CRD Major Requirements (Effective Starting Fall 2023)

Community & Regional Development Major (CRD B.S.) - EFFECTIVE STARTING FALL 2023

It is the policy of the CRD Major that CRD students must be enrolled in a Summer Session (either I or II), and complete a faculty-signed academic contract, if they wish to receive unit credit for research or internship work done during the summer months.

All classes that you are taking to satisfy major requirements (i.e., lower and upper division classes, English classes) must be taken for a letter grade.                 

Preparatory Subject Matter

Community Development                            CRD 1                                                  
Application of Computers in Tech                PLS 21/PLS 21V
Economic Theory                                          ECN 1A/1AV/1AY or ECN 1B/1BV
Social Science Theory                                   ANT 2 or SOC 1                                                    
Statistics and Research                                 STA 13/13Y                                                              

Depth Subject Matter

Comparative Community Change               CRD 142, 152, 153 A or B or C, 164, 172, 176 or 180 (12-13 units)                         
Economics of Community Change              CRD 118, 140, 141, 162 (8 units)
Political Processes & Community Change   CRD 147, 149, 154, 157, 158, or 171 (8 units)
Methods for Community Research              CRD 151 (required) AND one of the following:
                                                                     CRD 150, CRD 156, or LDA 150 (4-5 units)                                           
Internship                                                    CRD 192  (P/NP grading, 4 units)

Areas of Specialization (Tracks):

There are 3 tracks/areas of specialization in CRD. ONLY 1 TRACK REQUIRED. Must complete 24 units under your choice of track. At least one track class must be a CRD class (no substitutions, independent studies courses, 192, 198, and 199 do not satisfy the CRD class requirement). The CRD class must be different from the CRD classes in the Depth Subject Matter above. A maximum of 4 units of CRD 192, 198 or 199 may be counted toward this requirement.

CRD TRACKS:

  • Global Communities
  • Global Communities [PDF]
    Possible topics for an emphasis in the Global Communities track are: International Development, Gender and Ethnicity in the Global Community, International Management.  

    Development Policy
    ANT 122B Capitalism & Power  
    ANT 126A Anthropology of Development  
    ANT 142 Peoples Middle East (last 2019) 
    ARE 115A Economic Development 
    ARE 115B Economic Development (last 2021) 
    CRD 140 Political Economy of Regional Development 
    CRD 152 Community Development 
    CRD 153A International Community Development: Asia  
    CRD 153B International Community Development: Europe  
    CRD 153C International Community Development: Africa 
    CRD 164 Community Change Organizations        
    CRD 180 Transnational Community Development       
    ECN 115A Economic Development  
    ECN 115B Economic Development (last 2021) 
    ECN 160A International Microeconomics 
    ECN 160B International Macroeconomics 
    ECN 162 International Economic Relations 
    IAD 170 Program Development for International Agriculture 
    SOC 138 Economic Sociology
    SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 
    SOC 159 Sociology of Work and Employment 

    Gender and Development
    ANT 126B Women and Development  
    SOC 132 The Sociology of Gender 
    SOC 145A Sociology of Third World Development 
    SOC 145B Gender and Rural Development in the Third World (last 2020) 
    WMS 182 Globalization, Gender and Identity

    Globalization and Politics 
    HIS 109 Environmental Change, Disease and Public Health  
    POL 124 The Politics of Global Inequality 
    POL 130 Recent U.S. Foreign Policy 
    POL 131 Analysis of U.S. Foreign Policy 
    POL 142A Comparative Development: Political Development in Modernizing Societies  
    POL 175 Science, Technology, and Policy  
    SAS 121 Global Poverty: Critical Thinking and Taking Action 

    Experiential Learning, Area Studies, and Language  
    Up to 8 upper division units transferred from any accredited foreign program or foreign internship,  including UCD EAP and Summer Abroad programs.
      
    Up to 4 upper division units in regional area studies classes (e.g., Middle East, China, and Latin America)
                                     
    CRD 194AH & HB Honors Thesis on related topics.   At least one track class must be a CRD class (no substitutions). 
      
    Total number of units of credit in Experiential Learning and Area Studies courses cannot exceed 12.
  • Organization and Management

  • Organization and Management [PDF]
    Possible topics for an emphasis in the Organization and Management track are: community organization, management in the public sector, or public communication. 

