2023 Fall Course Info
2023 Summer Course Info
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Summer 2023 Course Information
Elective in CD: Happy City
| University: | Kansas State University |
| Course Number: | CDPLN 701 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $600 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | June 05, 2023 - July 28, 2023 |
Course Description
This course makes the claim that the purpose of community development is public happiness and explores what contributes to public happiness with the purpose of informing community development practice.
Contacts
Instructor
Gregory Newmark
gnewmark@k-state.edu
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
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Charles Montgomery
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-0374534882
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Course Access
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
I have worked in the nonprofit arena for many years. The idea of returning to school for my master’s degree was daunting, especially given my typical work schedule of long and varied hours. However, knowing that I could earn my master’s degree in Community Development through Great Plains IDEA and that it would fit around my work and personal needs put me at ease. Multiple times throughout my coursework I have learned a theory, process, or skill one evening, gone to work the next morning, and applied what I learned the night before in my job.