Course Description:
A community is a group of people who share a common place, experience, or interest. Often communities or groups of communities come together to form collaborative partnerships to address an issue, provide a service, or produce some kind of project. This course will provide students with both a conceptual framework and the practical skills for organizing effectively in and across communities. Different types of community organizations such as grassroots citizen action groups, non-profit social service agencies, issue coalitions, and government-sponsored councils will be explored. Concepts of organizing philosophy, advocacy strategies, decision making models, power-structures, institutional change, community control, diversity, and leadership will be considered. Prerequisite(s): PSY 110 Organizational Behavior and COM 201 Interpersonal Communication.
Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I.
Prerequisites:
Prereq: PSY 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 And COM 201 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
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