• The Community Development graduate program at the University of California, Davis, is a two-year multi-disciplinary applied social science program that leads to a Master of Science degree. The course of study provides a strong theoretical background in Community Development derived from a multi-disciplinary approach that includes Sociology, Anthropology, Political Economy, Geography, Environmental Science, Landscape Architecture, and other social sciences, combining both their theoretical as well as applied aspects.
  • Students gain advanced knowledge and social analysis of communities; community design and planning; microeconomic planning; program development; nonprofit management; and community action research and community change skills necessary for careers in community and human services as administrators, designers, planners, researchers and technicians.