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):

• JMC:3710 Funding Fundamentals
• MGMT:3500 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness I
• MGMT:4600 Nonprofit Ethics and Governance

At least 3 semester hours*: 

• JMC:3720 Nonprofit Communication ( Prerequisite JMC:3710)
• MGMT:3600 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (Prerequisite MGMT:3500)
  *Can take both, in which case one will count as an elective

Field Experience
Students must complete at least 9 s.h. from the Foundation Courses list above before taking a field experience course.

• JMC:3700 Field Experience: Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy
• MGMT:3700 Field Experience: Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy

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

• COMM:1819 Organizational Leadership
• CW:4745/WRIT:4745 The Sentence: Strategies for Writing
• EALL:4130 Introduction to Grant Writing
• ENTR:2000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTR:1350 must be taken as co-requisite or prerequisite)
• ENTR:3350 Entrepreneurial Strategy
• ENTR:3500 Social Entrepreneurship
• EVNT:3154 Foundations of Event Management
• EVNT:3260 Event Management Workshop
• GHS:4002 Working in Global Health
• JMC:3530 Social Media Marketing
• JMC:3720 Nonprofit Communications
• MGMT:3600/NURS:3600/RELS:3701/SSW:3600 Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II
• MUSM:3001/ANTH:3001/EDTL:3001/SIED:3001 Introduction to Museum Studies

• THTR:3510/DPA:3510/INTD:3510 Introduction to Arts Management

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.