 College of Agriculture & Life Sciences |
Distance Education....Summer 2008 |
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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 | This
course will examine the role of civil society in community planning
efforts and offer students a comparative approach to planning theories
and approaches. It will also focus on change within communities and
the roles of government, planners, and citizens in reacting to or
shaping change. Students will have an opportunity to explore current
issues related to planning and dealing with change by examining controversial
practices such as covenants and land trusts, as well as by studying
various community responses to change. Students will understand how
citizens, firms and governments act to improve their community and
region; the structure and implications of power; the relation between
social relationships and economic activity, coalition building, concepts
of inclusiveness (class, gender, ethnicity, geography), voice, and
conflict and its management in communities and regions. The course
will cover dimensions of social capital and the context of change.
Students will learn to use this knowledge to promote equitable change
at the community and regional level. They will study the implications
of economic and demographic shifts on strategies and tactics for change
and explore various resources for supporting these efforts. |
| Course Website | http://www.celt.iastate.edu/webct/
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| Delivery Format | Web CT |
| Technology Requirements | Email - Computer/Software Requirements |
| Text | Green,
Gary Paul, and Anna Haines. Asset Building and Community Development.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-7619-2263-6 (paperback).
$43.95. Available to order at Amazon.com. Brooks, Michael P. Planning Theory for Practitioners. Chicago, IL: Planners Press, American Planning Association, 2002. ISBN 1-884829-59-7 (paperback). Available to order at www.planning.org/APAStore/Search/Default.aspx?p=1882 |
| 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. © College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Distance Education - 19-Feb-2008 |