Plan of Study – Grad Cert Non-Profit Leadership

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Grad Cert Non-Profit Leadership

Certificate Requirements (Minimum of 9 semester hours required.)

MGT 6010 Developing Partnerships with Boards, Suppliers, and Clients (3 s.h.)

Developing and nurturing partnerships with a focus on the roles of officers, board members, stakeholders, and constituents of a nonprofit organization. Emphasis is placed on the consideration of various partnership models in the evaluation of organizational relationships with suppliers, community organizations and members, competitors and current and potential donors. Students collaborate to design a comprehensive volunteer performance management system for attracting, recruiting, selecting, placing, developing, deploying, and managing the performance of volunteer staff.

MGT 6020 Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations (3 s.h.)

An examination of fundraising strategies to support a nonprofit organization to meet its mission, vision, and goals. Review of trends, ethical and best practices for fundraising, including how to seek funding from government, corporate, private and individual donor sources. Topics include a comprehensive review of tools and strategies used in evaluating fundraising performance, donor development, project management, and funding campaign strategies.

MGT 6110 Entrepreneurial Leadership in Non-Profits (3 s.h.)

Feasibility and market research analysis for the start-up of a new nonprofit venture or a subsidiary entity. Assessment of a present nonprofit organization and introducing an organizational renewal initiative where appropriate: entity formation, values, mission, vision, goals, and operational objectives formation. The second half of the course provides students the opportunity to work with nonprofit executives in applying their competencies in the field in partnership with them.