MA in Community Development
Course information
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Community Development (MACD) program include core courses, an elective and either a group Master’s project (CD 596) or an individual Master’s Project (CD 598).
Summer 2012
To order your texts and/or readings packages, contact the UVic Bookstore. Summer 2012 course material will be available in April.
Courses for students with the 2011 MACD cohort:
Course: CD 510
Leadership, Management and Governance within Organizations
Units: 1.5
Instructor: Heather McRae
CRN: 31208
Dates & Notes
Online course
May 7 - August 31, 2012
Residency: July 9 - July 20 (UVic) or August 6 - August 17 (PRIA)
Residency facilitator: Guy Nasmyth
Course Outline
Course: CD 511
Developing Personal Capacity to Facilitate and Lead Change
Units: 1.0
Instructor: Barton Cunningham
CRN: 31522
Dates & Notes
Online course
June 11 - August 31, 2012
Course Outline
Course: CD 598 A02
Master's Project (2011 cohort)
CRN: 31081
Dates & notes
Online course
May 7 - August 3, 2012
Courses for students with the 2010 MACD cohort:
Course: CD 520
Anchoring a Change Agenda: Going Forward
Units: 0.5
Instructor: Sabine Lehr
CRN: 31523
Dates & Notes
Online course
June 11 - July 22
Residency: July 9 - July 13 (UVic)
Course: CD 598 A01
Master's Project (2010 cohort)
CRN: 31079
Dates & notes
Online course
May 7 - August 3, 2012
Fall 2012
To obtain your texts and/or readings packages, contact the UVic Bookstore. Fall 2012 course materials are available in August.
Courses available:
Course: CD 512 A01
Program and Project Design, Management and Evaluation
Units: 1.5
CRN: 13329
Instructor: TBA
Dates & notes
Online course
September 5 - December 3, 2012
Course: CD 513 A01
Scaling Up and Systems Change
Units: 0.5
CRN: 13330
Instructor: Catherine Althaus
Dates & notes
Online course
September 5 - September 30, 2012
Course: CD 514 A01
The Comprehensive Development System
Units: 1.0
CRN: 13467
Instructor: TBA
Dates & notes
Online course
October 1 - December 3, 2012
Course: CD 516 A01
Government, Business and Non-profit Sector Relations
Units: 1.0
CRN: 13468
Instructor: Lynne Siemens
Dates & notes
Online course
October 1 - December 3, 2012
Course: CD 518 A01
Citizen Participation and Democratic Governance
Units: 1.0
CRN: 13138
Instructor: Tara Ney
Dates & notes
Online course
October 1 - December 3, 2012
Course: CD 598 A02
Master's Project (2011 cohort)
CRN: 13561
Dates & notes
Online course
September 5 - December 3, 2012
Course: CD 598 A01
Master's Project (2010 cohort)
CRN: 13331
Dates & notes
Online course
September 5 - December 3, 2012
Winter 2013
Courses available:
Course: CD 507 A01
Development Finance
Units: 1.5
Instructor: TBA
CRN: TBA
Dates & Notes
Online course
Course: CD 509 A01
Developing Capacities to Lead in the Non-profit Sector
Units: 1.5
Instructor: TBA
CRN: TBA
Dates & Notes
Online course
Course: CD 517 A01
Leverage Points for Transformational Change
Units: 0.5
Instructor: TBA
CRN: TBA
Dates & Notes
Online course
Course: CD 598 A01
Master’s Project (2010 cohort)
Units: 4.5
CRN: TBA
Dates & Notes
Online course
Course: CD 598 A02
Master’s Project (2011 cohort)
Units: 4.5
CRN: TBA
Dates & Notes
Online course
Course List
Requirements for the 2013-14 MACD program include 9 core courses, an elective and a Master’s project (4.5 units).
| Core courses | |
| Course number | Course name and calendar description |
|---|---|
| CD 501 | Anchoring a Change Agenda: Foundations |
| CD 504 | Practices and Perspectives on Forging Change |
| CD 505 | Community Based Research Foundations |
| CD 506 | Enterprise Development for Community Benefit |
| CD 510 | Leadership, Management and Goverance within Organizations |
| CD 512 | Program and Project Design, Management and Evaluation |
| CD 524 | Leadership in Organizational and Community Development |
| CD 525 | Managing Organizations, Systems and Community Transformations |
| CD 526 | Agenda for Social Change: Moving Forward |
| Final Project | |
| CD 596 | Group Project |
| CD 598 | Master's Project |
| Elective courses | |
| Course number | Course name |
|---|---|
| CD 507 | Development Finance |
| CD 508 | Co-operatives in Global Perspective |
| CD 509 | Developing Capacities to Lead and Manage in the Non-profit Sector |
| CD 518 | Citizen Participation and Democratic Governance |
| CD 519 | Strategic Communications, Engagement and Community Relations |
| CD 521 | The Economics of Social Justice |
| CD 522 | Understanding and Mainstreaming Gender |
| CD 523 | Adult Learning and Education for Change |
| CD 590 | Directed Studies |
Other elective courses may be selected, with permission of the Graduate Adviser, from approved courses in related fields of study offered by other departments.
Program requirements for students admitted prior to May 2013 will remain as detailed in previous calendars. CD502, CD503, CD511, CD513, CD514, CD515, CD516 and CD517 will not be available after May 2013.
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