Master of Arts in Social Transformation and Community Development
Lead Faculty:
Dr. Maureen O'Hara
sible citizens in an interdependent, pluralistic, global community.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and apply the scholarly and professional literature and
research from the social transformation and community
development professions, including the roles of educators,
political leaders, non-profit administrators, and corporate
executives, consultants, and change agents;
- Compare and contrast case examples to articulate and evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of ecological dynamics of human
communities, carrying capacity, access to basic resources, health
and well being, and quality of life;
- Evaluate, compare, and apply research on social transformation
and community development, such as quality of life and social
indicators, demographic trends, and the success/failure of
initiatives;
- Describe the origins and contemporary implications of cultural
differences effecting individual identity formation, community
development and social transformation, and translate
intervention methods into diverse cultural contexts;
- Critically analyze social transformation and community
development cases and practices from within systemic, holistic,
and sustainable perspectives;
- Evaluate the global and local relevance of various social
transformation and development models and methods;
- Recognize and manage their own conduct within the dynamics
of power, politics, and resources in social transformation and
community development contexts;
- Plan, design, and evaluate an effective and sustainable social
transformation and community development initiatives; and
- Effectively evaluate and appropriately apply methods for social
transformation and community development initiatives
including some of the following: planning, analyzing
organizational culture, reconciling stakeholder values, building
social networks, innovation diffusion, effective communication,
adaptive leadership, managing knowledge, problem solving, and
technology transfer.
Requirements
(12 courses; 54 quarter units)
To be awarded the MA in Social Transformation and Community Development students must complete at least 54 quarter units of graduate work. A total of 9 quarter units of graduate credit may be granted for equivalent graduate level coursework completed at another institution, as it applies to this degree and provided the units were not used in earning another advanced degree. Students must complete a field work project involving community development or social transformation. Students will identify a suitable project as part of SCD 620 and SCD 699.Core Requirements (11 courses; 49.5 quarter units)
Core Requirements
(11 courses; 49.5 quarter units)
Core Requisite(s):
Program Elective
(1 course; 4.5 quarter units)
