Community Development Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

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A post-baccalaureate certificate program for those with a bachelor’s degree.

Admission Requirements

Fulfillment of the general requirements for admission to graduate programs at Chicago State University, which includes attainment of a 2.75 GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale) in the last 60 semester credit hours of undergraduate and/or graduate courses (see the General Admission Requirements section of the graduate catalog for more information).

Prerequisite

GEOG 4500
or
GEOG 5500 - Urban Geography Credit Hours: 3 or equivalent.

Required Courses (18 credit hours)

GEOG 5520 - Principles and Practices of Urban and Regional Planning Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5530 - Neighborhood Development Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5540 - Community Analysis Credit Hours: 3
or
S WK 5431 - Social Work Practice II: Community Practice Credit Hours: 3

Three of the 5000-level Elective from the Following:

Students who are also completing a thesis in the MA in Geography program may substitute an additional elective for GEOG 5550 /GEOG 5851 .

Courses taken for the certificate may be applied to the Master of Arts in Geography or Courses taken for the certificate may be applied to the Master of Arts in Geography or Master of Arts in Geography: GI Science if a student desires to pursue the Master’s.

SOC 5450 - Community Organizing Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5550 - Seminar in Community Development Credit Hours: 3
or
GEOG 5851 - GIS Internship Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5050 - Geography of Metropolitan Chicago
GEOG 5250 - Geography of Food and Hunger Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5805 - GIS For Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5290 - Environmental Justice Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5820 - Environmental Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 5851 - GIS Internship Credit Hours: 3
S WK 5426 - Diversity/Ethics in Social Work
S WK 5432 - Family Support and Development Credit Hours: 3