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Community Development Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Building Native Community and Economic Capacity

University:
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University logo
Course Number:
CD 624
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $600 per credit
Start/End Dates:
January 08, 2024 - May 03, 2024

Overview

Course Description

This course focuses on non-western approaches to helping Native communities build their capacity. Focus is on a participatory, culture-centered, and strength-based approach to development.

Contacts

Instructor

John Phillips
Office: 573-268-5700
jphillips@consultjohnphillips.com

Campus Coordinator

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

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Building Communities From the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community’s Assets
Kretzmann, John P., and John L. McKnight
ISBN: 978-0879461089
Publisher: ACTA Publications

Course Access

 
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students. 
 
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
 
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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University Contact

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