95 Development of American Communities- Course Description Dr. Charles W. Estus, Sr. This is an interdisciplinary course which combines elements of geography, history and sociology.
Students elect the discipline in which they wish to receive credit.
The course is designed to help students explore how human communities are formed, how communities function, and how they influence the lives of their members. We will examine families, churches, schools, work, businesses, politics, art, clubs, patterns of leadership, and numerous other issues involved in building and maintaining communities. This course should be especially useful for students interested in careers in community-related agencies, businesses or professions. All participants in the course, including the instructor , are students. Our goal is to work together to gain an understanding of how communities develop and the consequences of that development for persons living within them.