COD545: Community Development Theory and Practice

This unit aims to introduce students to the range of theoretical traditions that have shaped community development practice. In discussing various approaches to practice examples will be drawn from the history of Australian, British and American community work. This advanced unit will also examine recent turns in community development practice and the limitations of new methodologies.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures/workshops: up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in a postgraduate course. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed COD125 Introduction to Community Development cannot enrol in this unit.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr David Palmer Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: D.Palmer@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.007 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2288
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr David Palmer Senior Lecturer (D.Palmer@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2288 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.007 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)