The History of the Department of

National Taiwan University Department of Social Work

Course Name

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Time

Fridays234

URL

https://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/932COCD/　

Course Design

This course is designed as a basic oourse of social work requirements. It concludes the discussion of concept and practices of community work. The major content in this class includes the followings:
1. What is community work, community organization, and community development?
2. Community development and its relevant theories: social system
theory, social action theory, ecology theory...
3. Community work and its affecting factors: demographics and environments, community values and culture ...
4. Community work and its dynamics : community changes, community problems, and community development
5. Community developments : significance, principles, and processes
6. Community development model A : Locality develpoment Community
intervention (1): needs assessment, analysis, plnanning and organization Community intervention (2): working with groups--setting up and run groups Community intervention (3): working with community groups-- dealing with practical issues and problems
7. Community development model B: Social planning
8. Community development model C: Social action
9. Generic and specialist community work
10. Radical community work
11. Community work and community care
12. Community work, state role and public policy

Course Objectives

This course is directed to assist students to achieve objectives as follows:
1. To understand the concept and practice of community work, community organization, and community development
2. To develop the working skills and methods applied in community work and community organization
3. To understand the dynamics of community organization and community development
4. To understand community development theories and its application to community practices
5. To be sensitive to social justice implemented in community organization and community work practice
6. To cultivate a sense of muticulturalism and prepare anti-discriminary practice in diversified communities

Course Requirements

All students taking this course are required to achieve the following requirements:
1. Finishing Readings: writing essays (15%)
2. Participating Class: organizing yourself and discussing issues and materials (5%)
3. Working on Projects: researching a case of community development (40%)
4. Preparing and Finishing Final Examination: (40%)

Evaluation

1.	assignments--essays	15%	Writing summary and make reports based on assigned readings: 1. Selecting a paper which you might be interested in or which might provide you focal points related to your project. 2. Making summary with essay style rather than note-taking OUTLINEONLY)with at least 2000 words(In fact, it might depends on the length of original paper and your comprehension and writing ability)
2.	Midterm exam	40%	Reviewing what we have learned in whole semester
3.	class participation	5%	Attending class normally and participating discussion or asking question sthrough writing and vedio-taping
4.	group project	40%	Working and presenting project to the class: 1. Selecting a community 2,Writing aproposal of study 3. Contacting and getting permission of study 4. Collecting and gathering "the " community information relevant to its development. 5.Writing report and presenting your work--a community story with a "professional" glance

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week	Topic
1	Orientation
2	What is community work, community organization n, and community development?
3	2. Community development and its relevant theory ries: social system theory, social action theory, ecology theory...
4	3. Community work and its affecting factors emographics and environments, community values and culture ...
5	4. Community work and its dynamics : community changes,community problems,and community development
6	5. Community developments : significance, principles, and processes
7	6. Community development model A : Locality develpoment Community intervention (1): ne e d s a ssessment, analysis, plnanning and or ga ni za ti on
8	6.Community intervention (2): working with group s--setting up and run groups
9	6. Community intervention (3): working with community groups-- dealing with practical iss u e s a nd problems
10	7. Community development model B: Social planning 8. Community development model C: Socia l action
11	9. Generic and specialist community work
12	10. Radical community work
13	11. Community work and community care
14	12. Community work, the State role and public policy
15	project presentation
16	project presentation
17	project presentation
18	project presentation (last teaching day of the semester)