Master's Degree

Graduate Certificate
2019 Spring Course Info
Orientation in Community DevelopmentCommunity Analysis: Introduction to MethodsCommunity and Natural Resource ManagementHousing and Development ProgramsEvaluation of Organizations and ProgramsGov't, Politics & Community Development
Course Planner
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Drops and Refunds:
Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.
Course Information
Sustainable Communities
Course Description
Content of this course links management of natural capital to other community-based actions around resource allocation and the impacts on quality of life. Students examine literature on community-based natural resource management and assess alternative ways of valuing natural capital. Students contrast theories of natural capital in communities and human society as the theories relate to community sustainability with regard to economic vitality, social well-being, and ecosystem health.
Contacts
Instructor

Tara Clapp
Office: 515-598-4346
tlclapp@iastate.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

TBD

Course Access
 
Students will receive course information and a welcome letter about 3 weeks prior to the start of class.  Then approximately one week before the first day of class at Iowa State University, the ISU campus coordinators (Katie Mott and Casey Smith) will email course access instructions to students for courses taught by Iowa State. 
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
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Andrew Carl on duty as a park rangerThe Great Plains IDEA community development program has helped me become a better leader as a park ranger for the National  More »

– – Andrew Carl, Community Development Student,