UIC-20013 credit hours

Community Development

Urban and Inner City Studies · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Year

No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.

UIC-2001 prerequisites

Taking UIC-2001 is a prerequisite for 4 courses directly.

  • GEOG-3432Urban and Community Planning
  • UIC-3030Urban and Community Planning
  • UIC-3330Solidarity and Social Economy in the City
  • UIC-4330Solidarity and Social Economy in the City

Where UIC-2001 counts

Counts toward 8 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:

  • ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
  • ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
  • ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
  • IDS 3-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
  • IDS 4-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
  • UIC 3-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
  • UIC 4-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
  • UIC HONOURS BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES

Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.

Description

This course is an introduction to the idea of community development and community economic development. The course considers the principles and philosophy of community development/community economic development, and examines the key elements of CD/CED including neighborhood revitalization,housing development and rehabilitation, employment development and training, and social enterprise.

Restrictions

Students may not hold credit for this course and IS-2301.

Cross-listed

IS-2301(3).

Lecture

From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.