Community Development Certificate Program - Graduate - 2010 University Catalog
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Across New Jersey communities work to make life better for the people who live in them. This work is called community development and it requires numerous skills and much knowledge in addition to the good will and mutual respect people bring to the challenges. Immigration, cross-cultural understanding, urban and suburban sprawl, poverty, providing access for people with disabilities, homelessness, aging in place and health care delivery and disease prevention are just a few of the challenges to making life better. More recently communities have begun to struggle with sustainability - meeting the needs of people in the present without compromising the needs of people in the future.
At the same time, the community development sector is expected to experience a large turnover in employment as practitioners who entered the field in the 1960s and 1970s begin to retire. Many communities and service organizations are already looking for replacements. Montclair State University offers the first and currently the only graduate certificate in Community Development in the State of New Jersey.
The
Post-BA Anthropology Certificate Program in Community Development is
designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the
role of the community development practitioner. The program equips
graduates with training that will enhance their knowledge and skills
that can be applied in a variety of settings. A key feature of the
program is training in program evaluation that is an essential
component of most community development initiatives.
Career Opportunities
Individuals with a Certificate in Community Development will be qualified to work in a variety of settings:
- Community Development Offices of New Jersey's 566 towns/townships
- The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
- As executive director, administrator, board member or staff member of a local Community Development Corporation (CDC)
- Outreach for a financial institution or faith-based organization that partners with a CDC
- Community mental health centers
- Positions at all levels in New Jersey's hundreds of non-profit community development and affordable housing organizations
- Immigrant rights work
- Other organizations or institutions where community development work takes place
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Complete 4 courses for 12 semester hours:
| ANTH | 521 | Communities in Transition | 3-4 |
| ANTH | 522 | Environment and Community | 3-4 |
| ANTH | 523 | Community & Health | 3-4 |
| ANTH | 529 | Building Sustainable Communities | 3-4 |
Course Descriptions:
ANTH521: Communities in Transition
Case studies of community conflict and decay, conflicts over immigration, problems of racial and cultural diversity, multiculturalism and cultural misunderstandings, role of education and the local school system, urban infrastructure and community decline, sprawl versus community, introduction to basics of program evaluation. 3 - 4 sh.
ANTH522: Environment and Community
How environmental change affects community structures and practices, social and cultural responses to environmental change, role of citizen organizations, government and other institutions in solving environmental problems, green building and certification, ecological community planning and design, urban planning aspects of community and environment, sustainable cities initiatives, case studies, program evaluation skills, environmental policy making, perceptions of the environment, environmental discourses, environmental justice. 3 - 4 sh.
ANTH523: Community & Health
The study of how social and cultural influences and inequalities related to age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual orientation impact health and disease in communities. Case studies will examine health in relationship to community issues including homelessness, the health care delivery system, role of community in disease prevention/treatment, social inclusion, and program evaluation. 3 - 4 sh.
ANTH529: Building Sustainable Communities
This course will analyze selected case studies of community development programs nationally and internationally and evaluate their implications for community development in New Jersey. Topics will include the importance of citizen participation, inclusion of people with disabilities, aging in place, localization theory, smart growth, ecovillages, cohousing, permaculture, community supported agriculture, community land trusts, and community developent banks and corporations. Program evaluation skills will be integrated into the topics. 3 - 4 sh.
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