Pick a community - either Auburn, Opelika. Attend 3 public meetings of relevant community organizations, or agencies. One of these must be a City Council meeting. Write a brief report for each meeting in which you describe the topics discussed, your observations about the organization and its constituency. Class participation based on class attendance, preparation and contribution to class discussion.
People spend most of their social life interacting with others in some form of community context.
One major context is the community in which a person lives at any given point in time. Community and studies of the community have a long and valued tradition within the Sociological discipline, although a somewhat neglected one in contemporary sociology. Purposeful efforts to modify communities is an ongoing developmental strategy that has evolved overtime. Community Development in Perspective, by James Christenson and Jerry Robinson attempts to bring together the thinking of noted Rural Sociologists involved in the purposeful development process. Legacy and Change are used to provide a practical application of community theory to community development.