Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Community & Natural Resources Management
COURSE:	C Dev 502
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to the breadth of consideration involved in community resource management. Includes theoretical frameworks, methodological investigation, and applied practices to enhance the ability of community development professionals to work with their communities to plan, develop, and monitor the conversation and development of natural resources with multiple functions.
PREREQUISITES:	Graduate classification; Offered through the Great Plains IDEA consortium, students will need to contact Carrie Brus for registration information and enrollment; cbrus@iastate.edu
CREDITS:	3 graduate credits
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	January 17-May 9, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Web, taught by South Dakota State University
TUITION:	$415 per credit
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Community Development specialization Master of Agriculture
INSTRUCTOR:	Meredith Redlin; meredith.redlin@sdstate.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	January 14, 2008
TEXT:	Honadle, George. 1999. How Context Matters: Linking Environmental Policy to People and Place. Kumarian Press. O'Brien, Mary. 2000. Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to Risk Assessment. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press. Flora, Cornelia, ed. 2001. Interactions between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities. CRC Press.