Community Development Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Foundations of Community Development

University:

Kansas State University

Course Number:

CDPLN 700

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $610 per credit

Start/End Dates:

January 21, 2025 - May 16, 2025

Overview

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the Community Development (CD) program, discipline, and profession.

Contacts

Instructor

Stephanie Davison
sdaviso@ksu.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Textbooks

International Community Development Practice
McConnell, Muia, & Clarke
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-0367691240

An Introduction to Community Development
Phillips & Pittman
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 978-0415703550

Toxic Charity: How churches and charities hurt those they help and how to reverse it
Lupton
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-0062076212

Course Access

Canvas

Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Information is subject to change.

Please revisit this page again before the semester starts to make sure you have all the current information.

Drops and Refunds:

Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.

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University Contact

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