School of Architecture
Community Development Graduate Certification Program

The School of Architecture under its graduate program in Community Development offers certifications in the following study areas:

• Real Estate Development
• Historic Preservation
• Fundraising
• Community Planning
• International Community Development

The purpose for offering graduate certificates is to meet the additional education needs of the community development professional. As jobs responsibilities change due to emerging new markets and demands, additional training or specialized training are often required for many of the other professions. For example, an architect may become involved in the preservation of historic districts or the planning and development of a community; a non-profit executive being involved in fundraising activities; a developer being involved in the development of another country’s infrastructure, etc. Students in the Community Development Master’s Program or any other master’s program have the option to select courses from these study areas to fulfill their elective course requirement. The Community Development Graduate Certification Program is a set of courses that provides in-depth knowledge in a subject matter. The set of courses are more practice-oriented than the required courses in a graduate academic program.

Certificates in Historic Preservation, Fundraising, International Community Development, Real Estate Development, and Community Planning are awarded after the completion of the program, and must be signed by the program director and/or the Dean of the School of Architecture.

The certificate course work consists of 12 semester hours as follows:

Certification in Historic Preservation (12 hrs)

CODE 5103 – Cultural Heritage Preservation (3hrs) – The theory and practice of preserving the cultural and physical heritage of buildings, structures, sites, and communities.

CODE 5113 – Preservation Theory (3hrs) – Preservation practices and policy issues, along with preservation and adaptation design.

CODE 5123 – Historic Preservation (3hrs) – History of the preservation movement in the United States, and architectural and regulatory techniques employed in building preservation.

CODE 5143 - Preservation Law and Economics (3hrs) – This cause will provide students with a working understanding of the laws that are used in a professional historic preservation practice.

Certification in Fundraising (12hrs)

CODE 5503 – Capital Development (3hrs) – Fundraising strategies and relationship building; or CODE 5353 – Resource Development (3hrs) – The techniques of promoting financial, human and organization support for community development.

CODE 5513 – Grant Development (3hrs) – Grant proposal writing, grant application process, and other written communication aspects of grant fund’s management.

CODE 5523 – Fundraising Campaigns and Planned Gifts (3hrs) – Campaign strategic planning and techniques used in driving donor decisions.

CODE 5543 – Research for Capital and Grant Development (3hrs) – Research for fundraising efforts.

Certification in Community Planning (12hrs)

CODE 5603 – Land Development in Declining Communities (3hrs) - Techniques used to identify and acquire vacant or un-kept properties in depressed neighborhoods.

CODE 5613 – Land Development and Use Control Strategies (3hrs) - Strategies used by communities to control land use and development.

CODE 5363 – Community Physical Structure (3hrs) – The physical context of the community and its impact on community health and development.

CODE 5203 – Introduction to Community Leadership (3hrs) – Identifying and anticipating future leaders of communities through selected programs.

Certification In International Community Development (/12hrs)

CODE 5743 – Global Community Development in the United States (3hrs) – The role of immigrants, non-U.S. citizens, and foreign investors in developing rural and urban America.

CODE 5203 – Introduction to Community Leadership (3hrs) – Identifying and anticipating future leaders of communities through selected programs.

CODE 5753 – International Community Development Policies and Practices (3hrs) – The role of government and private organizations in developing distressed foreign communities.

CODE 5303 – Community political and social structures in war/disaster – torn communities.

Certification in Real Estate Development (12 hrs)

CODE 5803 – Real Estate I – Basic principles of the Real Estate profession, licensing requirements and the taxes real estate licensing act we covered

CODE 5813 – Real Estate II – This course exposes students to the many activities involved in real estate transactions

CODE 5823 – Law of Agency – This course covers the representation of property owners, buyers and/or intermediaries.

CODE 5833 – Law of Contracts – This course covers FHS, VA, and Conventional Contracts.