Southern New Hampshire University CED 642 Economics and Development (3 credits) Students learn about macroeconomic development issues and opportunities facing developing countries, and acquire skills in situating grassroots, CED approaches and initiatives in the context of national, regional, and global economic development concerns. Topics covered include: poverty and inequality, population and development, education and health, the environment, urbanization and rural-to-urban migration, rural development and agricultural transformation, globalization and international trade, and balance of payment, debt and foreign finance. Prerequisite: CED 641 or waiver exam. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. CED 644 Microenterprise Development (3 credits) This course looks at the characteristics of the informal sector businesses that crowd the lowest rung of the economic ladder and examines ways of assisting these income-generating activities of the poor. Students study ways to design and manage a financial and technical assistance intermediary to provide credit, management and organizational assistance to microscale economic enterprises. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. CED 651 Co-operative Development and Management (3 credits) This courses introduces the co-operative as a flexible model for creating community-owned institutions. Students examine various types of co-operatives (worker, consumer, credit, and housing), start-up issues (membership requirements, legal structure, tax and security issues), and ongoing management issues (capitalization, demutualization and consolidation). Lessons are drawn from case studies of effective co-operative business development. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. CED 652 Community Building and Organizing (3 credits) Community economic development often requires an understanding of community organizing to successfully involve the community in the development process. This course acquaints participants with different models of community organizing. It also trains participants in specific organizing skills that can be used in their work as CED practitioners, including negotiation techniques. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. CED 653 Financial Management for CED (3 credits) This course covers financial statements, ratio analysis, operations planning and making and understanding investment decisions. Prerequisite: ACC 500. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. CED 659 Topics in CED (3 credits) Community economic development emerging policy and topics of current interest are discussed extensively in this seminar. This seminar course is designed for emerging topics and policy in the field of CED. It is not intended for topics routinely covered in the curriculum. This course is open to students entering the CED program in 2010 and later years. 74
CED 702 Law and Community Development (1 credit) Topics covered include legal structures and ways they clash with cultures, the American legal system, selecting a legal structure, the nonprofit corporation, taxation and organizational issues of unincorporated associations, and for-profit and nonprofit corporations and their relationship to subsidiaries. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 702A Advanced Law and Community Development (1 credit) Students will study recent court cases and their effects on community development organizations, tax laws, nonprofit development organizations, legal issues of joint venturing and syndication involving nonprofit development organizations. Prerequisite: CED 702. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 705 Financial Management for CED (2 credits) This course covers financial statements, ratio analysis, operations planning and making and understanding investment decisions. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 706 Business Development (2 credits) The planning and development of small business ventures is a core element of CED strategy. This course covers the preparation of business plans, market analyses, financing sources, basic financial statements in business planning and the impact of business development on community needs. Prerequisite: CED 705. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 707A Organizational Management (2 credits) These courses cover the skills required for effective management in democratically controlled, community-based organizations. Students undergo a self-analysis of their management styles and study models to be used to diagnose organizations. Topics include strategic planning, personnel management and board/staff responsibilities. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 707B Organizational Management (2 credits) These courses cover the skills required for effective management in democratically controlled, community-based organizations. Students undergo a self-analysis of their management styles and study models to be used to diagnose organizations. Topics include strategic planning, personnel management and board/staff responsibilities. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years. CED 708 Fundamentals of Cooperatives and Credit Unions (2 credits) A cooperative is a flexible model for creating community owned institutions. This course covers the start-up of a cooperative, membership issues, legal issues, tax and security issues, cooperative management systems and the educational components of cooperative development. Students review various types of cooperatives, including worker, consumer, credit and housing cooperatives. This course is open to students who entered the program in 2009 and prior years.