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Courses in Community and Regional Development (CRD)

Lower Division Courses

1.The Community (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Basic concepts of community analysis and planned social change. The dynamics of community change through case studies of communities including peasant, urban ghetto, suburban mainline, and California farm workers. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Tarallo, Marcotte

2. Ethnicity and American Communities (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Historical and cultural survey of the role of various ethnic groups in the development of American communities. Examines ethnicity as a cultural factor, ethnicity as power and issues related to selected American ethnic groups. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I, II. (I, II.) Lippin, Guarnizo

17. Population and Community: Issues in Human Ecology (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Dynamics and challenges of demographic changes in California and the world community, solutions as well as problems, implications for individuals, their possible contributions towards resolving global problems through community action. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.

92. Internship (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Supervised internship, off and on campus, in community and institutional settings. (P/NP grading only.).

98. Directed Group Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division Courses

118. Technology and Society (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 18 or consent of instructor. Impact of technology on labor relations, employment, industrial development and international relations. The internal relations of technology development and deployment. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—I. (I.) Kenney

140. Dynamics of Regional Development (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: one undergraduate social science course or consent of instructor. Political economy of domestic regional development. Technology, labor relations and interfirm linkages. California and other regions as case studies. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—II. (II.) Kenney

141. Organization of Economic Space (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. The globalization of economic activity focusing on new spatial patterns of production and circulation and their implications for particular countries and regions.

142. Rural Change in the Industrialized World (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Geography of rural environment with special emphasis on rural restructuring. The regional focus is on the developed world and comparisons are drawn between Europe (Eastern and Western) and North America.—III. (III.) Momsen

151. Community Field Research: Theory and Analysis (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 151L must be taken concurrently; course 1 and any upper division Community and Regional Development course are recommended. Design and analysis of research at the community level with a focus on the relationship between practice and theory. Focus will be on conducting community research using structural analysis, elite interviewing, ethnographic research, and other qualitative research methods. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—III. Tarallo

151L. Laboratory in Community Research and Analysis: Field Experience (1-3)

Fieldwork—3-9 hours. Prerequisite: course 151 concurrently. Field research focused on community or organizational issues and their resolution. Includes assignment with local agencies or community-based organizations. The focus will be conducting community research using such methods as structural analysis, elite interviewing, ethnographic research, and comparative community studies.—III. Tarallo

152. Community Development (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 151, Sociology 2, Anthropology 2, Asian American Studies 100, Chicana/o Studies 132, Geography 5, or African American and African Studies 101 or consent of instructor. Introduction to principles and strategies of community organizing and development. Examination of non-profit organizations, citizen participation, approaches to reducing poverty, community needs assessment, and regional development strategies. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.—I. Bradshaw

153A. International Community Development: Asia (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, Anthropology 2, International Agricultural Development 10. Examination and analysis of community development efforts in Japan and the impact of global forces in different settings. Alternative strategies with emphasis on self-reliance and locally controlled development. Course is based in Kyoto, Japan, and includes field trips. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—Fujimoto

153B. International Community Development: Europe (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2, Anthropology 2, International Agricultural Development 10; course 164 or the equivalent recommended. Examination and analysis of community development efforts in Europe and the impact of global forces in different settings. Alternative strategies with emphasis on self-reliance and locally controlled development. Course is based in Freiburg, Germany, and includes field trips to France and Switzerland. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—Hirtz

154. Social Theory and Community Change (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, Sociology 1, or Anthropology 2. A comparative overview of the dominant social science paradigms for the study of community development and change. Among the paradigms discussed are functionalism, conflict theory/Marxism, structuralism, and methodological individualism. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Hirtz

156. Community Economic Development (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 152 or consent of instructor. How government and community organizations help firms grow and create jobs through local economic development corporations, small business centers, revolving loan funds, incubators, and many other programs. Techniques to analyze community economic potential and identification of appropriate intervention tools. Group project.—III. Bradshaw

157. Politics and Community Development (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: prior course work in sociology or political science recommended. Analyzes political, economic and sociocultural forces shaping the form and function of local communities in the U.S. Considers theories of the state, the community and social change and case studies of actual community development in comparative historical perspective. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. Smith

158. Small Community Governance (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; fieldwork—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 151 or 160 or Political Science 100. Governing institutions and political processes in rural and small urban places. Local government organization, community autonomy, leadership, political change, policy development, and select policy issues including public finance. Field research on political processes or policy issues in select communities. Offered in alternate years.—III. Campbell

160. Research Design and Method in Community Studies (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; Statistics 13 or the equivalent. Application of behavioral science research methodology to multidisciplinary problems confronting communities and community organizations. Focuses on design, sampling, measurement and analysis.—I. (I.)

161. Ethnographic Research in America (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: completion of 8 units of course work in Anthropology, Sociology, or Community and Regional Development. Methodologies, ethics and goals of qualitative research. Emphasis on analyzing and conducting ethnographic research in American communities; problem formulation, analytic modes, data correction and interpretation. Offered in alternate years.

