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PLAN 615Community Economic Development

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Planning
Cross-listed
ECDEV 615, ERS 615, GEOG 615

PLAN 615 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

Community Economic Development is a field of theory, process and practice that is concerned with understanding the forces shaping communities and finding sustainable local solutions to economic needs. This seminar course will examine topics such as capacity-building, asset-based strategies, social capital, poverty-alleviation, social enterprises and co-operatives, and comprehensive community initiatives, using international and local examples and case studies.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

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Leads to

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