    Administration 
    ARE 100A Intermediate Microeconomics 
    ARE 171A Financial Management  
    CRD 157 Politics and Community Development 
    CRD 158 Small Community Governance 
    CRD 194HA & HB Honors Thesis 
    ECN 115A Economic Development 
    POL 100 Local Government and Politics 
    POL 105 The Legislative Process 
    POL 142A Comparative Development: Political Development in Modernizing Societies 
    POL 142B Comparative Development: Politics and Inequality 
    POL 142C Comparative Development: Democracy and Democratization  
    POL 155 Judicial Process and Behavior 
    POL 183 Administrative Behavior 

    Communication 
    CRD 147 Youth Development  
    CRD 176 Comparative Ethnicity 
    CMN 112 Theories of Persuasion 
    CMN 120 Interpersonal Communication 
    CMN 136 Organizational Communication 
    CMN 140 Introduction to Mass Communication
    EDU 120 Phil. and Social Foundations of Education 

    Human Resources & Research 
    CMN 102 Empirical Methods in Communication 
    CRD 151 Community and Field Research 
    CRD 172 Social Inequality: Issues and Innovations 
    CRD 176 Comparative Ethnicity 
    ECN 151B Economics of Human Resources 
    SOC 120 Deviance 
    SOC 128 Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics 
    SOC 129 Sociology of Black Experience in America 

    Management 
    ARE 112 (AGE 112) Business Organization 
    ARE 113 Fundamentals of Marketing Management 
    CRD 118 Technology and Society 
    CRD 140 Political Economy of Regional Dev. 
    CRD 141 Organization of Economic Space 
    CRD 154 Social Theory and Community Change 
    CRD 162 People, Work and Technology 
    CRD 164 Theories in Organizational Change 
    HIS 174A The Glided Age and Progressive Era: U.S, 1876-1917*  
    *Must take concurrently with HIS 174AD 
    HIS 174AD Emergence of Modern America: Discussion** 
    **Must take concurrently with HIS 174A
    SOC 138 Economic Sociology 
    SOC 139 Corporations and Society 
    SOC 158 Women’s Social Movements in Latin America 
    SOC 159 Sociology of Work and Employment  
    SOC 180A Complex Organizations 
    SOC 180B Complex Organizations 

  • Policy, Planning, & Social Services
  • Policy, Planning, & Social Services [PDF]
    Possible topics for an emphasis in the Policy & Planning and Social Services track are: Environmental Policy, Regional Planning, Community Health, Family, Youth, Aging, Education and Counseling.

    General 
    CRD 118 Technology and Society 
    CRD 142 Rural Change in the Industrialized World 
    CRD 151 Community Field Research 
    CRD 153A International Community Development: Asia  
    CRD 153B International Community Development: Europe  
    CRD 153C International Community Development: Africa 
    CRD 154 Social Theory and Community Change 
    CRD 156 Community Economic Development 
    CRD 162 People, Work, and Technology 
    CRD 176 Comparative Ethnicity 
    CRD 180 Transnational Community Development 
    CRD 194HA &HB Honors Thesis 
    ESP 165N Climate Policy 
    POL 100 Local Government and Politics 
    POL 105 Legislative Process 
    POL 108 Policy Making in the Public Sector 
    POL 109 Public Policy and the Governmental Process 
    POL 142A Comparative Development: Political Development in Modernizing Societies  
    POL 142B Comparative Development: Politics and Inequality 
    POL 142C Comparative Development: Democracy and  Democratization 
    POL 154 Legal Philosophy 
    POL 155 Judicial Process and Behavior 
    POL 183 Administrative Behavior 
    SOC 120 Deviance 
    SOC 140 Social Stratification 
    SOC 154 Sociology of Health Care 
    SOC 155 Sociology of Law
    SOC 164 Health Policy & Politics 
    SOC 185 Sociology of Social Welfare 

