Spring 2027

Career Pathways in Community & Organizational Development

Explores career pathways in community engagement, organizational development, and public service within Human Ecology professions, featuring insights from professionals in social change, government, nonprofits, and grassroots movements.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael Maguire3.9/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.69 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify key career pathways and opportunities within Human Ecology and community development, including roles in public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and opportunities for graduate school programs in these fields

  • Analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by professionals working in various community-focused organizations, drawing insights from guest speakers and panel discussions

  • Get to know individual community leaders and their unique perspectives and experiences that led to their current role(s) in social change professions

  • Evaluate different organizational approaches and strategies for fostering community development, as presented by leaders and community-based professionals and graduate students

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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CSCS 254

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Raw average: 4.33/5 from 15 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.69 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MICHAEL MAGUIRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.69 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Career pathways in community engagement, organizational development, and public service
  • Insights from professionals in social change, government, nonprofits, and grassroots movements
  • Roles, responsibilities, and challenges in community development
  • Advanced professional credentials and academic preparation

Skills

  • Analyze challenges and opportunities in community-focused organizations
  • Evaluate organizational approaches for community development
  • Identify options for advanced professional credentials and academic preparation

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CSCS 254 · Spring 2027

Career Pathways in Community & Organizational Development

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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