How will this course help anthropologists and non-anthropologists gain real employment skills?
The course leaves the students with a set of skills very much in demand in business, neighborhood associations, social services, education, industry, and healthcare fields, to name but a few. How might these skills add resources to neighborhoods? Students will be able to assess needs (and strengths) in neighborhoods in order to plan for the future of the neighborhood. Students will also be able to evaluate whether certain neighborhood programs, policies, and resources are accomplishing what they are supposed to accomplish for the neighborhood. 2. Proposal Writing to Fund Research and Programs Course outcomes: • Students will be able to write a competitive proposal to public or private funding sources to support research. • Students will be able to write a competitive proposal to public or private funding sources to support a program. How is this anthropological? The course will focus on funding research and programs with an anthropological content, as well as other content for the non-
