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Community and Economic Development Graduate Courses
(May 2000)
KEY: CEDev - Community and Economic Development; AGEC
- Agricultural Economics;
RSOC - Rural Sociology
CEDev (RSOC) 417. POWER, CONFLICT, AND COMMUNITY DECISION MAKING. Theory and
analysis of power, conflict, and decision making, and community crisis.
Community change illustrations will be used.1
CEDev (RSOC)(WMNST) 420. (DF)WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (3) Analysis of
women’s work, experiences, and development policies and practices in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America.
RSOC 422. FAMILY IN RURAL SOCIETY. The relationship between the family and
rural society, including critical review of theories, research and problems,
issues, and trends.
RSOC 425. POVERTY ANALYSIS: PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS. Social and economic
situations contributing to deprivation in rural society; intervention programs
and policy development.
CEDev (AGEC) 430. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. Concepts,
strategies, and techniques of local economic analysis, planning, and
development; case studies and decision-making exercises.
CEDev (AGEC) 432. TECHNIQUES OF COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
Techniques of financial and organizational analysis applied to actual community
economic development problems; utilizations of innovative economic development
strategies and methods.
RSOC 444. SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL AMERICA. Analysis of causes of social change
and its consequences for individuals, families, and organizations in rural
communities.
AGEC 450. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(3) Theories of agricultural and economic development, with particular
atttention to interactions between development, renewable resources, and the
environment.
CEDev (RSOC) 452. RURAL ORGANIZATION. Social organization and change in rural
communities; use of sociological principles in analysis of rural problems and
rural development.
CEDev (RSOC) 460. INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3)
Introduction to community information systems; information needs; common
features; issues in development; organization vs. community-wide systems;
current technologies.
CEDev (RSOC) 462. COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY (3). Laboratory
for the development of a model community information system.
CEDev (RSOC) 470. COMPARATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Cross-cultural community
development projects and the problems encountered in each of the different
cultural contexts.
CEDev 500. PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
(3) Understanding principles and strategies of community and economic
development in relation to general systems theory, community decision making,
and leadership strategies and roles in group and community settings.
CEDev (AGEC) 502. ECONOMICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
Emphasis will be placed. on the application of economic concepts to problems and
policies in rural areas.
CEDev (RSOC) 505. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (3) Exploration, understanding, and
application of leadership roles, strategies, and principles in group and
community settings.
CEDEV 509 POPULATION, LAND USE, AND MUNICIPAL
FINANCE ( 3) Understanding the interaction of population characteristics, land
use, municipal funds, and taxation in a locality and how they impact the
operation and management of government jurisdictions. Prerequisite: graduate
standing
CEDev (RSOC) 515. THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ORGANIZATION. The Cooperative
Extension Service as a social system, with emphasis on techniques of
organization and program development.
CEDev (RSOC) 516. CHANGE IN RURAL SOCIETY. Social change in rural society,
emphasizing prediction and control of the change process.
CEDev (RSOC) 517. INTERNATIONAL RURAL SOCIAL CHANGE. Implications of planned
change for international rural societies, considering basic structural
constraints, known institutional linkages, and potential synergetic
consequences.
AGEC 525. RESEARCH METHODS IN RURAL SOCIAL SCIENCES. Scientific method in
planning and conducting research.
CEDev (AGEC) 533. RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEORIES AND ANALYTICAL
TECHNIQUES. Advanced theories and methods for rural economic development
research.
AGEC 550. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE. The economic
development process with particular emphasis on agriculture.
RSOC 552. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR RURAL COMMUNITY RESEARCH (3) Application
of community theories to the study of communities in rural areas
RSOC 555. HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Identification of the
interrelationships and influence of human behavior and natural resources.
RSOC 573. SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS. Use of multivariate procedures in the use of
survey data.
CEDev 575. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (3)
Understanding and applying methods and hands-on experience with techniques used
in community and economic development. Lab.
CEDev 576. APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(1-6) Consideration of community and economic development applications in
communities and practices of public and private organizations and agencies. Lab.
CEDEV 595. SPECIAL PROJECT/INTERNSHIP OFF CAMPUS (1-12)
CEDEV 596. INDEPENDENT STUDIES (1-18)
CEDEV 597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
CEDEV 599. INTERNATIONAL STUDY–COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CEDEV 600. THESIS RESEARCH (1-15)
CEDEV 610. THESIS RESEARCH OFF CAMPUS (1-15)
Related Courses
RSOC 305W. LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (3) Exploration, analysis,
understanding, and application of leadership skills and concepts in groups,
organizations, and communities.
RSOC (S T S) 327. SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES (3) Analysis of the
relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural
resources.
RSOC 356. RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES (3) Analysis of provider and consumer
factors influencing the provision of community services in rural areas;
sociological analysis and interpretation emphasized.
Note: 300-level courses do not count toward the graduate degree but may be
used to meet prerequisites or programmatic interests of the student.
AG 400. BIOMETRY/STATISTICS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES (4) Application of
statistical techniques to experimental and survey research in the life sciences.
Laboratory.
AGEC 401W. LAND AND WATER RESOURCE POLICY. Public decision-making and water
resource management; cost-benefit analysis.
AGEC 402. LAND AND WATER RESOURCE ECONOMICS. Application of economic concepts
to problems associated with the use of land and water resources. Prerequisites:
Econ 302.
AGEC 420. MARKETS AND PRICES: ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING (3) Reasons for and
consequences of farm price changes, economic instability, impact, supply-price
relationships, seasonal and cyclical fluctuations, farm price policy.
AGEC 460. ECONOMICS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY. Economic analysis of the food
industry, food distribution, industrial organization, operational and pricing
efficiency, economics of space and time, regulation.
R SOC 501. DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY. Historical development with
emphasis on American rural sociology.
R SOC 502. USE OF THEORY IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY. Examine and evaluate
metasociology of alternative theoretical systems applicable to rural society
with emphasis on American society.
RSOC 508. SOCIOLOGY OF AGRICULTURE. Sociological analysis of changes in the
organization of agriculture and food systems in the U.S. and development
countries.
AGEC/ECON 510. ECONOMETRICS I. General linear model, multicollinearity,
specification error, autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, restricted least
squares, functional form, dummy variables, limited dependent variables.
AG EC/ECON 511. ECONOMETRICS II. Stochastic regressors, distributed lag
models, pooling cross-section and time-series data, simultaneous equation
models.
AGEC 519. RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS I. History and analysis of
natural resource policies including U.S. public land disposal, conservation and
environmental protection policies. Selected current topics.
RSOC 520. APPLIED SOCIOLOGICAL AND POLICY RESEARCH. Survey of the conceptual
and methodological issues in applied sociology and policy research conducted by
sociologists.
RSOC 522. DATA ANALYSIS IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY. Analysis of research data in
Rural Sociology using computer library programs.
RSOC 525. FERTILITY, POPULATION CHANGE, AND DEVELOPMENT. Fertility and
population growth in less-developed countries; theories of fertility change,
agricultural development, and population policies.
AGEC 527. QUANTITATIVE METHODS I. Quantitative techniques applied to
agricultural economics issues.
AGEC 538. POLICY FOR THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR. Policy formation;
policies for food and agriculture; consequences on farmers, consumers,
resources; farm program benefits and costs; current issues.
AGEC 539. INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE. Analysis of determinants,
institutions, and policy control of agricultural trade. Role of agricultural
trade in the general economy and development.
AGEC 541. RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS II. Key theories and
analytical methods of resource and environmental economics.
AGEC 590. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COLLOQUIUM. Current research in Agricultural
Economics.
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