CCMDEV - Community Development Graduate Certificate

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.

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

After earning the graduate certificate, students may apply credits earned through the graduate certificate completion towards a Master of Community Development at Kansas State University.