Certificate in Community Development
9 Credit Hours
Online Only
Community development is a fast-growing field of employment which addresses the social, physical, and economic revitalization and/or restructuring of a neighborhood or community.
The certificate provides you with a base of community theory, research, and policy as well as vital technical skills (such as strategic planning, focus group research and small group dynamics) to address real world community issues and problems. Once you have taken all the required classes, you will be issued a certificate that recognizes your successful completion of the certificate.
Note: Students admitted to FHSU for graduate study may take SOC 679 for graduate level credit by completing additional assignments.
Required Courses:
| CREDITS | ||
| SOC 679 | Community Theory and Development | 3 |
And two of the following:
| CREDITS | ||
| SOC 475 | Rural and Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 436 | Social Demography | 3 |
| SOC 470 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| GSCI 240 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
For more information, contact Mike Walker, (mwalker@fhsu.edu), the coordinator of the certificate program.
Please Note: It is the responsibility of the student to inform the coordinator of the certificate program that he or she has completed the certificate requirements. Your certificate will not be awarded until you have completed the requirements and informed your coordinator of same. To ensure there is enough time to process your certificate, please inform your coordinator by the 21st day of the semester in which the certificate is to be awarded.
In order to verify certificate completion, the student must go into his/her myFHSU worklet in Workday account, where the unofficial transcript can be found. From the unofficial transcript available to students, copy and paste each course completed toward the certificate (with grade earned showing) into an e-mail to be sent to the coordinator of the certificate. The student's e-mail note to the certificate coordinator should begin with an expression of the certificate earned, followed by the courses completed as documented from the unofficial transcript.In addition, please provide the name that you would like printed on the certificate - as in first name, with or without a middle initial, last name, or any variation of such, and your mailing address.
In summary, please e-mail your certificate coordinator with:
- The certificate name.
- The courses completed from your unofficial transcript.
- Your name presented as you like for your certificate.
- Your mailing address.