Community
Studies Major
Healthy, nurturing and sustainable communities are the basis
of the wellbeing of individuals and families, instrumental
in the quality of life of urban areas and the goal of effective
public and community services. Communities, whether defined
geographically or by the experiences or identities that
formed them, are at the center of the inquiry of CPCS curriculum.
The College offers a major in Community Studies which builds
on its core requirements and offers students a multi-disciplinary,
applied approach to the study of human communities. In addition
to the major in Community Studies, it also offers the opportunity
for combined certificates leading majors in Community Studies
and Planning, Community Studies and Organizing and Community
Studies and Human Service Delivery.
The Community Studies major has four defining characteristics:
a unifying theme focusing on human communities, their histories
and cultures, their identities and values, their institutions
and economies, their problems and prospects.
Community
Studies Requirements:
The
major in Community Studies includes required and elective
competencies.
The
following six competencies are required:
•
Concepts of Community
•
Social Problems and Social Change in a Community Context
•
Social organization of communities
•
Comparative Methods
of Community Analysis
•
Communities in Global Context
•
Dynamics of Community
Change
An additional four elective competencies must be chosen
from the following:
Electives
in Community Studies
•
Cultural Representations of Community Life
•
Economic Issues and Strategies in Contemporary Communities
•
Theories of Community Analysis
•
Community Service Learning
Electives in Community Planning
•
Community Needs and Resource Analysis
•
Strategy and Proposal Development
•
Evaluating Community Processes and Programs
•
Planning Models and Theories
•
Community Development
•
Community Impact Assessment
Electives in Organizing
•
Methods and Goals of Organizers
•
The Organizer's Role
•
Analyzing and Evaluating Organizing Strategies
Electives in Human Services
•
Delivery of Services
•
The development of Human Services
•
Human Service Interventions
•
Responsibilities and Ethics in Human Services
Electives in Community Media and Technology
•
Analyzing Media
•
Media and Community Building
Combined Majors
The College offers the following majors made up of competencies
in Community Studies combined with competencies from other
majors
Major in Community Studies and Planning.
•
Concepts of Community
•
Social Problems and Social Change in a Community Context
•
Social organization of communities
•
Comparative Methods
of Community Analysis
•
Communities in Global Context
•
Dynamics of Community
Change
•
Community Needs and Resource Analysis
•
Strategy and Proposal Development
•
Evaluating Community Processes and Programs
•
One elective
Major in Community Studies and Organizing
•
Concepts of Community
•
Social Problems and Social Change in a Community Context
•
Social organization of communities
•
Comparative Methods
of Community Analysis
•
Communities in Global Context
•
Dynamics of Community
Change
•
Methods and Goals of Organizers
•
The Organizer's Role
•
Analyzing and Evaluating Organizing Strategies
•
2 electives
Major in Community Studies and Human Service Delivery
•
Concepts of Community
•
Social Problems and Social Change in a Community Context
•
Social organization of communities
•
Comparative Methods
of Community Analysis
•
Communities in Global Context
•
Dynamics of Community
Change
•
Delivery of Services
•
The development of Human Services
•
Human Service Interventions
•
Responsibilities and Ethics in Human Services
