Curriculum

The geography core course requirements must be fulfilled in addition to the curriculum listed for this concentration.

The Ph.D. Concentration in Regional and Community Development in the Geography Graduate Group consists of the following coursework: (1) a core theory course, (2) two methods courses, at least one of these in quantitative methods and (3) a minimum of 12 units of elective courses in the field.

PhD Concentration in Regional Community and Development – required courses
Core (4 units)
CRD 240 Community Development Theory
Methods (8 units chosen from the list below or approved by student’s Guidance Committee)
EDU 200* Educational Research
EDU 201 Qualitative Research in Education
EDU 202N Computer Analysis of Qualitative Data
POL 211* Research Methods in Political Science
SOC 206* Quantitive Analysis in Sociology
SOC 207 A/B* Methods of Quantitative Research
*quantitative methods

Electives (12 units chosen from the list below or approved by student’s Guidance Committee)
CRD 241 The Economics of Community Development
CRD 245 The Political Economy of Urban and Regional Development
CRD 246 The Political Economy of Transnational Migration
CRD 247 The Transformation of Work
CRD 248 Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities
CRD 248A/B Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities I & II