Minard Hall
Room 408B
Minard Hall is located
on the south end of campus on Albrecht Boulevard (Campus Map)
Community Development
A minor in community development at North Dakota State University provides a program of study for students interested in complementing their major with community development skills. Any major can be complemented with community development training, particularly agricultural economics, agriculture, business administration, communication, economics, education, political science, psychology and sociology.
The Program
The community development minor is an applied, multidisciplinary minor consisting of 18 credits that exposes students both to academic and experiential aspects of community and economic development. The minor includes a core of community development course work, an internship in a development agency and elective course work in three areas related to community and economic development-economics, business administration and social science.
The Purpose
The purpose of the minor is to prepare students to: (1) integrate community development concepts into their own occupations and academic majors; (2) recognize the relationships of social, economic and demographic change on community viability and sustainability; and (3) take a more active role in the affairs of their own communities.
Internship Program
Internships are arranged with Gary Goreham (Department of Sociology-Anthropology), William Nelson (Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics) or Joseph M. Jones (College of Business Administration). Internships can be taken in a variety of settings such as public community and economic development agencies at the state, county or local level; private for-profit development corporations; or non-profit organizations.
- Soc. 405 - Community Development 3
- AgEc./Busn./Econ./Soc. 496 - Internship 3
- Economics
- Select at least three credits from the following list:
- AgEc. 220 - World Agricultural Development 3
- AgEc. 355 - Negotiation 3
- AgEc. 470 - Agricultural Trade 2
- AgEc./Busn. 374 - Cooperatives 3
- Econ. 341 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3
- Econ. 461 - Economic Development 3
- Econ. 470 - Public Finance 3
- Econ. 472 - International Trade 3
- Econ. 481 - Natural Resource Economics 3
- Business Administration
- Select at least three credits from the following list:
- Acct. 102 - Fundamentals of Accounting
- (or Acct. 200 or 201 - Elements of Accounting I, II) 3
- Busn. 340 - Principles of Finance 3
- Busn. 350 - Foundations of Management 3
- Busn. 360 - Foundations of Marketing 3
- Busn. 431 - Business Law I 3
- Busn. 441 - Investment Analysis and Management 3
- Busn. 443 - Management of Financial Institutions 3
- Busn. 453 - Cultural Pluralism and the Management of
- Organizations 3
- Busn. 463 - Marketing Research 3
- Social Science
- Select at least three credits from the following list:
- Comm. 370 - Principles of Public Relations 3
- Comm. 472 - Public Relations Campaigns 3
- Geol. 300 - Environmental Geology 3
- H&CE 341 - Leadership and Presentation Techniques 3
- HNES 326 - Recreation Programming 3
- Soc. 403 - Sociology of the Great Plains 3
- Soc. 420 - Sociology of Disaster 3
- Soc. 426 - Sociology of Medicine 3
- Soc. 439 - Social Change 3
- Soc. 465 - Applied Demographics 3
- Curriculum Total 18
This sample curriculum is not intended to serve as a curriculum guide for current students, but rather an example of course offerings for prospective students. For the curriculum requirements in effect at the time of entrance into a program, consult with an academic adviser or with the Office of Registration and Records.
Contact Information
Gary A. Goreham
Department of Sociology-Anthropology
North Dakota State University
Minard Hall 402C
Fargo, ND 58105
Tel: (701) 231-7637
Fax: (701) 231-1047
Email: Gary.Goreham@ndsu.edu
Web: http://www.ndsu.edu/socanth/
William C. Nelson
Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
North Dakota State University
Morrill Hall 301J
Fargo, ND 58105
Tel.: (701) 231-1016
Fax: (701) 231-7400
E-mail: Bill.Nelson@ndsu.edu
Joseph Michael Jones
College of Business Administration
North Dakota State University
Putnam Hall 15
Fargo, ND 58105
Tel. (701) 231-7690
Fax: (701) 231-7508
E-mail: Joseph.Jones@ndsu.edu
Office of Admission
North Dakota State University
124 Ceres Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
Tel: (701) 231-8643
Fax: (701) 231-8802
Email: NDSU.Admission@ndsu.edu
Web: http://www.ndsu.edu/prospective/students/
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