Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor

The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts offers a Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor designed to explain the special legal and financial circumstances under which NPOs operate and their relationship with their communities. The minor explains how NPOs must use principles and practices derived from the private sector to make optimal use of financial and human services, including volunteers. The minor demonstrates the importance of NPOs in creating and sustaining inclusive, productive, and democratic civil society.

Requirements for the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor

The minor requires 18 hours of course work, including 9 hours of core courses and 9 hours of Nonprofit Management and Leadership electives. For successful completion of the minor students must take 9 or more hours outside their major.

Core Courses (9 hours):

Choose three of the following courses:

PLS 308 - Public Administration Credit Hours: 3
PLS 360 - Introduction to Nonprofit Management Credit Hours: 3
PLS 361 - Nonprofit Resource Development Credit Hours: 3
PLS 362 - Leading and Managing Volunteers Credit Hours: 3
PLS 434 - Nonprofit Leadership Experience Credit Hours: 3

Electives (9 hours):

COM 220 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 223 - Mediation and Conflict Management Credit Hours: 3
COM 231 - Essentials of Integrated Marketing Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 272 - Introduction to Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
COM 334 - Integrated Marketing Communication: Message Design Credit Hours: 3
COM 378 - Business and Professional Communication Credit Hours: 3
EBD 280 - Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors Credit Hours: 3
EBD 281 - Creativity and Innovation Credit Hours: 3
EBD 301 - Entrepreneurial Finance for Non-Business Majors Credit Hours: 3
EBD 302 - Managing & Marketing for Entrepreneurs Credit Hours: 3
EBD 380 - Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
EBD 480 - Managing Emerging Ventures Credit Hours: 3
EBD 481 - Entrepreneurial Finance and Valuation Credit Hours: 3
ECN 325 - Environmental Economics Credit Hours: 3
ECN 327 - Health Economics Credit Hours: 3
ECN 328 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3
ECN 329 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
ECN 330 - Natural Resource Economics Credit Hours: 3
ECN 428 - Applied Regional Analysis Credit Hours: 3
ECN 429 - Economics of Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3
ENG 204 - Introduction to Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 308 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 313 - Writing About Science, Medicine, and the Environment Credit Hours: 3
ENG 314 - Digital Composing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 318 - Writing and Activism Credit Hours: 3
ENG 412 - Writing in Intercultural and Global Contexts Credit Hours: 3
EVS 195 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences Credit Hours: 3
EVS 325 - Environmental Economics Credit Hours: 3
EVS 330 - Natural Resource Economics Credit Hours: 3
EVS 360 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
EVS 361 - History and Philosophy of Natural Resources Management Credit Hours: 3
EVS 364 - Natural Resource Policy Credit Hours: 3
EVS 463 - Foundations of Environmental Education Credit Hours: 3
EVS 471 - National Parks and Protected Areas Credit Hours: 3
EVS 472 - Coastal Protected Areas Management Credit Hours: 3
EVS 476 - Topics and Issues in Sustainability Credit Hours: 3
HST 334 - Public History Credit Hours: 3
INT 314 - International NGOs, Globalization, and Development Credit Hours: 3
LED 211 - Principles of Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LED 311 - Communication and Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LED 411 - Contemporary Leadership Applications Credit Hours: 3
MGT 350 - Principles of Management Credit Hours: 3
MGT 351 - Green Business and Sustainable Enterprise Credit Hours: 3
MGT 356 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
MGT 358 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGT 359 - Staffing and Selection Credit Hours: 3
MGT 452 - Leadership and Organizational Change Credit Hours: 3
MGT 456 - Employee and Labor Relations Credit Hours: 3
MGT 457 - Training and Development Credit Hours: 3
MGT 458 - Compensation and Performance Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
MGT 459 - Negotiation Credit Hours: 3
MKT 340 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
PBH 290 - Foundations of Public Health Credit Hours: 3
PBH 310 - Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Credit Hours: 3
PBH 400 - Health Ethics Policy and Law Credit Hours: 3
PBH 435 - Public Health Organization and Administration Credit Hours: 3
PLS 217 - Ethics and Leadership in Public Life Credit Hours: 3
PLS 362 - Leading and Managing Volunteers Credit Hours: 3
PSY 246 - Psychology of Personality Credit Hours: 3
PSY 336 - Industrial-Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
REC 375 - Leadership and Management in Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Credit Hours: 3
REC 440 - Risk Management and Liability in Recreation Services Credit Hours: 3
REC 450 - Conflict and Organizational Politics in Recreation, Sport and Tourism Credit Hours: 3
REC 475 - Advanced Human Resource Management in Recreation Credit Hours: 3
SOC 215 - Modern Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SOC 240 - Individuals and Societies in a Global World Credit Hours: 3
SOC 250 - Issues in Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
SOC 260 - Poverty Studies Credit Hours: 3
SOC 303 - Media and Society Credit Hours: 3
SOC 305 - Demography Credit Hours: 3
SOC 306 - Sociology of Culture Credit Hours: 3
SOC 315 - Urban Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 320 - Rural Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 325 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations Credit Hours: 3
SOC 340 - Organizations in Modern Society Credit Hours: 3
SOC 366 - Social Change Credit Hours: 3
SOC 380 - Social Classes Credit Hours: 3
SOC 415 - Globalization and Development Credit Hours: 3
SOC 449 - Sociology of Law Credit Hours: 3
SOC 485 - The Community Credit Hours: 3
SOC 486 - Sociology of Work and Occupations Credit Hours: 3
SPN 490 - Service Learning and Research Credit Hours: 3
SPN 498 - Internship in Spanish Credit Hours: 3
SWK 106 - Social Work Global Visions: Citizens, Issues and Approaches Credit Hours: 3
SWK 235 - Introduction to Social Work and the Social Welfare System Credit Hours: 3
SWK 335 - Social Welfare Policies Credit Hours: 3
SWK 355 - Issues in Diversity for Generalist Practice Credit Hours: 3
SWK 460 - Grant Writing for Human Services Credit Hours: 3
THR 121 - Introduction to Theatre Credit Hours: 3
THR 380 - Stage Management Credit Hours: 3
THR 381 - Theatre Management Credit Hours: 3
WGS 210 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGS 212 - Sexuality and Gender Credit Hours: 3
WGS 495 - Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor

Requirements for the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor

Core Courses (9 hours):

Electives (9 hours):

Total: 18 hours