Psy 423. Community Psychology:
Toward a General Theory of Sustainable Community Development

Calendar

Schematic Outline

Weeks 1-8
Weeks 9 -15
1:00 &endash; 2:40
A. Epistemological Foundations
C. The Politics of Healthy Communities
3:00 &endash; 4:40
B. Sustainable Community  Economics
D. Applied Community Psychology

Term Essay due December 2 (Week after Thanksgiving)
Project Contracts due October 28
Final Project Written Report due December 16 (Finals week)

Assignments

Note: Dates may be adjusted depending on how the class discussions progress, and there will be additional short reading assignments. Core readings are available at North Light Books in Cotati.

Reaction papers shown as due  should cover material up to the preceding weeks assigned readings for that Part (A or B) of the course.  For example the reaction paper due on September 23 will cover the readings and discussions up to September 16 in Anielski.
 
Week 1 8/26 Instruction Begins
Week 2 9/2

 

 Film: Mindwalk (Library)
Read:  Arthur Warmoth. "Community Learning: What the 60s Have to Say to the 90s." Download at (http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/warmotha/awcommunitylearning.htm) 

Part A (1:00-2:40) - The Epistemological Foundations of Community Life

Week 3 9/9 Read E. F Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed, Chapters 1-5.
Week 4 9/16 E. F Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed, Chapters 1-5, cont.
Week 5 9/23 E. F Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed, Chapters 6-10.
Week 6 9/30  Reaction paper due E. F Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed, Chapters 6-10, cont.
Week 7 10/7 Review
Week 8 10/14 Reaction paper due Review

Part B (3:00-4:40) -  Sustainable Community Economics (Complementary Economics)

Week 3 9/9 Read Mark Anielski, The Economics of Happiness, Ch. 5.
Week 4 9/16 Anielski, The Economics of Happiness, Ch. 5, cont.
Week 5 9/23  Reaction paper due Mark Anielski, The Economics of Happiness, Ch. 9
Week 6 9/30  Anielski, The Economics of Happiness, Ch. 9, cont. 
Week 7 10/7  Reaction paper due Review
Week 8 10/14 Review

Part C (1:00-2:40) - The Politics of Healthy Communities

Week 9  10/21 Suzanne W. Morse, Smart Communities, Preface & Ch. 1
Week 10 10/28 Project contract due  Morse, Smart Communities, Ch. 2,3
Week 11 11/4   Reaction paper due
11/11 Veterans Day		 Morse, Smart Communities, Ch. 4,5
Week 12 11/18  Reaction paper due  Morse, Smart Communities, Ch. 6,7
Week 13 11/25
11/26-28 Thanksgiving		 Morse, Smart Communities, Ch.8

Part D (3:00-4:40) - Applied Community Psychology

Week 9 10/21  Reaction paper due  Revisit Money, with Debora Hammond's class
Weeks 10-13
10/28-11/25		 Contract Projects Check-In and Progress Reports
Week 14 12/2 1-4:40 Term paper due Project Reports
Week 15 12/9 1-4:40 Project Reports
12/16  Finals Week Wrap-Up