International Community Development (Online)

Overview

International Community Development (Online) from Northwest University curriculum has a practical emphasis and includes qualitative research skills, a six-credit certificate in Outcomes-Oriented Program Management, and opportunities to collaborate with existing nonprofit organizations. You’ll gain a big-picture view of community development and social justice issues, and an understanding of how they are interrelated. You will also be challenged to focus on a particular cause that you care about, and create a project or thesis around this theme.

Students at International Community Development (Online) from Northwest University will:

• Assess the particularities of culture contexts as they are relevant to the design and implementation of community development interventions;

• Engage qualitative research methods to identify a community’s core challenges and inherent resources;

• Collaborate with community stakeholders and external agencies to create contextualized responses to social challenges;

• Define a personal theological/philosophical framework for a vocation of service;

• Develop lifelong, habitual practices of authentic self-assessment and personal transformation;

• Strategize for effective program implementation and management;

• Analyze relief and development outcomes to assess program impact.