About
Community Studies
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.