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Community Development Masters

The Master’s Degree in Community Development is offered through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA).  The Great Plains IDEA is a consortium of eleven universities offering fully on-line graduate programs.  Universities participating in the Community Development Master’s Degree program include North Dakota State University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and South Dakota State University.  For more information about the program, see: www.gpidea.org/prospective/community/cdProgram.html.

For more information about the Community Development Master’s Degree program at North Dakota State University, contact:

Dr. Gary A. Goreham
Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
NDSU, Dept. 2350
PO Box, 6050, 404-E Minard Hall
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
telephone: 701-231-7637 
email: Gary.Goreham@ndsu.edu

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the Master’s Degree in Community Development the student will be able to:

  1. Apply critical thinking skills to understanding and evaluating how communities work and take action, as well as how to use, design and evaluate tools and strategies to assist communities in making change.
  2. Have a broad conceptual view of community and organizational decision-making processes and strategies and identify, use, design, and evaluate tools and strategies for promoting broad-based decision making and action.
  3. Apply critical thinking skills to identifying, using, designing, and evaluating strategies to improve economic, social, cultural and environmental conditions.
  4. Have a broad conceptual view of the need for communities to balance development among all the community capitals and identify, use, design, and evaluate strategies to assist communities and organizations in seeking balance.
  5. Appreciate the norms of behavior for the profession.

Requirements

The requirements for the 36 credit Master’s Degree program consists of:

Six core, required courses (16 credits):

  • CED 709  Community Development Orientation (1 credit)
  • CED 711  Community Development I: Principles and Strategies of Community Change (3 credits)          
  • CED 713  Community Development II: Organizing for Community Change (3 credits)
  • CED 715  Community Analysis (Introduction to Methods) (3 credits)
  • CED 717  Community and Regional Economic Analysis (3 credits)
  • CED 719  Community and Natural Resource Management (3 credits)

Five 3-credit courses from at least two of the specialization tracks (15 credits):

  • Natural Resources Management Track
  • Working with Native Communities Track
  • Building Economic Capacity Track
  • Non-Profit Management Track

General Electives (3 credits)

Thesis or Creative Component (up to six credits)

List of Courses

Core Courses

  • 709      Community Development Orientation (1 credit)       
  • 711      Community Development I: Principles and Strategies of Community Change (3 credits)
  • 713      Community Development II: Organizing for Community Change (3 credits)
  • 715      Community Analysis (Introduction to Methods) (3 credits)
  • 717      Community and Regional Economic Analysis (3 credits)
  • 719      Community and Natural Resource Management (3 credits)

Natural Resource Management Track

  • 731      Ecological Economics (3 credits)
  • 733      Sustainable Communities (3 credits) 
  • 735      Policy & Politics of Coastal Areas (3 credits)

Working with Native Communities Track

  • 721      Introduction to Native Community Development (3 credits)
  • 723      Building Native Community and Economic Capacity (3 credits)     
  • 727      Indian Country Agriculture and Natural Resources (3 credits)         
  • 725      Wellness in Native Communities: Challenges and Opportunities (1 credit)
  • 726      Youth Development in Native Communities (1 credit)         
  • 728      Role of Tribal Colleges in Economic Development (1 credits)

Building Economic Capacity Track

  • 741      Economic Development Strategies and Programs (3 credits)
  • 742      Impact Analysis (1 credit)
  • 743      Cost-Benefit Analysis (1 credit)
  • 744      Local Economic Analysis (1 credit)
  • 745      Land Management Planning (3 credits)

General Electives

  • 752      Grantwriting (3 credits)
  • 753      Not-For-Profit Management(3 credits)
  • 755      Community Leadership & Capacity Building (3 credits)

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