Community Development

M.Ed., M.A.

Participating Degree Programs

Adult Education and Community Development
Community Planning
Community Health
Counselling Psychology
Social Work

Program Committee

J.E. Quarter, Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
S. Stewart, Applied Psychology & Human Development
W. Wakefield, Geography, Planning
B.D. Poland, Public Health Sciences
J.D. Hulchanski, Urban and Community Studies, Social Work

Associated Websites:

School of Graduate Studies Calendar

Nature of the Collaborative Program:

This collaborative program provides an additional multidisciplinary learning experience for students enrolled in one of the five participating degree programs who have an interest in community development. Community Development is understood as positive change in the social, economic, organizational, or physical structures of a community that improve both the welfare of community members and the community's ability to control its future.

Application Procedures:

Consult the SGS website for information on applying to Community Development.

Program Requirements:

The core course UCS1000H: Community Development: Theory and Practice
Two additional half-courses in the subject area of the program, to be approved by the program director; at least one of these two additional half-courses must be external to the home graduate degree program
Participation in a non-credit coordinating seminar on community development
Where required by the home graduate degree program, either a thesis or the major research paper on a topic related to community development
Core Courses
UCS1000H Community Development: Theory and Practice

Elective Courses:

For the current list of elective courses in this collaborative program, consult the Community Development website.

Elective courses offered:

Adult Education:

AEC1102H Community Development: Innovative Models
AEC1104H Community Education and Organizing
AEC3119H Global Perspectives on Feminist Education, Community Development and Community Transformation
AEC3182H Citizenship Learning and Participatory Democracy

Counselling Psychology:

AEC1289H Community Mental Health
AEC3211H Counselling and Researching in Context: Critical Perspectives on Counselling and Health Promotion Research

Students who successfully complete the program will have noted on their transcripts of completion of the "Collaborative Program in Community Development."

Further information is available from the following two OISE faculty members:

Professor Jack Quarter
Telephone: 416-978-0820
E-mail: jack.quarter@utoronto.ca

Professor Suzanne Stewart
E-mail: suzanne.stewart@utoronto.ca