Merrimack College: Master of Education in Community Engagement – Summer I Courses Open to Non-matriculated Students

Posted by Merrimack College on May 12, 2020

Below are our Master’s level Summer I offerings that are open to non-matriculated students, all of which will be online with virtual synchronous components:

Summer I 2020 – May 18 – June 26
ED 667G University-Community Relations, Monday, 4pm-5:50pm, Lane Glenn & Noemi Custodia-Lora
CME 5216 Management & Leadership of Nonprofit Sector, Tuesday, 6pm-7:50pm, Gregg Grenier
CME 500G Community Development (2 cr), Wednesday, 7pm-8:20pm, Jolan Rivera
ED640G Diversity and Social Justice, Thursday, 6pm-7:50pm, Gerardo Zayas

ED 640G: Diversity and Social Justice
This course uses a social justice framework to explore issues of power and privilege with respect to diverse populations. Historical and contemporary oppression based on race, gender, ability, and other differences are explored. Self-reflection is used to examine students’ own biases and prejudices. This course offers aspiring community activists the opportunity to learn about social change through social justice education, advocacy, and outreach initiatives.

CME 521G: Management and Leadership of the Nonprofit Sector
This course provides an overview of leadership and management issues pertinent to the nonprofit sector. Topics include human resource development, program development, financial resource management, and organizational learning. The course also focuses on leader qualities and career paths in the nonprofit sector.

ED 667G: University-Community Relations
This course is an exploration of patterns of communication, interaction, and relationships between institutions of higher education and their local and regional communities. The course examines how historical, social, cultural, and political forces impact such relationships and interactions, with a particular emphasis on issues of diversity. The course explores such relations within the context of the media and the press, goals of community development and change, and the role of the university in its engagement with the public sphere.

CME500 Community Development
This course explores the theory and practice of community development, from both the macro perspective of structural, institutional, and governmental policies and practices and the micro perspective of individual, group, and neighborhood perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on the role of individuals, corporations and other community-based organizations in the process of community development. The course will address key issues such as housing, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, school community partnerships, urban growth, and sustainability, with a focus on the social and political aspects of development.

Interested? Contact Audrey Falk at falka@merrimack.edu or (978) 837-3592.