YEAR I
- Overview of Community Development
- Community Assessments
- Diversity & Intercultural Communications
- Introduction to Economic Development
- Global Economy/Business Trends
- How Local Economies Work
- Developing Community Profiles
- Land Use Planning & Property Management
- Information & Human Resources Planning Ethics
- Community Development Simulation
- Human Resource Management
- Resource Availability
- Leadership & Team Building
- Trends & Issues in Community Developmen
- Attracting Technology Talent to Your Community
- Community Asset Mapping and Surveys
- New Economy
- Regional Planning Simulation
- Grants & Fiscal Resources
- Increasing Your Grant Writing Success
- Impact Analysis
- Regional Planning Simulation
- Business Retention, Expansion, & Recruitment
- Tourism Development/Main Street Programs
- Using the Internet as a Learning Tool, Section 1
- Financial Resources
- Workforce Development
- Community Development Challenges: Environment, Education, & Social Services
- Systems Thinking: Learning Communities
- Economic Modeling
- Benchmarking Best Practices
- Global Business Environment
- Spatial Information Systems
- Survey Analysis
- Housing Options
- Using the Internet as a Learning Tool, Section 2
- Certified Cities: A Holistic Approach Personal Leadership Styles
- Lobbying/Working the Political Arena
- Community Development Challenges: Healthcare, Self-Esteem, & Leadership
- For CDI graduates, an individualized sequence of sessions will be offered to provide a review of the latest trends in community development. Advanced year participants may take advantage of the graduate credit option for the MSCED program.

