The Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership & Philanthropy meets the needs of students who have a desire to prepare for a career in a nonprofit role and/or who may impact the nonprofit sector through volunteering on a board, committee, or project.

Online Curriculum

To earn the ONLINE Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy, students must successfully complete 21 semester hours (s.h.) and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in all course work. 

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Foundation Courses (9 semester hours):

All of these:

• JMC:3710 / MUSM:3710 Funding Fundamentals (3 s.h.)
• MGMT:3500 / ENTR:3595 / MUSM:3500 / NURS:3595 / RELS:3700 / SSW:3500 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I (3 s.h.)
• MGMT:4600 / MUSM:4600 Nonprofit Ethics and Governance (3 s.h.)

At least on of these: 

• JMC:2001 Emploring Nonprofits: Communities, Communication, and Changemakers (3 s.h.)
• JMC:3720 / MUSM:3720 Nonprofit Communication ( Prerequisite JMC:3710) (3 s.h.)
• MGMT:3600 / NURS:3600 / RELS:3701 / SSW:3600 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (3 s.h.)
   

Nonprofit Internship
Students must complete at least 9 s.h. from the Foundation Courses list above before taking the nonprofit internship course.

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

Focused Electives:
Students select elective coursework to total at least 21 s.h. for the certificate.

• COMM:1819 Organizational Leadership (3 s.h.)
• CW:4745 / WRIT:4745 The Sentence: Strategies for Writing (3 s.h.)
• EALL:4130 / MUSM:4150 Introduction to Grant Writing (3 s.h.)
• ENTR:2000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTR:1350 must be taken as co-requisite or prerequisite) (3 s.h.)
• ENTR:3100 Entrepreneurial Finance (3 s.h.)
• ENTR:3350 Entrepreneurial Strategy (3 s.h.)
• ENTR:3500 Social Entrepreneurship (3 s.h.)
• EVNT:3154 Foundations of Event Management (3 s.h.)
• EVNT:3260 Event Management Workshop (3 s.h.)
• GHS:2000 / ANTH:2103 Introduction to Global Health Studies (3 s.h.)
• JMC:2001 Exploring Nonproftis: Communities, Communication, and Changemakers (if not taken as a foundation course) (3 s.h.)
• JMC:3142 / IS:3142 Media and Social Change (3 s.h.)
• JMC:3530 Social Media Marketing (3 s.h.)
• JMC:3720 / MUSM:3720 Nonprofit Communications (if not taken as a foundation course) (3 s.h.)
• MGMT:3600 / NURS:3600 / RELS:3701 / SSW:3600 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (if not taken as a foundation course) (3 s.h.)
• MUSM:3001 / ANTH:3001 / EDTL:3001 / SIED:3001 Introduction to Museum Studies (3 s.h.)
• THTR:3510 / INTD:3510 Introduction to Arts Management (3 s.h.)
• WRIT:2100 Writing and Community Outreach (3 s.h.)

How to add the certificate to your program of study

Students may add a certificate program to their plan of study at any time.  Declaring a certificate will allow you to request a degree audit for the certificate requirements in MyUI.  There is no penalty to remove a certificate from a plan of study and one may be removed at any time.

Current BAS/BLS students can add a certificate program to their plan of study at any time by sending an email to their assigned academic advisor asking to formally declare the certificate. Once added, a separate degree audit will be produced.

How to remove the certificate from your program of study

Current BAS/BLS students can email their assigned academic advisor to ask to remove the certificate from their plan of study. There is no penalty to remove a certificate program from a plan of study and one may be removed at any time.