Community Development Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Sustainable Communities

University:

Kansas State University

Course Number:

CDPLN 712

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $622 per credit

Start/End Dates:

August 24, 2026 - December 18, 2026

Overview

Course Description

Content of this course links management of natural capital to other community-based actions around resource allocation and the impacts on quality of life. Students examine literature on community-based natural resource management and assess alternative ways of valuing natural capital. Students contrast theories of natural capital in communities and human society as the theories relate to community sustainability with regard to economic vitality, social well-being, and ecosystem health.

Contacts

Instructor

Shakhawat Tanim
stanim@ksu.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Textbooks

Resilience for All: Striving for Equity through Community Driven Design
Brown Wilson, Barbara
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 978-161098923

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Meadows, Donella H.
Edition: 2008
ISBN: 978-1603580557

The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval (An electronic copy of this text is available through the K-State Library. Please see comments below.)
Lerch, Daniel
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 978-1610918602

Course Access

Canvas

Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Comments

The Community Resilience Reader: Essential Resources for an Era of Upheaval textbook: A free electronic copy of this text is available through the K-State Library.

Information is subject to change.

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Drops and Refunds:

Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.

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