Overview
Do you have a passion to use business skills to meet the needs of under-resourced communities? Then our concentration in community development is for you! This concentration combines a solid business foundation in economics, accounting, finance, management, marketing, law, and quantitative analyses with courses that will increase your understanding of the causes and challenges of poverty while giving you the tools to meet those challenges.
You will be involved in changing the world.
The purpose of this degree is to prepare students to use their business backgrounds to improve the lives of families in disadvantaged communities across the globe.
Your coursework is about finding solutions, not just learning facts.
You will take courses in sociology, social justice, and business that will allow you to craft a program that matches your interests--whether that is addressing needs in the U.S. or internationally, joining a non-profit organization, or becoming a social entrepreneur.
You'll have many opportunities to explore.
Our community development graduates have served the poor through a wide range of organizations--from large non-profits to small community development corporations. One alumnus helped to establish a credit union in his own community, while another worked for an agency assisting refugees to resettle in the U.S.
Make a difference with a B.B.A. in Community Development from Trevecca.
Community Development sites of interest
- Center for Nonprofit Management
- Christian Community Development Association
- International Association for Community Development
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- Society for Nonprofit Organizations
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Core Classes
Career Internship in Business Administration
BUS 4510
Business Administration service laboratory (on-the-job experience) under faculty supervision. Graded S/U.
Course Hours: 1-3
Introduction to Community Development
SJS 3010
Examines the theory, goals, and practice of community economic development and acquaints students with methods of analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the local economy and community. Students will explore such issues as asset-based community development, asset-building strategies, community-oriented economic development strategies such as community and cooperative business development, self-employment and microbusiness, community loan funds and credit unions.
Course Hours: 3
Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
SJS 4010
An introduction to the field of the integration of nonprofit and for-profit worlds. Utilizing case studies, key readings, and primary information sources, students will examine critical issues including sustainability, impact and performance, measuring social return, and leadership qualities demanded by the field. Each student will develop a business plan for a social enterprise.
Course Hours: 3
Principles of Nonprofit Administration and Management
SJS 4020
Acquaints students with the primary components of nonprofit management. Students will learn the process for starting a new nonprofit organization, including legal steps for pursuing tax-exempt status. Students will also be introduced to key areas of nonprofit leadership, including program development and evaluation, strategic planning, board development, grant writing, and volunteer management.
Course Hours: 3
Urban Sociology
SOC 3300
An examination of urban lifestyles, problems, development, and change from a historical perspective, providing both theoretical and practical background for analysis of various urban conditions, and seeking to identify and apply practical solutions to these problems. A major experiential learning component is field work and ethnographic research in core urban Nashville neighborhoods. Fall tours are conducted on bicycles. Spring tours are in school vehicles. A section on urban planning and urban ministry is included.
Course Hours: 3
Economics of Poverty and Public Policy
ECO 3500
Examines the economic forces that shape poverty and public policy responses. Concepts of equity, efficiency, absolute vs. relative poverty and economic justice will be explored. Alternative approaches to policies in areas such as taxation, income redistribution, poverty, and equal opportunity will be analyzed from the perspective of policymakers and policy advocates.
Course Hours: 3
Overview
Do you have a passion to use business skills to meet the needs of under-resourced communities? Then our concentration in community development is for you! This concentration combines a solid business foundation in economics, accounting, finance, management, marketing, law, and quantitative analyses with courses that will increase your understanding of the causes and challenges of poverty while giving you the tools to meet those challenges.
You will be involved in changing the world.
The purpose of this degree is to prepare students to use their business backgrounds to improve the lives of families in disadvantaged communities across the globe.
Your coursework is about finding solutions, not just learning facts.
You will take courses in sociology, social justice, and business that will allow you to craft a program that matches your interests--whether that is addressing needs in the U.S. or internationally, joining a non-profit organization, or becoming a social entrepreneur.
You'll have many opportunities to explore.
Our community development graduates have served the poor through a wide range of organizations--from large non-profits to small community development corporations. One alumnus helped to establish a credit union in his own community, while another worked for an agency assisting refugees to resettle in the U.S.
Make a difference with a B.B.A. in Community Development from Trevecca.
Community Development sites of interest
- Center for Nonprofit Management
- Christian Community Development Association
- International Association for Community Development
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- Society for Nonprofit Organizations
