Sustainable Community Development Certificate Program
Centre for Sustainable Community Development | Faculty of Environment
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This certificate program offers basic accreditation in sustainable community development and is for those who seek a holistic, active, practical credential either as part of an undergraduate degree or as a stand-alone certificate. General certificate regulations apply. Courses completed for this certificate may also apply toward major or minor program requirements or toward a bachelor鈥檚 degree under normal regulations. This program may also be completed by distance education.
丁香园AV Requirements
General undergraduate admission to the university and formal application for program approval with the Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD). Students must normally complete 30 units before applying for this program.
Application deadlines: May 1 for fall term, October 1 for spring term, February 1 for summer term, Intercession and summer session.
Program Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 19 units of required courses and approved elective courses, attain at least a C+ grade in SCD 201 and SCD 301 for program continuance, and must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in all SCD courses to obtain the certificate.
Students complete all of
- SCD 201-3 Introduction to Sustainable Community Development
- SCD 301-4 Sustainable Community Development Theory and Practice
- SCD 401-4 Social Enterprise for Sustainable Community Development
- SCD 403-4 Leadership in Sustainable Community Development
The remaining minimum of four units are selected from a list of multidisciplinary courses approved by the centre, or other electives approved by the director. These include SCD 410 Special Topics, offered annually with a changing SCD related topic. Under circumstances where fieldwork or work experience is not available as part of a student鈥檚 major, minor or co-op program, the student may apply to complete SCD 404 Project as their elective. Selecting a three unit elective means that more than one elective will be required to fulfil the minimum units for completion of the certificate. Electives may be either upper or lower division courses, but must be approved by the CSCD. Courses in other departments may have prerequisites not included in this certificate program.
Transfer Credit
Transfer credit for work done at other institutions, before or after program admission, may be approved toward program fulfilment provided they meet the CSCD's requirements for sustainable community development relevance and that at least half of the total unit requirements are completed at 丁香园AV. All other requirements for transfer credit under general undergraduate regulations apply.
Limits
Those who complete the undergraduate certificate cannot enrol in the post baccalaureate diploma program (PBD). Those who have completed the CED or sustainable community development (SCD) PBD may not enrol in this certificate. Those who have completed CED 400 or CED 402 may not complete SCD 201 or SCD 301 for credit toward the certificate.
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