Community Development Graduate Certificate

Location(s): Manhattan Campus, Manhattan Online

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The online graduate certificate in Community Development (CD) will provide foundations of the CD field and associated theories. Opportunity for elective selections allow students to pursue subtopics related to community development such as community leadership & capacity building, community economic strategies, international development, not-for-profit management, and/or sustainable communities.

This Community Development graduate certificate is a 12-credit hour online collaborative interinstitutional certificate offered through the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning in cooperation with the Innovative Digital Education Alliance (IDEA). Participating universities include Kansas State University, North Dakota State University, and University of Nebraska. Students may enroll in this collaborative program at any of the participating universities. While the certificate name may vary by university, the curriculum will be comparable, and courses offered in the program will be the collaborative result of a diverse faculty from within the participating universities.

Program Administration

The Community Development graduate certificate is officially administered by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning, under the auspices of the Graduate School at Kansas State University, and in conjunction with the Institute for Academic Alliances at Kansas State University. The certificate is awarded by the Graduate School, through the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning, College of Architecture, Planning & Design. All courses in this program option are offered online through Global Campus at KSU but may be taught by any of the participating universities. Additional information may be obtained by contacting:

Dr. Huston Gibson
Professor and Department Head
Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
Kansas State University
1086 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-2909
(785) 532-5961
larcpdept@ksu.edu

Program Requirements

Completion of core requirements and 6 credit hours of CDPLN electives.

Core Requirements (6 credit hours)

CDPLN 705 - Organizing for Community Change Credits: 3
CDPLN 715 - Principles and Strategies of Community Change Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

Minimum of 6 credit hours of CDPLN electives.

CDPLN 620 - Ecological Economics Credits: 3
CDPLN 633 - Grantwriting Credits: 3
CDPLN 655 - Land Development Planning Credits: 3
CDPLN 700 - Foundations of Community Development Credits: 3
CDPLN 701 - Special Studies in Community Development Credits: 1-3
CDPLN 703 - Applied Community Development Credits: 1-3
CDPLN 704 - Community Leadership and Capacity Building Credits: 3
CDPLN 706 - Economic Development Strategies and Programs Credits: 3
CDPLN 710 - Community Analysis Credits: 3
CDPLN 711 - Immigrants in Communities Credits: 3
CDPLN 712 - Sustainable Communities Credits: 3
CDPLN 713 - Nonprofit Management Credits: 3
CDPLN 720 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis Credits: 3
CDPLN 725 - Community and Natural Resource Management Credits: 3
or successful completion of any total of 6 credit hours of CDPLN electives