Professor: Ellen Fitzpatrick

credits 4.00

• CRN 22687: Tuesday & Thursday, 10:00-11:50am @ LIB 322

This course provides students with an overview of community and economic development theory and practice. The course examines the historical roots, theory and policy contexts of urban and community development and examines how local stakeholders interact to meld economic growth and social equity objectives. The course also introduces the tools needed for the practice of community economic development, including asset mapping, program design and evaluation, strategic planning, and resourcing and implementing community development plans. The focus of the course is on the problems facing urban areas with respect to growth, housing, health, education and community business development. This course will prepare students for a field placement in multiple areas community development and public service.  

Graduation Requirement: This class will fulfill a Social Science Colloquium and the US: Difference, Inequality, Agency (US) cultural literacy requirement.  If the student has already taken a Social Science Colloquium, this class will fulfill both of the following requirements: an Elective Colloquium and the US: Difference, Inequality, Agency (US) cultural literacy requirement.