Course List - Master of Professional Studies in Community and Economic Development
| Required Courses (21 credits)* | ||
| CEDEV 430 | Principles of Local Economic Development Concepts, strategies, and techniques of local economic analysis, planning, and development; decision-making exercises. Prerequisite: introductory course in economics |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 452 | Community Structure, Processes and Capacity Social organization and change in communities; use of sociological principles in analysis of community problems and development. Prerequisite: 6 credits in rural sociology, sociology, or psychology |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 500 | Community and Economic Development: Theory and Practice Understanding theories, concepts, and frameworks of community and economic development and community decision-making models in application to community development practice and issues. |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 505 | Leadership Development Exploration, understanding, and application of leadership roles, strategies, and principles in group and community settings. |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 509 | Population, Land Use, and Municipal Finance Understanding the interaction of population characteristics, land use, municipal funds, and taxation in a locality and how they impact the operation and management of government jurisdictions. |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 575 | Methods and Techniques for Community and Economic Development Understanding and applying methods and hands-on experience with techniques used in community and economic development. |
3 credits |
| STAT 500 or STAT 897A
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Applied Statistics or Introduction to Applied Statistics |
3 credits |
For the master's paper requirement, students must take the course below:
| Master's Paper (3 credits) | ||
| CEDEV 597C | Research Application and Practice Course provides framework for students to apply, integrate, and practice the theories, concepts, ideas, methods, and techniques from the CEDEV curriculum. |
3 credits |
Electives (3–6 credits)
Electives are not limited to these courses and may include resident courses and graduate courses from other accredited institutions. Other possible elective courses require approval from the CEDEV graduate program coordinator or your MPS program faculty adviser.
| Elective Courses within Community and Economic Development | ||
| CEDEV 560 | Regional Development: Principles, Policy, and Practice Regional growth and development, focusing on challenges to theory, policy, and practice, emphasizing change in metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas. Prerequisites: CEDEV 430 and CEDEV 500 |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 567 | Resilient Communities and Environments Understanding connections between communities and surrounding ecosystems; exploration of management techniques for building adaptive, resilient, and sustainable communities and environments. Prerequisites: CEDEV 509 and CEDEV 452 |
3 credits |
| CEDEV 576 | Applications and Practices for Community and Economic Development Consideration of community and economic development applications in communities and practices of public and private organizations and agencies. Summer Institute. |
1 credit |
| CEDEV 597 | Special Topics Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester. Contact the graduate program coordinator for additional information. |
3 credits |
| Electives from outside of Community and Economic Development | ||
| CAS 404 |
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Prerequisite: CAS 100 |
3 credits |
| CAS 452 |
Organizational Communication Theory and Research Prerequisite: CAS 202 or CAS 252 |
3 credits |
| MANGT 510 | Project Management A problem-based, interdisciplinary course in project management skills and techniques needed to manage projects in a modern business environment. Prerequisite: graduate standing |
3 credits |
| MANGT 520 | Planning and Resource Management A problem-based course that addresses techniques for planning the project development process, including securing resources and resource management. Prerequisite or concurrent: MANGT 510 |
3 credits |
| P ADM 500 | Public Organization and Management Development of basic concepts and issues in public administration; administrative theory and public policy processes. |
3 credits |
| P ADM 502 | Governmental Fiscal Decision Making Nature, function, and technique of governmental budgeting viewed as mechanism for allocating resources among alternative public uses. |
3 credits |
| PL SC 490 | Policy Making and Evaluation Advanced analysis of public policy, emphasizing policy evaluation and the factors that determine policy success and failure. Prerequisite: PL SC 001 or PL SC 002 |
3 credits |
| PSYCH 485 | Leadership in Work Settings Review of research and application of behavior principles in the areas of management and supervision. Prerequisite: PSYCH 100 , PSYCH 281 or 3 credits MGMT |
3 credits |
| SOC 404 | Social Influence and Small Groups The study of social influence, leadership and status, and social cohesion and commitment processes in small groups. Prerequisite: SOC 003 or PSYCH 417 |
3 credits |