A multidisciplinary graduate course

This paper describes a graduate level course focusing on a multidisciplinary approach for studying communities. The course reviewed the possible and actual contributions of the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and nonpsychology professional groups to the evolving discipline of community psychology. The course described the activities of professional groups with interest in the health and vitality of communities, and in the process suggested ways in which professionals from a variety of disciplines might share ideas and work in a collaborative effort to enrich the understanding of how communities function and how we might aid them in attaining self-defined goals.