The Master of Public Administration program offers a concentration in nonprofit management. The concentration focuses specifically on the management of nonprofit organizations and the role of these agencies in the delivery of public services.
The concentration in Nonprofit Management consists of 36 to 42 credit hour curriculum, depending on whether the student is classified as pre-service or in-service. Requirements include 24 credit hours of core coursework and 12 hours of elective courses chosen from among our nonprofit offerings. Pre-service students (those without qualifying experience in a public or nonprofit agency) must also complete an internship in a nonprofit organization. The culminating experience for the program is provided by the MPA capstone course, POLS 540 (Applications in Public Administration).
Curriculum for Concentration in Nonprofit Management |
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Core (Required) Courses |
Elective Courses
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POLS 502- Public Administration Research and Analysis I |
POLS 534- Executive Process in Public and Nonprofit Agencies |
POLS 504- Public Administration Research and Analysis II |
POLS 535- Community Building |
POLS 512- Organization Theory and Administrative Behavior |
POLS 536- Government and Nonprofits |
POLS 521- Public Administration |
POLS 537- Nonprofit Development |
POLS 522- Budgeting and Finance |
POLS 538- Nonprofit Marketing |
POLS 523- Human Resources Management in Public/Nonprofit Organizations |
POLS 539- Strategic Planning in Nonprofit Organizations |
POLS 524- Public Policy |
POLS 543- Nonprofit Management |
POLS 540- Applications in Public Administration |
POLS 501r- Special Topics* |
POLS 561- MPA Internship (Pre-service students) |
POLS 597- Individual Research* |
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POLS 598- Directed Study* |
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Total core courses = 24 to 30 hours |
Total elective courses = 12 hours selected from those listed above.
*With MPA Coordinator's approval |
Total program requirement = 36 to 42 hours. |
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