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Undergraduate Degree Programs

Community, Environment and Development (CED)

CED 152 Community Development Concepts and Practice (3) Concepts and practice of community development.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: R SOC 011 orSOC 001;ECON 104  

CED 155 (GS) Science, Technology and Public Policy (3) This course will survey the main issues that relate science and technology to public policy.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

CED 201 Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics (3) Apply principles of economics to analyze environmental protection policies and natural resource use decision. Examine contemporary policy issues.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: AG BM 101 orECON 102  

CED 230 Development Issues in the Global Context (3) Exploration of issues related to economic development in national and international contexts, where key interrelationships between and among developed and developing regions are made explicit.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 102, ECON 104, R SOC 011 orSOC 001  

CED 297 Special Topics (1-9 per semester/maximum of 9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

CED 309 Land Use Dynamics (3) Theory of land use and land use decision-making.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 102 or equivalent;GEOG 160  

CED 375H Community, Local Knowledge, and Democracy (3) Understanding community decision-making, citizen-expert interactions and methods for resolving seemingly intractable conflicts associated with public issues.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: Prerequisite or concurrent:CED 152  

CED 404 Survey Research Methods (3) Students will learn empirical research methodology in the areas of environ- mental and natural resource economics.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: CED 201 orECON 302, ECON 428  

CED 409 Land Use Planning and Procedure (3) General land use planning laws and procedures.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: 6 credits of B LAW CED ECON E R M E RRE PL SC R EST SOC S T S (any combination)  

CED 410 The Global Seminar (3) Exploration of critical global issues relevant to sustainable development and the environment. Collaborative with other universities worldwide.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 102 orECON 104;R SOC 011 orSOC 001  

CED 417 (R SOC 417) Power, Conflict, and Community Decision Making (3) Impact of institutions on human interdependence and behavior, the structure of power, and community decision making and public policy.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: R SOC 011 orSOC 001  

CED 420 (US;IL) (R SOC 420, WMNST 420) Women in Developing Countries (3) Analysis of women's work, experiences, and development policies and practices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: 5th semester standing or above  

CED 425 International Community and Economic Development (3) International community and economic development.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: CED 152  

CED 427W (S T S 427W, SOC 427W) Society and Natural Resource (3) Analysis of the relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural resources.
Effective: Summer 2008 Ending: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: R SOC 011 orSOC 001  

CED 427W (S T S 427W) Society and Natural Resource (3) Analysis of the relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural resources.
Effective: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: R SOC 011 orSOC 001  

CED 429 Natural Resource Economics (3) Optimal management of resources; roles of markets and other institutions; resources and economic development; public policy.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 302 andMATH 110 orMATH 140  

CED 431W Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies (3) Economic analysis of environmental and natural resource policies, benefit-cost analysis, non-market valuation techniques; resource damage assessment.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: ECON 302  

CED 450 (IL) International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment (3) Theories of agricultural and economic development, with particular attention to interactions between development, renewable resources, and the environment.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: 6 credits in agricultural economics or economics  

CED 475 CED Integrated Capstone Experience (3) An experiential-learning course that provides a capstone learning experience for seniors graduating from the Community, Environment and Development major.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: senior status only  

CED 495A Internship in Community, Environment, and Development (1-15) Supervised field experience in an environmental setting.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: prior approval of program  

CED 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

CED 496A Community of Practice: Special Issues in Community, Environment, and Development (3) A student-led course with a focus on co-creation. Subject matter will center around CED. Together, we will decide what we will learn, how we will learn it, and how we will assess our learning.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

CED 497 Special Topics (1-18) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

CED 497A Population & Environment (3) This course examines global and demographic perspectives on the complex interplay between human population dynamics and environmental circumstances and change.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
 

CED 497C Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing Among the Ojibwe (3-6) This award-winning cultural engagement and educational seminar can help students explore and understand the worldview of the Ojibwe (also known as the Anishinaabeg), one of the largest aboriginal communities in North America. Participants will be immersed for approximately 20 days in the history, culture, and lifeways of the Red Lake, Leech Lake, and White Earth Ojibwe Nations in northern Minnesota (near the Ontario-Manitoba border).
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

CED 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

CED 499B (IL) Issues in Economic, Community and Agricultural Development in Kenya - TRAVEL (0.5) Develop viable economic and youth development options for vulnerable youth, culminating with three weeks in Kenya.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

Last Import from UCM: May 18, 2013 3:00 AM