Penn State Offers Masters Degree in Community and Economic Development

Penn State's World Campus Community and Economic Development (CEDev) Certificate program consists of four 3–credit courses, plus a 1–credit integrative project. The CEDev certificate is designed to deliver the knowledge and skills required to address important issues in community and economic development. Learners wishing to go on to complete a master’s degree can roll these credits into Penn State’s new resident master’s degree program in community and economic development.

The four core courses introduce the field and cover the following topics: principles of community and economic development and leadership, rural organization, the economics of natural resources and rural development, population, land use, and municipal finance. During the final course, you will be asked to integrate concepts and practices from the first four courses into an applied project or paper. Courses in the program are delivered via a combination of technologies including (but not limited to) Internet/WWW, CD–ROM, e–mail, and print. Upon successful completion of the five–course sequence, students earn 13 credits and a certificate from Penn State’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.

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