The Community Development course prepares individuals to take on the challenge of empowering local communities to develop effective strategies for identifying community goals and maximizing their assets to achieve these goals. It builds both practical and analytical skills to address these challenges. Blending theory and practice, the program enables students to better understand complex linkages between local action and the processes of policy making at various levels. Students learn to critically examine the complex roles and effectiveness of local institutions in community development. The course of study allows students to employ and critique traditional and emerging community strategies and tools.

Program Requirements

1. Core courses (minimum of 14 units)
2. Research specialization courses (minimum of 10 units)
3. Cognate courses (minimum of 9 units for single cognate and 12 units for double cognates, with a minimum of 6 units taken from each cognate field)
4. Dissertation (12 units)

CORE COURSES (minimum 12 units)

Theory

CED 227. Administrative Theory

Description: Management theories and concepts as they relate to organizations with emphasis on educational institutions; forces in the organization and the external environment and their influence on managerial roles, functions, and management policies.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

CED 301. Philosophical Ideas in Development

Description: Philosophical traditions in development and conceptual frameworks for analyzing contemporary development programs.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

CED 365. Rural Institutions

Description: Identification, description, and analysis of changes taking place in rural institutions, which relate to the economic, social, political, and cultural life of the rural population.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: AERS 265 or AERS 261 or Consent of Instructor

Methods

AERS 281. Theory Construction

Description: Postulates in science, structure, functions, and formats of theory; concept formation and definitions; origination of hypotheses; and introduction to the epistemological foundation of sociological theories.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

AERS 282. Social Research Design¹

Description: Methods of social research with emphasis on the major steps in the design and conduct of social research from problem definition to analysis, interpretation and write-up of research report.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

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¹ Should be taken by PhD students if they have not taken it in their MS degree.

STAT 166. Statistics for the Social Sciences²

Description: Test of hypothesis; non-parametric tests; analysis of one-way and two-way classification data; measures of association and relationships; introduction to multivariate techniques, factor analysis and time series analysis; sampling.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: STAT 1

CED 291. Special Topics²

Number of Units: 2

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: None

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² Should be taken by PhD students if they have not taken it in their MS degree. If CED 291 is chosen by PhD student instead of STAT 166, Qualitative Research Methods should be taken.

RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION COURSES

Required Courses (7 units)

CED 250. Community Development³

Description: Philosophy, principles, and problems of community development in the Philippines.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

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³ Required for PhD students if not taken at the MS level.

CED 251. Comparative Community Development

Description: Analysis of the characteristics of national community development programs in selected countries, with emphasis on their comparative merits and demerits and on the extraction of elements that may have universal application.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

CED 252. Planning and Administration of Community Development³

Description: Features of community development programs in the Philippines, their organization, administrative planning, interrelationship with the local government units, financing, personnel administration, field execution, and evaluation.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

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³ Required for PhD students if not taken at the MS level.

AERS 267. Perspectives in Community Analysis

Description: Theoretical foundations of the concept of community and their application in current community studies.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

CED 299. Graduate Seminar

Number of Units: 1

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

Elective Courses (3 units)

DM 220. Public Policy and Program Administration for Development

Description: Policy formulation, analysis, and implementation; program administration and project management for development.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

SOC 292. Qualitative Social Research

Description: Perspectives, methods, analysis, and interpretation in qualitative research.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: SOC 250 or Consent of Instructor

CED 246. Evaluation in Rural Development

Description: The nature, principles, and role of evaluation in vocational agriculture education, extension education and community development; selection, construction, and use of evaluation devices.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First and Second Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

CED 253. Comparative Local Government

Description: Organization, management, and finance of local rural government in selected high-income and low-income countries, including the relationship between level of government and the alternative to local autonomy.

Number of Units: 3

Semester Offered: First Semester

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

OTHER REQUIRED COURSES

Cognate Courses

Number of Units (Single Cognate): Minimum of 9 units

Number of Units (Double Cognate): Minimum of 12 units with a minimum of 6 units taken from each cognate field

CED 400. Doctoral Dissertation

Number of Units: 12

Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester, and Midyear

Prerequisite: None