Community & Regional Development, Bachelor of Science College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
The Major Program
The Community & Regional Development major aims to provide a broad comparative understanding of theories, methodologies, and issues relevant to the study of communities and the people in them. The program focuses on the ways that economic, political and socio-cultural forces are transforming the world, countries, regions, and local communities, and it considers how knowledge can be used to improve the quality of community life.
The Program
Principal subjects of study within the major are community, regional, and organizational development; social change processes; community and regional research methodologies; the role of class, ethnicity, gender, and race in shaping social life; the impacts of innovation and technology on communities, and the effects of social, economic and political systems on regions. The major is organized to allow students to develop fields of concentration that meet their career goals.
Major Advisor
Internships & Career Alternatives
Community & Regional Development students are required to complete an internship in their field before graduation. Internships have been arranged with local, county, and state planning units, health departments, schools, housing offices, businesses, and education programs, among others. Community and Regional Development graduates are prepared for occupations in community development, social research, program evaluation, organizational and educational consulting, city and regional planning, and for-profit organizations. The major also provides effective preparation for graduate or professional study in the social and behavioral sciences or for professional degrees.
Honors Program
An Honors Program is available to Human & Community Development majors who have demonstrated excellence in their field of study. Entrance into the honors program requires that a student completes at least 135 units with a minimum grade point average of 3.500 in upper division courses counted toward the major. The program consists of a project whose specific nature is determined in consultation with the student's Honors Advisor. It may involve completing a research project, a scholarly paper, a senior thesis, or some comparable assignment. The project will have a minimum duration of two quarters and will be noted on the student's record by a variable unit course number or special honors course designation. Successful completion of the honors program requires that a minimum of 8 units of credit be earned in course work for the project. It is expected that a student participating in the Honors Program of the Community & Regional Development major will participate in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference. Additionally, students participating in the Honors Program will be required to give a public presentation of their work in a departmental seminar program.
Honors Program Advisor
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Preparatory Subject Matter | ||
| Community & Regional Development | ||
| CRD 001 | The Community | 4 |
| CRD 002 | Ethnicity & American Communities | 4 |
| PLS 021 | Application of Computers in Technology | 3-4 |
| or ECS 015 | Introduction to Computers | |
| Economics | ||
| ECN 001A | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| or ECN 001B | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| Choose one: | 5 | |
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
or SOC 001 | Introduction to Sociology | |
| Choose one: | 4 | |
| Elementary Statistics | ||
or STA 032 | Gateway to Statistical Data Science | |
| Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal | 24-25 | |
| Depth Subject Matter | ||
| Comparative Community Change; Core Issues in Community Development | ||
| Choose 12-13 units: | 12-13 | |
| Rural Change in the Industrialized World | ||
| Community Development | ||
| International Community Development: Asia | ||
| International Community Development: Europe | ||
| International Community Development: Africa | ||
| Theories of Organizations & Their Role in Community Change | ||
| Social Inequality: Issues & Innovations | ||
| Comparative Ethnicity | ||
| Transnational Community Development | ||
| Economics of Community Change | ||
| Choose 8-9 units: | 8-9 | |
| Technology & Society | ||
| Dynamics of Regional Development | ||
| Organization of Economic Space | ||
| People, Work & Technology | ||
| Political Processes & Community Change | ||
| Choose 8 units: | 8 | |
| Community Youth Development | ||
| Community Development Perspectives on Environmental Justice | ||