162. People, Work and Technology (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing; eight units of sociology, anthropology, or community and regional development. Relationship between work, technology, and people’s lives. Such topics as industrialization, bureaucratization, automation, the structure of work-linked communities, education and the labor market, work and the economic system and the future of work.—III. (III.) Wells

164. Theories of Organizations and Their Roles in Community Change (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2. Planned change within and through community organizations. Private voluntary organizations, local community associations, and local government. Relationship between community organizations and social capital.—III. Hirtz

168. Program Evaluation and the Management of Organizations (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 160, 161. Role of program evaluation in organizational and program management. Impact of internal evaluation in program planning, improvement, and accountability.—II. (II.)

171. Housing and Social Policy (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Social impact, economics, and politics of housing in the United States. Special attention given to alternative policy strategies at the national and local levels.—III. Wiener

172. Social Inequality: Issues and Innovations (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing; 8 units of sociology or anthropology or combination. Study of the phenomenon of inequality in the U.S. Various approaches to inequality examined, including structural and historical explanations, prejudice and discrimination, the “culture of poverty,” and arguments concerning race, sex, and genetic potential.—I. (I.) Wells

176. Comparative Ethnicity (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing, 8 units of sociology or anthropology or combination. Exploration of the role of ethnicity in shaping social systems and interaction. Examination of analytical approaches to and issues arising from the study of ethnicity, through utilization of data from a range of different societies. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. Guarnizo

180. Transnational Community Development (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours; extensive writing; project; term paper. Prerequisite: course 1, or Anthropology 2, or Sociology 1. The effects of grassroots, non-state, non-corporate actors from abroad on local, national and international development. Socioeconomic, political, and cultural implications of transnational actions undertaken by international non-governmental organizations, individual migrants, and migrant grassroots civic organizations. GE credit: SocSci.—III. (III.) Guarnizo

192. Internship (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: completion of 84 units and consent of instructor. Supervised internship, off and on campus, in community and institutional settings. (P/NP grading only.)

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

240. Community Development Theory (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to theories of community development and different concepts of community, poverty, and development. Emphasis on building theory, linking applied development techniques to theory, evaluating development policy, and examining case studies of community development organizations and projects.—I. (I.) Bradshaw

241. The Economics of Community Development (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Economic theories and methods of planning for communities. Human resources, community services and infrastructure, industrialization and technological change, and regional growth. The community’s role in the greater economy.—I. Kenney

242. Community Development Organizations (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 240. Theory and praxis of organizations with social change agendas at the community level. Emphasis on non-profit organizations and philanthropic foundations.—III. (III.) Hirtz

245. The Political Economy of Urban and Regional Development (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 157, 244, or the equivalent. How global, political and economic restructuring and national and state policies are mediated by community politics; social production of urban form; role of the state in uneven development; dynamics of urban growth and decline; regional development in California.—III. (III.) Smith

246. The Political Economy of Transnational Migration (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Theoretical perspectives and empirical research on social, cultural, political, and economic processes of transnational migration to the U.S. Discussion of conventional theories will precede contemporary comparative perspectives on class, race, ethnicity, citizenship, and the ethnic economy.—II. (II.) Guarnizo

247. Transformation of Work (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in history or social science degree program or consent of instructor. Exploration of the ways that the experience, organization, and systems of work are being reconfigured in the late twentieth century. The impacts of economic restructuring on local communities and workers.—III. (III.) Wells

248. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Theories and comparative histories of modern welfare states and social policy in relation to legal/normative, organizational, and administrative aspects. Analysis of specific social issues within the U.S./California context. Not open for credit to students having completed course 248A and 248B. Offered in alternate years.—(III.) Hirtz

248A. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities I (2)

Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Theories and comparative histories of modern welfare states. Theories of welfare and social policy in relation to normative, organizational, and administrative aspects of welfare and social policy. Offered in alternate years.—Hirtz

248B. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities II (2)

Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing, course 248A concurrently. Analysis of a specific set of social issues within the U.S./California context. Issues may include poverty, hunger, housing, health, family, disability, economic opportunity, affirmative action orientations, gender, old age, or special social groups. Offered in alternate years—Hirtz

290. Seminar (1)

Seminar—1 hour. Analysis of research in applied behavioral sciences. (S/U grading only.)—I. Hirtz

292. Graduate Internship (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Individually designed supervised internship, off campus, in community or institutional setting. Developed with advice of faculty mentor. (S/U grading only.)

298. Group Study (1-5)

299. Research (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

Professional Courses

396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4)

Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

440. Professional Skills for Community Development (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 240. The intersection of theory and case studies to develop practical skills needed to work as a professional community developer, program administrator, and/or policy consultant.—II. (II.) Bradshaw