UPCD 662 Citizen Participation in Community Development

This course addresses methods, approaches and techniques urban planners need working in/with or for a CDC or similar organization. The course extends knowledge/skills explored in UPCD 620 and other research methods-approaches-techniques in the curriculum. The course is projected/field-based working with a Community Development organization. Choice of activity and/or organization is based on the work and research agenda of faculty and staff of the Urban Planning and community Development Department. This research agenda is the product of the program’s relationship with several UMass Boston Institutes and other internal and external partners. The course is part of the UPCD program’s long-term academic record on civic engagement/engaged scholarship/and social justice.

Prerequisite(s): upcd

3 Credit(s)