Nonprofit Leadership and Management

Description
Are you passionate about improving community life through the complex and expanding work of nonprofit organizations? Empower those around you by helping to tackle some of today's most pressing societal issues. Enrich your studies through this concentration where you'll learn to become a strategic leader in a growing industry.
 

The concentration in nonprofit leadership and management empowers students to positively impact the community in which they work. The nonprofit sector in the U.S. is unique in form and function, with more than 1.6 million organizations in the U.S. 

This program introduces students to the knowledge and skills required for successful professional careers with nonprofit social sector organizations that exist to improve the quality of life of communities.

Students from various disciplines such as business, communication, education, global studies, museum studies, nursing, public affairs, religious studies, social work and sustainability find this program a beneficial supplement to their existing program as many find that the career pathways from their degree occur within nonprofit organization forms.

This program affords students the opportunity to earn the national Certified Nonprofit Professional credential awarded through the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. https://nla1.org/cnp-professionals/

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours which must include 12 upper division hours to meet graduation requirements for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• 15 credit hours of graded classroom coursework (no internship, no independent study)
• Students must meet the curricular and co-curricular requirements if pursuing the CNP credential, see an advisor in the School of Community Resources and Development for details.
• Students are required to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.00 for all classes in the concentration.
• Students must be a junior in order to take 400 level courses.
• No double counting of courses for both a major and minor.

Required Core Course -- 3 credit hours

NLM 220: Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations (3)

Electives -- 15 credit hours

NLM 160: Voluntary Action and Community Leadership (3)

NLM 300: Fund Raising and Resource Development (3)

NLM 310: Volunteer Management (3)

NLM 320 Professional Development Seminar (2)

NLM 380: Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3)

NLM 420 Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Institute (3)

NLM 430: Managing Nonprofit Organizations (3)

NLM 435: Service Learning for Community Development (3)

NLM 440 Nonprofit Professional Certification (3)

NLM 451: Grant Writing (3)

NLM 484: Internship (3)

PRM 145: Special Events Management (3)

Concentration Notes:

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.