Courses of Study 2017-2018 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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DSOC 6820 - Community Organizing and Development


     
Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Enrollment limited to: 25 students.

S. Peters.

This course is designed to provoke students from a wide variety of gradate fields to question and examine the cultural and political dimensions of development practice in everyday community settings and contexts. It’s specifically focused on the history, theory and practice of community organizing, and the roles NGO, government, academic, and other professionals do, can, and should play in the public work of democracy.

Outcome 1: Discuss the history, theory, and practice of community organizing.

Outcome 2: Discuss the roles that NGO, government, academic, and other professionals should play in the public work of democracy.



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