Health Administration (HADM) 315
Health and Community Development (Revision 2)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study or grouped study
Credits: 3
Area of Study:Social Science
Prerequisite: None
Precluded Course: HADM 315 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for NTST 315
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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HADM 315 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
HADM 315 is designed to introduce students to the historical, theoretical, and practical framework of community development (CD), and to the implementation of CD programs or projects conducted in communities in Tanzania, Ghana, Bangladesh, Canada, and Chile. This course further examines the effectiveness of the community development process in addressing the social and economic needs faced by people in these countries. Finally, the course examines how community development relates to primary health care.
Outline
Unit 1: The History and the Conceptualization of Community Development
- Part 1: The African and Asian Experience
- Part 2: The Conceptualization of Community Development
Unit 2: Community Development Practice: A Comparative Perspective
- Part 1: The African and Asian Experience
- Part 2: The Canadian and Latin American Experience
- Part 3: Women in Development
Unit 3: Primary Health Care and Community Development
- Part 1: Community Organizing for Development Process
- Part 2: Primary Health Care and Community Development: A Conceptual Overview
- Part 3: Primary Health Care Practice
Evaluation
To receive credit for HADM 315, you must complete and submit all three assignments, attain a minimum grade of 50 per cent on the final examination, and achieve an overall course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Assign 1 | Assign 2 | Assign 3 Essay | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15% | 15% | 30% | 40% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Campfens, H. (Ed.). (1999). Community development around the world: Practice, theory, research, training. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Inc.
Freire, P. (2007). Education for critical consciousness. New York: Continuum.
Ife, J., & Tesoriero, F. (2006). Community development: Community-based alternatives in an age of globalisation (3rd ed.). Frenchis Forest, Australia: Pearson Education Australia.
Schumacher, E. F. (1993). Small is beautiful: Economics as if people mattered. Vancouver, BC: Hartley & Marks Publishers Inc.
Other Materials
The course materials also include a student manual, study guide, and a reading file.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, October 2, 2007.
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