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Department of Community Development (CD) courses at UVic:

CD 501 - Anchoring a Change Agenda: Foundations

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Grounds students in a solid understanding of the multiple historical, theoretical and conceptual frameworks of the role of civil society and the social economy in advancing progressive economic, political and ... Course reviews: 0

CD 502 - Leadership in an Inter-Dependent World

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Leadership beliefs, values, assumptions and attitudes will be explored by critically self-examining and analyzing individual perspectives in shaping leadership in community development and the social economy. Connections between personal values ... Course reviews: 0

CD 503 - Frameworks of Organizational and Community Development

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Introduces fundamental management, assessment and planning frameworks, concepts and tools relevant to co-operatives, community economic development, and nonprofit organizations and systems. Setting strategic priorities and planning how to invest time, ... Course reviews: 0

CD 504 - Engaging Others in Forging Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 The ideologies, assumptions, and practices of diverse models of change that engage citizens, organizational and institutional stakeholders for social benefit will be explored. Introduces a range of models, their strengths, ... Course reviews: 0

CD 505 - Community-Based Research: Foundations

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Explores the values, goals and assumptions of community-based research and its methodologies. Participatory action research methods and lessons learned from best practices will be introduced. Students will experience a variety ... Course reviews: 0

CD 505A - Foundations of Community-Based Research: Setting a Research Agenda

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Explores the values, goals and assumptions of community-based research and its methodologies. Participatory action research methods and lessons learned from best practices will be introduced. Students will experience a variety ... Course reviews: 0

CD 505B - Community-Based Research: Methods and Tools

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Explores the values, goals and assumptions of community-based research and its methodologies. Participatory action research methods and lessons learned from best practices will be introduced. Students will experience a variety ... Course reviews: 0

CD 506 - Enterprise Development for Community Benefit

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Analyzes the strategy, models and processes of planning and decision making for developing enterprises that link social and economic benefit to the community. Students will develop a clear understanding of ... Course reviews: 0

CD 507 - Development Finance

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 A review of the current conventional sources (governments, banks, credit unions, etc.) of capital: how they are accessed, obstacles and opportunities. Considers specialized investment sources that have been created, how ... Course reviews: 0

CD 508 - Co-operatives in Global Perspective

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Examines the diversity of co-operative experiences in Canada and around the world focusing on co-operative movements, organizations, and thought, and the development of co-operative economies in historical and contemporary contexts. ... Course reviews: 0

CD 509 - Developing Capacities to Lead and Manage in the Non-Profit Sector

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Focuses on developing the capacities of strategic planning, strategy and program management, resource generation, financial and human resource management, performance, information and communication technology, communications management, and ensuring accountability to ... Course reviews: 0

CD 510 - Leadership, Management and Governance within Organizations

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Develops the competencies required to effectively lead and manage organizations from the 'inside', focusing on leadership capacities, human resources (staff, boards and volunteers), governance, internal and external stakeholder relations. Through ... Course reviews: 0

CD 511 - Developing Personal Capacity to Facilitate and Lead Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Develops key competencies for personal, group, organizational and community leadership in teamwork, facilitation, presentation skills, negotiation, conflict resolution, group dynamics and collaboration. Integrative and experiential exercises and approaches throughout the ... Course reviews: 0

CD 512 - Program and Project Design, Management and Evaluation

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Examines the various perspectives and approaches to program and project design, management and evaluation. Highlights the analytical activities and decisions involved in effective design, planning, implementation, reporting, and evaluation focusing ... Course reviews: 0

CD 513 - Scaling Up and Systems Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Examines the system factors (such as personal, policy, bureaucratic, economic, and social) that encourage and challenge innovation and encourages analysis of cases that demonstrate successful scaling, practices or particular innovations. ... Course reviews: 0

CD 514 - The Comprehensive Development System

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Explores the complexities and trade-offs that must be confronted and resolved in all community economic development activity and strategy. These include analyzing and choosing among the different tools for fulfilling ... Course reviews: 0

CD 515 - Critical Issues in Co-op Governance and Management

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Provides participants a deeper understanding of governance and management issues that arise throughout the development cycle of co-operatives. Students will examine a number of challenges and their potential solutions within ... Course reviews: 0

CD 516 - Government, Business and Non-profit Sector Relations

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Examines the historical roots and the social, political, economic and legal framework that set the context for current and future organizational and sectoral influence and capacity. Explores the public policy ... Course reviews: 0

CD 517 - Leverage Points for Transformational Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Surveys the key leverage points for exercising strategic leadership for addressing key trends at the local and regional level. Examples include: innovations in social services and health care; traditional and ... Course reviews: 0

CD 518 - Citizen Participation and Democratic Governance

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Introduces students to concepts of citizenship, democracy and governance and addresses different histories and forms of democracy. The meanings of citizenship and its relationship to identity, engagement and participation are ... Course reviews: 0

CD 519 - Strategic Communications, Engagement and Community Relations

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Examines strategic communications, marketing, public/media relations, engagement approaches, the role and use of technology when community-based organizations engage others in the context of community and stakeholder relations. Course reviews: 0

CD 520 - Anchorage a Change Agenda: Going Forward

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Provides an opportunity for students to engage with each other in generative dialogue to explore learning in strategically advancing civil society, social economy and strengthening of communities. Participants will analyze ... Course reviews: 0

CD 521 - The Economics of Social Justice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Provides a conceptual grounding and the analytical tools for a critical understanding of the relation between economic theory and policy and their effects on questions of social justice. Theoretical models ... Course reviews: 0

CD 522 - Understanding and Mainstreaming Gender

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Considers a range of conceptual and practical issues faced in the quest for a gender-just society. Topics include: definition and understanding of gender, gender based violence, gender in institutions as ... Course reviews: 0

CD 523 - Adult Learning and Education for Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Aims to build basic understandings of key issues, theories and principles of adult education and its connections to community development and social change. Draws upon intensive and extensive fieldwork enriched ... Course reviews: 0

CD 590 - Directed Studies

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An international or local exchange, a study tour, self-directed reading, or an innovative personal learning design. Must be applicable to the field of study. Primary consideration will be given to ... Course reviews: 0

CD 591 - Selected Topics Course

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 A study of selected topics drawn from the current literature and practices in the social economy or related fields. Course reviews: 0

CD 596 - Group Project

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
  • Summer
 A substantial analysis of a management, policy or program problem for a client in the community development sector. This group project is prepared in consultation with the client and an ... Course reviews: 0

CD 598 - Major Project

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Expected to be a substantial analysis of a management, policy or program problem for a client in the community development sector. This major project is prepared in consultation with the ... Course reviews: 0

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