2025-2026 General Catalog
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Department of Human Ecology; 1303 Hart Hall; 530-752-1805; Community & Regional Development; Faculty
The Community & Regional Development major provides a practical and holistic understanding of theories, methodologies, and issues relevant to understand and help improve communities and the people in them. The program focuses on the ways that economic, political, environmental and socio-cultural forces are transforming the world, countries, regions, and local communities, and helps students organize their knowledge to improve the health, sustainability, prosperity, and equity of communities.
The Program
Principal subjects of study within the major are forces affecting community, regional, global and organizational development; social change processes; community and regional research methodologies; the role of class, ethnicity, gender, and race in shaping social life and outcomes; the impacts of innovation and technology on communities, and the effects of social, economic and political systems on regions. The major is organized flexibly to allow students to develop fields of concentration that meet their learning and career goals and to develop the capacities to grow as leaders in their chosen field.
Lead Faculty Advisor
Internships & Career Alternatives
Community and Regional Development students are required to complete an internship in their field before graduation. Internships have been arranged with local, county, and state planning agencies, public health departments, schools, housing offices, businesses, and education programs, among others. Community and Regional Development graduates are prepared for occupations in city and regional planning, community development, non-profit leadership, social research, education, program evaluation, organizational and educational consulting, and business and social entrepreneurship organizations. The major also provides effective preparation for graduate or professional study in the social and behavioral sciences or for professional degrees (such as city and regional planning, law, public health, education).
Honors Program
An Honors Program is available to Community and Regional Development majors who have demonstrated excellence in their field of study. Entrance into the honors program requires that a student completes at least 135 units with a minimum grade point average of 3.500 in upper division courses counted toward the major. The program consists of a project whose specific nature is determined in consultation with the student's Honors Advisor. It may involve completing a research project, a scholarly paper, a senior thesis, or some comparable assignment. The project will have a minimum duration of two quarters and will be noted on the student's record by a variable unit course number or special honors course designation. Successful completion of the honors program requires that a minimum of 8 units of credit be earned in course work for the project. It is expected that a student participating in the Honors Program of the Community & Regional Development major will participate in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference. Additionally, students participating in the Honors Program will be required to give a public presentation of their work in a departmental seminar program.
Honors Program Advisor
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