LSQ 3113 Community Development & Internship/Service-Learning

Three hours (Quito)

Community Development is a unique and engaging field. The emphasis of this course is to introduce key community development concepts, why they are important, and how to achieve successful community development. A second goal of this course is to provide students with a set of tools to utilize in interacting with people in work, community, or educational settings. Community Development interventions in this course are understood as activities to facilitate, strengthen, or improve less-advantaged communities, empower their residents to define and participate in the development process, and interact in larger social, political, and economic systems on behalf of the community. This course starts from the basic assumption that community development is best characterized as complex. All course work, including readings and assignments, will be completed in Spanish. Available only as transfer credit from the Living and Learning in Quito Program.

Prerequisites: LS 3153 and LS 3163
Offered in Quito Fall and Spring semesters