| Part I: Setting the Framework |
| 1 | Introduction and Course Overview: The Diversity of Urban Neighborhoods | |
| 2 | A Framework for Analyzing Urban Neighborhoods | |
| 3 | Neighborhoods and Community I | |
| 4 | Neighborhoods and Community II | |
| 5 | Neighborhood Diversity and the Metropolitan Community | |
| 6 | Community Development I: Origins and Transformations | |
| 7 | Community Development II: The Current Scene | |
| 8 | Community Organizing in the Neighborhood I | |
| 9 | Community Organizing in the Neighborhood II: The Ricanne Hadrian Initiative in Community Organizing
Guest Speaker: David Greenberg, PhD Candidate DUSP | |
| Part II: Housing and Community Development |
| 10 | Historic Perspective I | First memo due |
| 11 | Historic Perspective II | |
| 12 | Public Housing and Community Development | |
| 13 | Case Study: HOPE 6 in Boston
Guest Speaker: Deborah Goddard, Director of Development, Urban Edge and former Director of Development, Boston Housing Authority | |
| 14 | Affordable Rental Housing: Preserving the Stock | |
| 15 | Managing the Housing Stock
Case Study: Managing Subsidized Housing
Guest Speaker: Judy Weber, Private Consultant, Former Director of Management The Community Builders | |
| Part III: Economic Development, Work and Jobs |
| 16 | Community Economic Development: The Issues, the Record and the Debates - Part I | |
| 17 | Community Economic Development - Part II | Second memo due |
| 18 | Sources of Capital | |
| 19 | Small Business Development
Guest Speaker: Joe Kresberg, President, Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations | |
| 20 | Main Streets
Guest Speaker: Karl Seidman | |
| 21 | Welfare, Work and Job Training I | |
| 22 | Welfare, Work and Job Training II
Guest Speaker: Sarah Griffin, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation and Independent Consultant | |
| Part IV: Beyond Housing and Economic Development |
| 23 | Crime Security and Community Development | |
| 24 | Education and Community Development | Third memo due |
| 25 | Faith-based Organizations and Community Development | |
| 26 | Summing Up, Course Reflections etc. | |