This is a couse offered @ MSASS in the CSD concentration.

This is a theory and practice course. Students will learn frameworks and models in community assessment, community building and community organizing with a focus on the social processes in community development in the United States and internationally. They will participate in a comparative analysis of models and learn specific skills used in community organization and development practice, such as strategic planning, participatory action research, consciousness raising, and direct action. Through real world experience and case studies they will develop skills in neighborhood assessment, civic engagement, empowerment, leadership development, group work, relationship building, social capital formation, conflict resolution, democratic process, social policy analysis and change, and other methods. The course will provide specific applications of these models in relation to the dynamics of diversity and social justice. (EPAS Content: 4.1 Diversity; 4.2 Populations-at-risk and social and economic Justice; 4.5 Social Work Practice). (Abilities: Artfully Use the Self; Apply Social Work Methods; Integrate Social Work Values and Ethics; Value a Diverse World; Think Critically, Communicate Effectively; Advocate for Social Justice; Succeed in the World of Work)