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Community Leadership and Development Track

The Community Leadership and Development (CLD) track prepares students for community leadership in a globally changing world. The CLD track focuses on developing skills and knowledge for careers in community and for-profit organizations in the public and private sectors, government and policy organizations, non-profit agencies, housing, and community development banking. Students are prepared for staff positions or graduate study in law, policy, journalism, education, the social sciences, and related fields, obtaining applied professional experience in such venues as the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, agencies in state government or surrounding counties, and selected community agencies and organizations.

The nine-hour CLD track core includes the following required courses:

• HOD 2600, Community Development Theory (Fall)
• HOD 2670, Community Psychology (Fall)

and one of the following:

• HOD 2610, Community Development Organizations and Policies  (Spring)
• HOD 2620, Action Research and Program Evaluation (Spring)

In addition, CLD track students are required to select six hours of track electives from HOD courses above the 2100 level (other than HOD 2260, 2900, 2910, 2920, 2930, and 2980-2989). Recommended courses include the following:

• HOD 2280, Ethics for Human Development Professionals
• HOD 2400, Global Dimensions of Community Development
• HOD 2420, International Organizations and Economic Development
• HOD 2510, Health Service Delivery to Diverse Populations
• HOD 2820, Public Finance
• HOD 2810, Politics of Public Policy