M.A. in Community Planning, University of Washington

Program This Community Planning degree from University of Washington is premised on the following ideas:;“Community” is not a singular concept; moreover, less visible and under-resourced urban publics are often in need of specific forms of investment and support in order to engage the political process;;"Planning” is about enacting urban socio-spatial futures, through a variety of different professional roles; as such it happens in a number of different organizational settings and job titles;;The ways that people act and the social structures within which they are able to act are co-constituted; one creates and re-creates the other, and effective change agents use existing structures to generate new forms of action, and/or take singular, strategic actions to enable, demand, or elicit structural change.;Graduates will be prepared to be competent collaborative professionals who work with and empower community constituents, influencing processes of policy formation, resource generation, community change, and urban development. The program's emphasis on urban social issues, community development, and urban problem solving, and its commitment to training students to think critically and creatively, to work collaboratively in the interest of creating sustainable communities and to effectively communicate knowledge in a variety of ways is a direct expression of the UW Tacoma mission as an higher education institution. ;Skills Developed;Qualitative and quantitative analytical skills;Asset mapping;Persuasive argument and critique;Development finance and budgeting;Collaboration with NGOs;Communications planning and design;Conflict management;Cost-benefit analysis;Design and facilitation of public meetings;Graphic communication;Project management;Professional writing skills;Strategic planning and prioritization;Succinct and effective public messaging;Learning Outcomes;Construct, articulate, and defend a community-based process of advocacy and change to achieve a more just, equitable, and sustainable community;Describe and critically analyze current conditions in the dynamic structure of regions and urban communities;Define and recognize forms of individual and collective action and their role in reproducing current community conditions;Describe, analyze, and evaluate pathways to change in current conditions;Develop and refine individual and professional practices that support a lifelong career in planning and advocacy;I want to find another Master Course;Get more details;Visit official programme website Read Less