Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the MACED program, graduates will be able to:

1. Assess the particularities of cultural and socioeconomic contexts as they are relevant to the design and implementation of community development interventions.
2. Engage qualitative research methods to identify a community’s core challenges and inherent resources.
3. Collaborate with public and private institutions to maximize opportunities for communities with socioeconomic challenges.
4. Define a personal theological/philosophical framework for a vocation of service.
5. Strategize for effective program implementation and management.
6. Effect community-honoring change in communities and in systems.
7. Mobilize communities to act and advocate for themselves.
8. Manage a sustainable, creative, and fulfilling career pathway in a challenging and dynamic sector.