Faculty Advisers
Kathe Newman (co-coordinator), Robert Lake (co-coordinator), Roland Anglin, Glen Beamer, Norman Glickman, Radha Jagannathan, Julia Sass Rubin
This concentration provides broad exposure to the political, economic, and administrative processes of urban and community development. The course work examines social and economic policy formation; implementation and evaluation; the dynamics of social change; the relationship between community development and local, national, and global institutions; participatory and community planning methods; and issues of gender, race, class, and power. This concentration meets the needs of students with a range of interests, including downtown redevelopment, community revitalization, urban poverty, economic development, and housing.
Students must take both of the required courses, and at least four courses total in the concentration. It is strongly recommended that a graduate planning studio in community development be one of the four.
Required Courses
34:970:562 Community Economic Development
34:970:563 Community Development
Recommended Courses
34:833:522 Public Policy Advocacy
34:833:540 State and Local Public Finance
34:833:570 Management of Nonprofit Organizations
34:833:572 Negotiation and Public Policy
34:833:580 Health Care Policy
34:833:585 American Social Policy
34:970:521 Historic Preservation
34:970:528 Housing Economics and Markets
34:970:529 Principles of Housing
34:970:575 Locational Conflict
34:970:594 Program Evaluation
34:970:602 Zoning for Communities of Place
34:970:604 Land Development Practice
34:970:622 Urban Redevelopment
34:970:633 Population: Tools and Policy
