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MU4099: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITIES 3: CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course is designed to enable students to plan their own projects with communities, including understanding and effectively engaging with the values and priorities of community stakeholders.  Building on understandings from the ‘Working in communities’ course it develops understanding of collaborative goal setting and planning processes in community contexts and of the various policy and theoretical frameworks in which community development activity can be undertaken and evaluated.  Evaluation processes are discussed in terms of both creativity and community development aims.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Christine Aldred

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will consist of the following components:
  • Comparison and analysis of legal context, policy guidance and standards across disciplines which contribute to community development
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  • Theory and practice of self management and project management and their application to community settings.
  • Models of evaluation and their application to community settings.
  • Analysis of exemplars of creative projects and their contribution to community development.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: One 3,500 word essay (coursework).

Resit: Students submit failed components of original essay.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Oral feedback will be provided by the lecturer on draft work during the year. Written feedback will be provided on report forms following submission of the assessment.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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