Learn how to help diverse organizations and communities identify their needs, manage conflicts, and enact socially just practices and policies.
Why study Diverse Community Development Leadership?
A transformative program, this degree is preparing leaders who can tackle the challenges facing today's diverse communities. Its curriculum focuses on organizational leadership, conflict resolution, community relations and social justice. With an emphasis on social justice and theory, you’ll know, upon graduating, how to develop and implement fair and equitable practices in organizations and communities across the nation. Equipped with the program's leadership framework, you can enter the field with the utmost confidence and move forward with the important work to come: disrupting unjust power dynamics and helping communities fulfill their self-defined goals.
Why study Diverse Community Development Leadership at CSUN?
Fully Online Courses
As you hone your leadership abilities, this program helps you master essential concepts in class – all on a convenient online platform. The program’s online courses feature live class sessions, on-demand access to learning materials and daily networking opportunities.
Close, Personal Support
Throughout the program, you’ll receive the one-on-one support of a team dedicated to your personal and professional success. Whether it’s enrollment, grading or financial aid, a team of experts will help you stay on track and graduate on time.
Hands-On Learning
In the program, you’ll identify and work with a local community partner. As you build practical experience, learning how organizations function in the real world, you’ll also develop a portfolio to share with prospective employers.
Cohort-Based Learning
In this program, you’ll join a learning community of students and faculty. With this group of professionals and industry experts, you’ll move toward graduation, building a network along the way and setting the stage for advancement in your field.
This program is offered through self-support. Visit Tseng College for more information.
What You’ll Learn
In courses with other working professionals, you’ll learn how to:
- Lead diversity initiatives in communities, organizations, and agencies
- Help communities identify their core needs
- Strategically plan major goals and initiatives
- Write grant proposals and spearhead fundraising campaigns
- Coordinate programs and manage relations with community partners
- Research complex issues and recommend evidence-based solutions
Courses focus on organizational leadership models, social justice in diverse communities, conflict resolution, research methods, community partnerships, and communication management.
Careers & Outcomes
With this degree, you can lead diversity initiatives at major global companies. Especially important in today’s interconnected society, such professionals – educated with a management skillset – can ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all people within organizations.
Additionally, as a professional in this field, you can plan and implement new, more diverse hiring practices in enterprises around the world.
In the public sector, you can lead city and county initiatives that help diverse communities thrive. Whether you hope to enact new state and federal policies, run for government office or build a more supportive community infrastructure – when you finish this program, the future is in your hands.