This course focuses on non-western approaches to helping Native communities build their capacity. Focus is on a participatory, culture-centered, and strength-based approach to development.
Contacts
Instructor

John Phillips
Office: 573-268-5700
jphillips@consultjohnphillips.com

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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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

Not Required

Course Access
 
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students. 
 
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
 
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
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