Community Development Graduate Certificate

Description

The Graduate Certificate in Community Development allows students to explore the urban communities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment and to examine the efforts of their residents to revitalize them. The approach is interdisciplinary, weaving together a variety of perspectives so that students come to understand what communities are and how they differ; how communities fit into broader social systems; and what strategies are necessary to develop communities. The certificate is also applied, focusing on the current issues and efforts of community development in the Tampa area.

The certificate is designed to attract students from three distinct pools:
1.    Students who have completed an undergraduate degree but are uncertain as to the graduate program they want to pursue;
2.    Students enrolled in USF graduate programs who want to focus on community development.
3.    Professionals already working in the field that want a graduate-level credential.

Course Location/Delivery

This graduate certificate curriculum is offered at the Tampa campus.

Admission Requirements

Must meet University Graduate Admissions and English Proficiency requirements.

Application Process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review our application process.

Pre-Requisites

None.

Curriculum Requirements (15 Credit Hours)

• URP 6549 Urban & Metropolitan Economic Development Strategies Credit Hours: 3
• URP 6058 Community Development Planning Credit Hours: 3
• URP 6930 Special Topics in Urban and Regional Planning Credit Hours: 3

• CRED Course (Florida Institute of Government) (3 Credit Hours)

• URP 6316 Land Use Planning Credit Hours: 3

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• Additional Course (3 Credit Hours)

  With the approval of the Certificate Director, student choose one graduate course(3 credits) relevant to community development from the School of Public Affairs course offerings. In some cases an appropriate class from another department may be approved.

Time Limit / Average Time to Completion

The approximate time to complete the Certificate is three years.

Credit Toward Graduate Degree

Up to 12 hours of certificate course credits may be applied to a graduate degree with departmental approval

Contacts

Contact Information: http://www.grad.usf.edu/cert