UA 421 - Community Development Theory and Practice

Institution:

Jackson State University

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Description:

This course provides students with the essentials of community development and the skills of local capacity building that are needed in order to foster sustainable community development. It is not designed to give you answers on how to achieve sustainable development, but rather to expose you to a variety of elements and viewpoints about it. The course will broaden your horizon about what community development is and how it is pursued; it will reevaluate your assumptions and stereotypes about the world, how it works and what can be done to make things better. The course emphasizes that community building begins with the process of locating assets, skills and capacities of residents, citizens associations, and local institutions. The major thrust is on rebuilding community by releasing individual capacities, the power of the local associations and organizations and capturing institutions.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jsums.edu

Phone Number:

(601) 979-2121

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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