| Social Theory & Community Change | ||
| Politics & Community Development | ||
| Community Governance | ||
| Housing & Social Policy | ||
| Methods for Community Research | ||
| Choose 9-10 units: 1 | 9-10 | |
| Community Field Research: Theory & Analysis | ||
| Community Economic Development | ||
| Empirical Methods in Communication | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Educational Research | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Evaluation Research Methods | ||
| Intermediate Social Statistics | ||
| Internship | ||
| CRD 192 | Internship | 4 |
| Depth Subject Matter Subtotal | 41-44 | |
| Areas of Specialization | ||
| Choose 20 units from each of two options, including at least one CRD course from each option, or 40 units from one option, including at least two CRD courses. These courses cannot overlap with the depth subject. Up to 4 units of variable-unit course work may be counted toward this requirement; e.g., CRD 192. | 40 | |
| Global Communities Option | ||
| Organization & Management Option | ||
| Students must consult with a faculty advisor to identify an emphasis within the option and to select suitable courses. | ||
| Policy, Planning, & Social Services Option | ||
| Students must consult with a faculty advisor to identify an emphasis within the option and to select suitable courses. | ||
| Community & Regional Development English Coursework Requirement | ||
| Choose three courses in English Composition2; at least one must be upper division: | 12 | |
| Introduction to Literature | ||
| Introduction to Public Speaking | ||
| Major Works of the Ancient World | ||
| Major Works of the Medieval & Early Modern World | ||
| Major Works of the Modern World | ||
| Major Works of the Contemporary World | ||
| Introduction to Native American Literature | ||
| Introduction to Academic Literacies | ||
| Introduction to Academic Literacies | ||
Choose at least one: | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Special Topics | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Biology | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: History | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: International Relations | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Engineering | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Food Science & Technology | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Environmental Writing | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Human Development & Psychology | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Fine Arts | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Sociology | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines: Film Studies | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Business Writing | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Law | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Journalism | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Elementary & Secondary Education | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Science | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Health | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Internships | ||
| The Upper Division Composition Exam does not satisfy the requirement | ||
| Areas of Specialization Subtotal | 52 | |
| Total Units | 117-121 | |
- 1
At least one must be CRD 151 or 156
- 2
Advanced Placement English score of 4 or 5 which satisfies ENL 003 and/or UWP 001 will satisfy one of the three required courses.
Global Communities Option
Development Policy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANT 126A | Anthropology of Development | 4 |
| ARE 115A | Economic Development | 4 |
| ARE 115B | Economic Development | 4 |
| ARE 142 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| CRD 140 | Dynamics of Regional Development | 4 |
| CRD 152 | Community Development | 4 |
| CRD 153A | International Community Development: Asia | 4 |
| CRD 153B | International Community Development: Europe | 4 |
| CRD 153C | International Community Development: Africa | 4 |
| CRD 164 | Theories of Organizations & Their Role in Community Change | 5 |
| CRD 180 | Transnational Community Development | 4 |
| ECN 115A | Economic Development | 4 |
| ECN 115B | Economic Development | 4 |
| ECN 160A | International Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECN 160B | International Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECN 162 | International Economic Relations | 4 |
| IAD 170 | Program Development for International Agriculture | 4 |
| SOC 138 | Economic Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 139 | Corporations & Society | 4 |
