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LaGuardia Community College
Dept. of Natural and Applied Sciences
Human Services Program

Community Dynamics
Syllabus

          Class 1  Introductions Read Part One
          Class 2  The Community Environment
          What’s makes up a neighborhood  
          Read Part Two Paper # 1 Due for Class # 3
          Class 3  LaGuardia Archives Visit 1  
          Class 4 LaGuardia Archives Visit 2  
          Class 5 & 6

          Community Organizing
          The Alinsky Approach: Rules for Radicals

           

           
          Class 7 Collective Action
          Stating the Goal

          Reading The Declaration of Independence
          Read Part Three and Four
          Class 8 Problem Solving in a Community
          Coalition Building: The Local Arts
          Collaborative & Exchange Case Study
          Paper # 2 Due forClass # 9
          Class 9  Policy Making 
          Political Structure in a Community   
          Read Part Five
          Class 10 & 11 Activism & Advocacy
          Developing an Action Plan
          Gay & Lesbian Coalition: What to Do?
           
          Class 12 Mid Term Read Part Six
          Class 13            Taking Action
          The Communist Manifesto
           
          Class 14, 15 and 16 Mobilization for Action II
          Forming a Business Improvement District
           
          Class 17 Participatory meetings & Democratic leadership  
          Class 18 Land Use Issues
          Zoning 101
           
          Class 19 Extending Power, Coalition Building
          The City Government & Land Use
           
          Class 20

          Economic Development for Social Change
          Development Corporation Case Study

          Community Profile Due Class # 21

          Class 21 – 23 Wrap-Up

          Field Work Proof to Be handed in.

          Class 24 Final Exam  

           

           

 

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