College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Distance Education....Fall 2008

Introduction to Native Communities
C Dev 507
Credit Hours 3 non-major graduate or 3 graduate
Dates August 25 -December 12, 2008
Registration Deadline August 11, 2008
Off-Campus Program Community Development Online Master's Program
Instructor: Teresa Lamsam
E-mail: tlamsam@mail.unomaha.edu
Phone: 402-554-4853
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Tuition/Fees $415 per credit/ Other fees that will be assessed
Prerequisites Interested students must contact Carrie Brus, cbrus@iastate.edu, to register since this course is part of the Community Development program through the Great Plains IDEA consortium.
Course Description A base knowledge course for students currently working within or in partnership with Native communities or considering working in this area. Focus will be on providing a basic understanding within the context of community development of the diversity of tribal structures and cultures and the unique history and jurisdictional considerations of these nations. Working with tribes, Federal and Indian relations, and governance and cultural issues are all topics explored in this course. A holistic analysis and conceptual mapping of a tribe will be completed in this course. This course is required before students may take other courses in the Working with Native Communities Track.

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This course is taught by the University of Nebraska.

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Technology Requirements Email - Computer/Software Requirements
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Students must contact Carrie Brus to register for this course, email is the preferred method of contact, cbrus@iastate.edu. Please specify whether or not this course will be applying to the Online Master's Degree in Community Development or if it will be applied to another graduate program at ISU.

Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer, 004 Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Voice: 515-294-1862 / FAX: 515-294-1924.
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