| SOC 141 | Industrialization & Social Change | 4 |
| SOC 145A | Sociology of Third World Development | 4 |
| SOC 159 | Work, Employment, & Careers in the 21st Century | 4 |
Gender & Development
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 132 | The Sociology of Gender | 4 |
| SOC 145A | Sociology of Third World Development | 4 |
| SOC 145B | Gender & Rural Development in the Third World | 4 |
| ANT 126B | Women & Development | 4 |
| WMS 182 | Globalization, Gender & Culture | 4 |
Globalization & Politics
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| POL 124 | The Politics of Global Inequality | 4 |
| POL 130 | Recent U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 |
| POL 131 | Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 |
| POL 175 | Science, Technology, & Policy | 4 |
Experiential Learning, Area Studies, & Language
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of units of credit in Experiential learning, Area Studies, and Language courses cannot exceed 32. | ||
| Up to 12 credits transferred from any accredited foreign program or foreign internship, including UC Davis EAP and Summer Abroad programs. | ||
| Up to 12 credits in regional area studies classes; e.g., Middle East, China, Latin America. | ||
| Up to 12 credits for foreign language. | ||
Organization & Management Option
Administration
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRD 157 | Politics & Community Development | 4 |
| CRD 158 | Community Governance | 4 |
| CRD 194HA | Special Study for Honors Students | 4 |
| CRD 194HB | Special Study for Honors Student | 4 |
| ARE 100A | Intermediate Microeconomics: Theory of Production & Consumption | 4 |
| ECN 115A | Economic Development | 4 |
| POL 100 | Local Government & Politics | 4 |
| POL 105 | The Legislative Process | 4 |
| POL 142A | Comparative Development: Political Development in Modernizing Societies | 4 |
| POL 142B | Comparative Development: Politics & Inequality | 4 |
| POL 142C | Comparative Political Development: Democracy & Democratization | 4 |
| POL 155 | Judicial Process & Behavior | 4 |
| POL 183 | Administrative Behavior | 4 |
Communication
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CMN 136 | Organizational Communication | 4 |
| CMN 140 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 4 |
| CRD 147 | Community Youth Development | 4 |
| CRD 176 | Comparative Ethnicity | 4 |
| EDU 120 | Philosophical & Social Foundations of Education | 4 |
Human Resources
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRD 151 | Community Field Research: Theory & Analysis | 5 |
| CRD 172 | Social Inequality: Issues & Innovations | 4 |
| CRD 176 | Comparative Ethnicity | 4 |
| CMN 102 | Empirical Methods in Communication | 4 |
| ECN 151B | Economics of Human Resources | 4 |
| SOC 120 | Deviance | 4 |
| SOC 128 | Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics | 4 |
| SOC 129 | Sociology of Black Experience in America | 4 |
Management
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRD 118 | Technology & Society | 4 |
| CRD 140 | Dynamics of Regional Development | 4 |
| CRD 141 | Organization of Economic Space | 4 |
| CRD 154 | Social Theory & Community Change | 4 |
| CRD 162 | People, Work & Technology | 5 |
| CRD 164 | Theories of Organizations & Their Role in Community Change | 5 |
| ARE 112 | Fundamentals of Organization Management | 4 |
| ARE 113 | Fundamentals of Marketing Management | 4 |
| HIS 174A | The Gilded Age & Progressive Era: United States, 1876-1917 | 4 |
| HIS 174AD | Emergence of Modern America: Discussion | 1 |
| SOC 138 | Economic Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 139 | Corporations & Society | 4 |
| SOC 159 | Work, Employment, & Careers in the 21st Century | 4 |
| SOC 180A | Complex Organizations | 4 |
Policy, Planning, & Social Services Option
General
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRD 118 | Technology & Society | 4 |
| CRD 142 | Rural Change in the Industrialized World | 4 |
| CRD 151 | Community Field Research: Theory & Analysis | 5 |
| CRD 153A | International Community Development: Asia | 4 |
| CRD 153B | International Community Development: Europe | 4 |
| CRD 153C | International Community Development: Africa | 4 |
| CRD 154 | Social Theory & Community Change | 4 |
| CRD 156 | Community Economic Development | 5 |
| CRD 162 | People, Work & Technology | 5 |
| CRD 176 | Comparative Ethnicity | 4 |
| CRD 180 | Transnational Community Development | 4 |
| CRD 194HA | Special Study for Honors Students | 4 |
| CRD 194HB | Special Study for Honors Student | 4 |
| POL 100 | Local Government & Politics | 4 |
