Certificate in Nonprofit Management
While traditional business courses will help prepare students for the for-profit sector, the courses are not always appropriate for the nonprofit arena. Nonprofit organizations have specific needs when it comes to understanding board governance, fundraising and grant writing, and HR concerns when the ‘workforce’ is made up of a large number of volunteers. Traditional business knowledge and approaches do apply but less traditional skills are highly desired by this sector. Ideally, new hires will have not only a foundation in public policy, media and public relations and fiscal management, but they will also have the skills to aid in program building and evaluation, and strategic planning. These business skills are needed to manage the various facets of nonprofit organizations.
Note: Students are held to all prerequisite requirements; some students may require more than 5 courses to complete this certificate.
15 credits
Courses
| NFP 301 | Intro to Nonprofit Agencies | 3 |
| NFP 302 | Management of the Nonprofit Organization | 3 |
| NFP 304 | Advocacy and Public Policy | 3 |
| NFP 307 | Fundraising for Nonprofits | 3 |
Students may choose one of the following
| NFP 303 | Foundations of Fiscal Management for Nonprofit | 3 |
| NFP 308 | Grant Writing for Nonprofits | 3 |