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The 18-Hour Graduate Certificate in Community Building and Urban Education requires completion of six courses, five core courses and one or two electives, with advisor approval.

Required Core Courses (15 credit hours)

EDUC T515 Interprofessional Collaboration Seminar (3 cr.)
EDUC A560 Political Perspectives of Education (3 cr.)
EDUC T550 Cultural/Community Forces and the Schools (3 cr.)
EDUC T531 Organizational Change in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Schools (3 cr.)
EDUC T590 Practicum: Independent Study in Urban Multicultural Education (1-3 cr.)

Elective Courses (3 credit hours)

EDUC J637 Curriculum Development Process (3 cr.)
SPEA P540 Community and Neighborhood Development Planning (3 cr.)
SPEA J550 Mentoring Juveniles as a Form of After-care (3 cr.)
NURS H544 Community Development and Organization for Health (3 cr.)
SOC S610 Urban Sociology (3 cr.)
ANTH E380 Urban Anthropology (3 cr.)
Other electives may be taken with prior approval from advisor

Description of Required Courses

EDUC T515 Interprofessional Collaboration Seminar (3 cr.)
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An interdisciplinary seminar designed to prepare professionals to work collaboratively. Engages the student in a critical analysis of contemporary issues using a variety of philosophical approaches and practical examples. The overall aim of the course is to assist professionals in integrating their expertise with human service providers in efforts to better serve children and families. An expected outcome of this process is the development of a community of leaders who can develop family-friendly strategies in urban communities.

EDUC A560 Political Perspectives of Education (3 cr.)
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Focuses on theoretical and conceptual approaches useful in describing, explaining, and predicting political behavior related to schools. Forces for continuity and change at local, state and federal levels are explored.

EDUC T550 Cultural/Community Forces and the Schools (3 cr.)
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Promotes modification of instructional strategies within diverse educational settings by providing opportunities to analyze community forces and cultures through cultural orientation workshops and seminars, culturally focused readings, direct residential participation in community-related activities and site-based culture/strategies reports.

EDUC T531 Organizational Change in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Schools (3 cr.)
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Organizational development in linguistically and culturally diverse school sites: legal basis; administrative strategies; staff development models; use of community resources; and formative evaluation techniques for organizational development in school contexts.

EDUC T590 Independent Study in Urban Multicultural Education (1-3 cr.)
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Individual research or study with an Urban Multicultural Education faculty member, arranged in advance of course registration. A one- or two-page written proposal should be submitted to the instructor during the first week of the term specifying the scope of the project, project activities, meeting times, completion date and student products. See note under course requirements, above, for more details.

Description of Elective Course Options

EDUC J637 Curriculum Development Process (3 cr.)
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The analysis and appraisal of goals and procedures are used in creating, evaluating and improving curricula. Critical consideration of theories, practices and products of curriculum development.

SPEA P540 Community and Neighborhood Development Planning (3 cr.)
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Examination of the role of neighborhoods in planning; methods of neighborhood analysis; government intervention: issues in community development, planning for neighborhood and community development, including citizenship participation and institutional mechanisms and implementation.

SPEA J550 Mentoring Juveniles as a Form of After-care (3 cr.)
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Students work one-on-one with youth being released from the Indiana Boys Schools

NURS H544 Community Development and Organization for Health (3 cr.)
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Critically analyze ethical principles, theories, concepts and research of community development and organization for health and to consider their application in mainstream and multicultural communities. Students develop and evaluation research proposal to study the effects of community development efforts.

SOC S610 Urban Sociology (3 cr.)
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Historical and contemporary causes, trends, and patterns of urbanization throughout the world. Various approaches to studying the process of urbanization, including ecological, social organizational, and political perspectives. Current developments and problems in urban planning.

ANTH E380 Urban Anthropology (3 cr.)
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An examination of urban social organization in cross-cultural perspective, including theoretical perspectives on urbanization, kinship and social networks, economic and political factors and cultural pluralism.