MURP: Housing, Community & Economic Development Specialization

Local and regional organizations have long worked to develop their economies and employment opportunities while enhancing the social and living conditions of their communities. The housing, community and economic development specialization provides students with the background knowledge, analytical perspectives, and methodological skills that enable them to assist effectively in the formulation and implementation of public and private policies relating to socio-economic development at the local, metropolitan, and regional scales. Two options are available to students within this concentration:

  1. Economic Development
  2. Community Development

Economic Development focuses on theoretical foundations and practical policies and actions for increasing economic activity in an area to improve levels of income and employment. Community Involvement and Development emphasizes processes intended to enhance citizen participation in local decisionmaking and to improve socio-economic conditions. Students select from courses within the department, as well as courses in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Sociology, and Economics. Graduates of the economic and community development concentration have found employment with local and regional planning agencies; state and federal agencies; specialized economic development, community development, and redevelopment organizations; private development and consulting firms, and non-profit organizations.

Courses:

Qualifying Electives
UAP 4184: Community Involvement
UAP 5104: Urban and Regional Development Theory
UAP 5164: Collaborative Processes & Civil Society
UAP 5774: Economic Development Studio
UAP 5784: Local Economic Development Planning
Economic Development

UAP 4224: Policy Making in the Federal System
UAP 4744: Principles of Real Estate & Development
AAEc 5244: Rural Development
ECON 6054: Economic Development

Community Involvement & Development
UAP 4244: Non-Profit Organization & Management
UAP 4304: Non-Profit Organization Leadership & Management
UAP 4604: Social Policy & Planning
UAP 5244: The Multicultural City
UAP 5314: Social Analysis of Land Use Planning
UAP 5604: Housing Policy
SOC 5514: Perspectives on Community
Housing Planning & Policy

UAP 4744: Principles of Real Estate & Development
UAP 4854: Planning the Urban Infrastructure
UAP 5604: Housing Policy
NE 4604: Housing Design, Energy & Environment
NE 4664: Barrier-Free Design
NE 4674: Housing Management for the Elderly
NE 4684: Advanced Property Management
NE 5604: Advanced Family Housing
NE 5624: Housing & Government
NE 6605: Housing for Special Groups

Programs