Core courses cover essentials in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, communication strategies, and nonprofit ethics and governance. The program provides a balance of academic principles and real-world experience, as well as a fundamental understanding of how nonprofit organizations participate in building communities. Electives allow students to explore interests in entrepreneurship, politics, the arts, healthcare, social work, and more.

Courses are offered on campus and online, allowing distance and online students the opportunity to earn the certificate.

Certificate Curriculum — 18 semester hours (s.h.)

 

The following courses are required:

  • MGMT:3500 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I (3 s.h.)
  • JMC:3710 Fundraising Fundamentals (3 s.h.)
  • MGMT:4600 Nonprofit Ethics and Governance (3 s.h.)

 

Students must take at least two of these courses (3 s.h.). If taking more, they will count as electives:

  • JMC:3720 Nonprofit Communication (3 s.h.)
  • MGMT:3600 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (3 s.h.)
  • JMC:2001 Exploring Nonprofits: Communities & Changemakers (3 s.h.)

 

Students are encouraged to complete an internship with a nonprofit:

  • JMC:3700 Nonprofit Internship (3 s.h.)

 

The remainder of the 18 s.h. must be fulfilled by electives from this list:

  • ACCT:2100 Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • CCCC:2200 Foundations of Critical Cultural Competence
  • COMM:2819 Organizational Leadership
  • CPH: 3700 Methods for Program Implementation and Evaluation
  • THTR:3510/INTD:3510 Introduction to Arts Management
  • EALL:4130 Introduction to Grant Writing
  • ENTR:2000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • ENTR:3500 Social Entrepreneurship
  • EVNT:3154 Foundations of Event Management
  • EVNT:3260 Event Planning Workshop
  • GHS:2000/ANTH:2103 Intro to Global Health
  • INTD:3500/CLAS:3500 Fundamentals of Project Management Leadership
  • IS:2009 World Travel: Cross-Cultural Skills for International Business, Education, and Service
  • IS:3012 Service Learning in International Studies
  • IS:3910/HRTS:3910 Approaches to Advocacy: From Theory to Practice 
  • JMC:2500 Community Media
  • JMC: 3123 Advocacy Communication
  • JMC:3142 Media and Social Change
  • JMC:3530 Social Media Marketing
  • MUSM:3001 Intro to Museum Studies
  • SSW:2700/PSQF:2700 Intro to Understanding Trauma and Resilience
  • THTR:3510/INTD:3510 Intro to Arts Management
  • WRIT: 2100 Writing and Community Outreach