社区发展学士

我们三年制的社区发展学士学位课程为学生提供了与各种社区有效合作以实现社会变革所需的实践和分析技能。通过提供有关社区，经济和社会发展（CESD）和社会工作的必修课程，该独特计划提供了跨学科的学习机会。学生将与所在地区的人们一起工作，以帮助确定共同的关注点和解决方案，并与组织和掌权者建立关系，从而实现变革。学生将学习如何使人们能够共同行动，从而为社区创造机会学习新技能并促进社会包容和平等。选择获得社区发展学位有很多好处。在满足学位要求的同时，学生将获得的动手实践既有价值又很有收获。在学生的三年级学习中，他们将
Our three-year Bachelor of Arts in Community Development provides students with both the practical and analytical skills needed to effectively work with a variety of communities to bring about societal change.<br>With required courses in Community, Economic, and Social Development (CESD) and Social Work, this unique program offers an interdisciplinary learning opportunity. Students will work alongside people in their region to effect change by helping to identify common concerns and solutions, and build relationships with organizations and those in positions of power. Students will learn how to create opportunities for communities to learn new skills and foster social inclusion and equality by enabling people to act together.<br><br>Choosing to earn a degree in community development has many benefits. The hands-on experience students will earn while fulfilling their degree requirements are both worthwhile and highly rewarding. In students' third-year of study, they will complete a 150-hour work placement. Students have been placed in organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Children's Aid Society, Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, NORDIK Institute, United Way, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and more.<br>These placements allow students to apply concepts, theories, and methods from their coursework in the community, advocate for change, and implement new analytical strategies, making the degree action-packed and very hands-on. The skill set students acquire are very versatile and can be applied to various career paths which are sought after by a wide range of employers.<br><br>Our program also has a specific focus on northern, rural, remote communities, and Indigenous populations. Community development practitioners often work within a defined geographical area (urban or rural), and with specific groups of people (persons with disabilities, youth, children, families, newcomers, the unemployed, and the homeless). Thus, our program adequately prepares students to be Community development practitioners in Northern Ontario, and to work with a diverse and cross-cultural group of peoples.