| POL 105 | The Legislative Process | 4 |
| POL 108 | Policy Making in the Public Sector | 4 |
| POL 109 | Public Policy & the Governmental Process | 4 |
| POL 142A | Comparative Development: Political Development in Modernizing Societies | 4 |
| POL 142B | Comparative Development: Politics & Inequality | 4 |
| POL 142C | Comparative Political Development: Democracy & Democratization | 4 |
| POL 154 | Legal Philosophy | 4 |
| POL 155 | Judicial Process & Behavior | 4 |
| POL 183 | Administrative Behavior | 4 |
| SOC 120 | Deviance | 4 |
| SOC 140 | Social Stratification | 4 |
| SOC 155 | Sociology of Law | 4 |
| SOC 185 | Social Policy | 4 |
Community Health & Counseling
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CMN 120 | Interpersonal Communication | 4 |
| CMN 122 | Nonverbal Communication | 4 |
| CMN 165 | Media & Health | 4 |
| CRD 164 | Theories of Organizations & Their Role in Community Change | 5 |
| EDU 160A | Introduction to Peer Counseling | 2 |
| EDU 160B | Issues in Peer Counseling | 2 |
| SPH 101 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HDE 120 | Research Methods in Human Development | 5 |
| HDE 130 | Developmental Psychopathology | 4 |
| PSC 123 | Hormones & Behavior | 3 |
| PSC 126 | Health Psychology | 4 |
| PSC 151 | Social Psychology | 4 |
| PSC 154 | Psychology of Emotion | 4 |
| PSC 162 | Introduction to Personality Psychology | 4 |
| PSC 168 | Abnormal Psychology | 4 |
Education & Community
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AED 100 | Concepts in Agricultural & Environmental Education | 3 |
| AED 160 | Vocational Education | 3 |
| CMN 101 | Communication Theories | 4 |
| CMN 146 | Communication Campaigns | 4 |
| EDU 100 | Introduction to Schools | 4 |
| EDU 110 | Educational Psychology: General | 4 |
| EDU 120 | Philosophical & Social Foundations of Education | 4 |
| EDU 150 | Cultural Diversity & Education in a Sociopolitical Context | 4 |
| EDU 151 | Language Development in the Chicano Child | 3 |
| EDU 152 | Academic Spanish for Bilingual Teachers | 3 |
| EDU 153 | Diversity in the K-12 Classroom | 2 |
| PSC 100 | Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | 4 |
| PSC 132 | Language & Cognition | 4 |
| SOC 124 | Education & Inequality in the U.S. | 4 |
Environmental Policy & Regional Planning
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CRD 140 | Dynamics of Regional Development | 4 |
| CRD 141 | Organization of Economic Space | 4 |
| CRD 149 | Community Development Perspectives on Environmental Justice | 4 |
| CRD 152 | Community Development | 4 |
| CRD 158 | Community Governance | 4 |
| CRD 171 | Housing & Social Policy | 4 |
| ECN 115A | Economic Development | 4 |
| ESM 121 | Water Science & Management | 3 |
| ESP 110 | Principles of Environmental Science | 4 |
| ESP 160 | The Policy Process | 4 |
| ESP 161 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| ESP 168A | Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis | 5 |
| ESP 168B | Methods of Environmental Policy Evaluation | 4 |
| ESP 171 | Urban & Regional Planning | 4 |
| ESP 172 | Public Lands Management | 4 |
| ESP 173 | Land Use & Growth Controls | 4 |
| ESP 179 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 4 |
| POL 102 | Urban Public Policy | 4 |
| POL 107 | Environmental Politics & Administration | 4 |
| POL 175 | Science, Technology, & Policy | 4 |
| SOC 118 | Political Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 138 | Economic Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 141 | Industrialization & Social Change | 4 |
| SOC 143A | Urban Society | 4 |
| SOC 143B | Sociology of City Life | 4 |
| SOC 170 | Population | 4 |
Family & Community
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AMS 152 | The Lives of Children in America | 4 |
| CRD 147 | Community Youth Development | 4 |
| HDE 100A | Infancy & Early Childhood | 4 |
| HDE 100B | Middle Childhood & Adolescence | 4 |
| HDE 100C | Adulthood & Aging | 4 |
| HDE 101 | Cognitive Development | 4 |
| HDE 102 | Social & Personality Development | 4 |
| HDE 110 | Families in Communities | 4 |
| HDE 130 | Developmental Psychopathology | 4 |
| HDE 140L | Laboratory in Early Childhood | 4 |
| HDE 141 | Field Study With Children & Adolescents | 4-6 |
| HDE 143 | Field Studies of the Elderly | 4-6 |
| HDE 160 | Social Aspects of Aging | 4 |
| HDE 161 | Technology Use, Health, & Aging | 4 |
| HDE 163 | Cognitive Neuropsychology in Adulthood & Aging | 4 |
| PSC 140 | Developmental Psychology | 4 |
| SOC 122 | Sociology of Adolescence | 4 |
| SOC 131 | The Family | 4 |
| SOC 135 | Social Relationships | 4 |
| SOC 152 | Juvenile Delinquency | 4 |