    Community Health and Counseling 
    CMN 120 Interpersonal Communication 
    CMN 122 Nonverbal Communication
    CMN 165 Media and Health  
    CRD 164 Theories in Organizational Change 
    EDU 160A Introduction to Peer Counseling 
    EDU 160B Issues in Peer Counseling  
    HDE 120 Research Methods in Human Development 
    HDE 130 Emotionally Disturbed Children 
    HIS 109B Environmental Change, Disease and Public Health  (Not in general catalog but approved by Faculty Advisor) 
    PSC 123 Hormones and Behavior 
    PSC 126 Health Psychology 
    PSC 151 Social Psychology  
    PSC 154 Psychology of Emotion 
    PSC 162 Personality Theory 
    PSC 168 Abnormal Psychology 
    SOC 154 Sociology of Health Care
    SPH 101 Perspectives in Community Health 

    Education and Community 
    AED 100 Concepts in Ag. and Env. Education 
    AED 160 Vocational Education 
    CMN 101 Intro Public Speaking 
    CMN 146 Communication Campaigns 
    EDU 100 Introduction to Schools 
    EDU 110 Educational Psychology: General 
    EDU 120 Phil. and Social Foundations of Education 
    EDU 150 Cultural Diversity & Education in a Sociopolitical Context (Not in general catalog but approved by Faculty Advisor) 
    EDU 151 Language Dev. in the Chicano Child 
    EDU 152 Academic Spanish for Bilingual Teachers 
    EDU 153 Diversity in the K-12 Classroom PSC 100 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology 
    PSC 132 Language and Cognition 
    SOC 124 Sociology of Education 

    Environmental Policy & Regional Planning 
    ARE 115A/ECN 115A  Economic Development
    CRD 140 Political Economy of Regional Development 
    CRD 141 Organization of Economic Space 
    CRD 149 Community and Environmental Justice 
    CRD 152 Community Development 
    CRD 158 Small Community Governance 
    CRD 171 Housing and Social Policy 
    ECN 115A/ARE 115A  Economic Development
    ESM 121 Water Science and Management  
    ESP 110 Principles of Environmental Science 
    ESP 160 The Policy Process 
    ESP 161 Environmental Law 
    ESP 164 Ethical Issues in Environmental Policy 
    ESP 166(N) Ocean and Coastal Policy 
    ESP 168A Methods of Environment Policy Evaluation 
    ESP 168B Methods of Environment Policy Analysis 
    ESP 171 Urban & Regional Planning 
    ESP 172 Public Lands Management 
    ESP 173 Land Use and Growth Controls 
    ESP 179 Environmental Impact Assessment 
    POL 102 Urban Public Policy 
    POL 107 Environmental Politics and Administration 
    POL 175 Science, Technology, and Policy 
    SOC 102 Society and Culture of California 
    SOC 118 Political Sociology 
    SOC 138 Economic Sociology 
    SOC 141 Industrialization and Social Change 
    SOC 143A Urban Society 
    SOC 143B Sociology of City Life 
    SOC 170 Population

    Family and Community 
    AMS 152 The Lives of Children in America 
    CRD 147 Youth Development 
    HDE 100A Infancy and Early Childhood 
    HDE 100B Middle Childhood and Adolescence 
    HDE 100C Adulthood and Aging 
    HDE 101 Cognitive Development 
    HDE 102 Social and Personality Development 
    HDE 103 Cross-Cultural Study of Children 
    HDE 110 Contemporary American Family 
    HDE 130 Emotionally Disturbed Children 
    HDE 140 Comm./Interaction with Young Children 
    HDE 140L Laboratory in Early Childhood 
    HDE 141 Field Studies: Children and Adolescents
    HDE 143 Fieldwork with the Elderly 
    HDE 160 Social Aspects of Aging 
    HDE 161 Applied Cognition and Aging 
    HDE 163 Cognitive Neuropsychology in Adulthood and Aging 
    PSC 140 Developmental Psychology 
    SOC 122 Sociology of Adolescence 
    SOC 131 The Family 
    SOC 134 Sociology of Racial & Ethnic Families 
    SOC 135 Social Relationships 
    SOC 152 Juvenile Delinquency 

Written/Oral Expression 

One year (3 quarters) of English (one course must be an upper-division course at UC Davis or equivalent 4-year institution). The test given by Letters and Science not applicable.
Two courses from: ENL 3, UWP 1/1Y/1V, COM 1, 2, 3, 4, NAS 5, or CMN 1 
Additional English required course for Major: UWP 101/101V/101Y, 102 series, 104 series