Community Development and Planning (CDP)
CDP Course of Study
The Master’s program in CDP requires a minimum of 12 graduate course units. These include 4.5 core CDP course units (including the Final Masters Paper credit for your final M.A. project), 2.5 units of skills courses, and five units of electives (for CDP Accelerated Masters students, 2 of these electives are internship units). You should tailor your skills and electives courses toward your area of specialization.
Required Core Courses (4.5 units)
Theory, Methods, Application, Demonstration |
Course # and Title |
# of Units |
Who is required to take it? |
|---|---|---|---|
Theory |
IDCE 344 Going Local: Perspectives on Community Development and Planning |
1.0 |
Accelerated Masters students |
Theory |
IDCE 30250 (One Unit) People and Places: Theories of Community Development and Planning |
1.0 |
Two-year Masters students |
Application |
IDCE 346 Practicum in Community Development and Planning OR IDCE 30240 Planning Studio |
1.0 |
All CDP students |
Methods/Skills |
IDCE 30289 Community Development Finance |
1.0 |
All CDP students |
Methods/Skills |
IDCE 390 CDP Research Seminar |
0.5 |
All CDP students |
Demonstration |
IDCE 30213, Final Masters Project |
1.0 |
All CDP students |
| CDP Specialization Areas: A sampling of skills (2.5 units required) and electives (5 units required) |
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Community Planning |
Enterprise Management and Housing & Economic Development |
Community-Based Development and Social Change |
Analysis |
GEOG 356: Utopian Visions/Urban Realities: Planning Cities for the 21st Century GEOG 354 Urban Transportation: Problems and Prospects SOC 247: Cities and Suburbs SOC 267: Poverty and Social Policy |
IDCE 341 Management of NGO Organization (Fernando) IDCE 30252: Green Business Management IDCE 30258: Controlling Capitalism IDCE 30261: Knowledge-driven Industries IDCE 30239: Microfinance, Gender & New Liberalism SOC 247: Cities and Suburbs |
GEOG 348: Social Justice in the City IDCE 304: International Comparative Community Development IDCE 30293: Youth and Community Development IDCE 30221: Education and Development IDCE 30321: Ecology of Resistance and Transformation GEOG 380: Urban Ecology PSYC 357: Special Topics in Peace Psychology IDCE 30248 Gender and Health IDCE 309 Roots and Routes: Immigrants, Diasporas and Travel IDCE 30265 Social Movements: Quest for Justice SOC 247: Cities and Suburbs SOC 267: Poverty and Social Policy |
Methods/ Skills |
IDCE 334: Planning and Zoning for CDP IDCE 310: Intro GIS IDCE 30244: Advanced Planning IDCE 30238: Public Communication Seminar IDCE 30212 Introduction to Quantitative Methods IDCE 30281 Community Needs and Resource Analysis IDCE 30218 Negotiations in Community Development |
IDCE 30296: Non-Profit Management (Tigan) IDCE 30225: Grant writing IDCE 30204: Advanced Finance ECON 4004: Mgmt Economics STAT4006: Mgmt Dec Models ACCT4100: Foundations of Accounting MGMT4707: Intl Mgmt (1/2 unit) IDCE 30203 Program Evaluation IDCE 30238: Public Communication Seminar IDCE 30281 Community Needs and Resource Analysis |
IDCE 335: Strategies for Community Organization IDCE 366: Principles of Conflict Negotiation IDCE 30225: Grant writing IDCE 30238: Public Communication Seminar IDCE 30229: Monitoring & Evaluation IDCE30203: Program Evaluation IDCE 30296: Non-Profit Management (Tigan) IDCE 310: Intro GIS IDCE 30281 Community Needs and Resource Analysis |
Application |
IDCE 30240: Community Planning Studio IDCE 30393: Social Applications of GIS |
IDCE 30186: Social Enterprise Practicum |
IDCE 346: CDP Practicum |
Please view Clark’s official Academic Catalog for a complete listing of course offerings. Remember that each IDCE program offers flexibility so students can take classes across programs and within other departments at Clark University, including the Graduate School of Geography and the Graduate School of Management.
Important Links
[ Spotlight Profile ]
Amar Azucena Cid
(CDP '08)
As a CDP student, Amar Azucena Cid challenged herself to take a wide range of courses, work part-time, and participate in many extra curricular activities. "The courses I took helped to strengthen my ability to look at how community planning needs a holistic approach, bringing housing, transportation, nutrition, and diverse populations to the table."