社区，经济和社会发展为学生提供了工具和知识，以使他们的社区和周围世界发生有意义的变化。这个独特的跨学科计划整合了多个学科，包括CESD，社会工作，社会学，政治学，地理，经济学和工商管理。由于该计划的基础广泛，学生将发展出对周围世界的整体看法，并获得知识和理解，以努力倡导积极改变，争取经济和社会平等以及捍卫人权，同时特别关注较小的城市，农村，北部和土著社区。学生还可以辅修环境可持续性，社会正义和全球化。在学生的三年级学习中，他们将完成150小时的工作实习，而在第四年级中，他们将被要求完成300小时的实习生和
Algoma University’s four-year Bachelor of Arts in Community, Economic, and Social Development (CESD) is the only undergraduate program of its kind in Canada. Community, economic, and social development provides students with the tools and knowledge to make meaningful change within their community and the world around them. This distinctive interdisciplinary program integrates several disciplines including CESD, social work, sociology, political science, geography, economics, and business administration. Due to the broad-based structure of the program, students will develop a holistic perspective of the world around them and develop the knowledge and understanding to work to advocate for positive change, fight for economic and social equality, and defend human rights, with a specific focus on smaller urban, rural, northern, and Indigenous communities. Students can also minor in environmental sustainability and social justice and globalization.In students’ third-year of study, they will complete a 150-hour work placement, while in their fourth-year, they will be required to complete a 300-hour placement and a major paper or project. Students have been placed in organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Children’s Aid Society, Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, NORDIK Institute, United Way, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and more. These placements allow students to apply concepts, theories, and methods from their coursework in the community, advocate for change, and implement new analytical strategies, making the degree action-packed and very hands-on.