MPPA 600 - Foundations of Community Development

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In this course, community development is understood as a dynamic and comprehensive process that has social, political, economic and ecological dimensions. The course explores principles of community organizing and development; specifically the knowledge, skill and value base underpinning community organizing, planning, development and change. It includes consideration of systems and structures impacting community well-being, and current debates relevant to policy interventions in these systems and structures. Various models of community development are shared in relation to their goals, processes, and outcomes. The course also promotes an analysis of the student’s social location in relation to their role within change making processes.