Master of Science in Community Development

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

1. Identify basic terms and concepts in Global Development

2. Identify concepts in the management sciences

3. Examine development projects

4. Analyze problems in Global Development

5. Identify problems and analyze solutions

Managerial Competence - at least 9 Credit Hours

Students must successfully complete at least three courses from the following list:

• ACG 5153 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5043 - Quantitative Methods 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5053 - Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5063 - Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5093 - Corporate Strategies 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5103 - International Business 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5213 - International Marketing 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5293 - Managerial Economics 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5313 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5403 - Operations Management 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5453 - Special Topics in Marketing 3 Credit Hours
• BUS 5653 - Contemporary Project Management 3 Credit Hours

Development Studies - 33 Hours

Students must take all of the following.

• DEV 5003 - Seminar in Development 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5033 - Practicum in Development Policy 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5073 - Development Economics 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5053 - Global Economics 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5083 - Case Study Seminar: Design and Development 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5093 - Case Study Seminar: Implementation and Evaluation 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5063 - Development Policy 3 Credit Hours
• DEV 5136 - Master’s Thesis 6 Credit Hours or DEV 5133 - Master’s Thesis  (6 Credit Hours total. Typically, 3 fall/3 spring)
• DEV 5002 - Fieldwork Seminar 2 Credit Hours
• DEV 5114 - Community Development Fieldwork 4 Credit Hours

Special Topics Course

Occasionally the department will offer a special topics course which may be counted towards the categories above:

• DEV 5XXX Special Topics 3 Credit Hours

Sample Degree Plan

Master of Science in Community Development Degree Plan