Community Organization, Planning and Administration

COPA prepares students to become administrators, planners and community organizers in urban settings. Emphasis is placed on a macro practice – one that focuses on the big-picture service improvements and policy changes that aid individuals and enhance the well-being of communities. Students develop skills in management and finance, program development and evaluation, and community organization.

Curriculum

• Evaluation of Research: Community Organization, Planning and Administration

Research for macro-practice, emphasizing qualitative methods, participatory action research, program evaluation, needs assessment, mapping and GIS to understand urban environments.

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• Social Policy for Managers, Planners and Community Organizers
  

Analysis of efforts to improve local human services organizations and agencies with consideration of political, social, demographic and organizational contexts.

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• Management for Community and Social Services

Methods and principles of management in urban settings with primary emphasis on strategic management, finance analysis and innovative project development.

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