HCR 700
Collaborative Leadership in Community Development
Course Description:
This course examines the meaning of community, importance of community
organizations in making positive changes and explores collaborative
leadership competencies.
HCR 710 Organization
and Program Management
Course
Description:
This Organization and Program Management course examines theoretical
and practical aspects of leading and managing organizations and programs.
The course addresses theories of leadership and organizational
behavior, and organizational change on macro (organizational) and micro
(program) levels. Management
topics include communication, marketing, supervision, accounting and
finance, strategic planning and ethics.
Students
enrolled in HCR 710 will draw on course work, library resources and prior
experience to complete an integrative management project.
In this capstone assignment, students will work as individuals or in
teams to complete a consulting project that integrates outcomes from all
topic areas and to links them to a work or organizational setting.
A discussion and problem solving approach encourages a cooperative,
non-competitive classroom atmosphere.
HCR 720 Outcomes-Based
Program Evaluation
Course
Description:
The course is designed to enhance the community health practitioner’s
awareness of the importance of using outcome measures to guide the
development and assess the effectiveness of interventions and programs.
To that end, students will read, interpret and apply primary research
from various areas of public health to their area of professional interest.
Students
will contribute to class discussion by being prepared to discuss the
contents of the readings and share their insight as to how the readings can
be applied to program design and implementation, client counseling,
assessment of program efficacy, cost control measures, etc.
Students
will have the opportunity to moderate class discussion.
In order to capitalize on the expertise inherent in the classroom,
each student will select readings for the class and lead the discussion
surrounding the major findings and applications of the paper.
The
process of scientific inquiry and writing will be integrated into the
course. This process is the
foundation of grant writing, professional manuscripts, and the development
of best-practices. Students
will research a topic relevant to their professional interests by
researching peer-reviewed sources.
The paper will consist of a synthesis of research findings currently
available. This literature
review will in essence be the first part of the student’s project or thesis
proposal. If a student has not
yet selected a project topic or is in the test-out track, a suitable topic
will be identified. Students
will have the opportunity to discuss their findings in the context of a
professional goal (proposed intervention or program development) and will
share their findings and proposal with the class in an oral presentation.
HCR 730 Best
Practices in Program Development
Course
Description:
This class will offer an overview of research and issues concerning
the application and use of research-based information in the development of
programming for children, youth, individuals, and families.
Issues examined will include matching services to address the needs
of the target audience, and community and policy contexts which affect
programming decisions. Students
will become familiar with issues related to the development of program
goals, objectives, and implementation. Class readings, presentations, and
discussions will comprise the foundation of the knowledge necessary to
complete course assignments.
Course assignments will focus students on the development of their own
original primary prevention program, and are designed to provide students
with practice in understanding and developing the various components of
program development.
HCR 740 Grants and
Funding for Small Projects
Course
Description:
Through this online course, graduate students and nonprofit
development and resource directors will learn “how to grant seek”.