Nonprofit Administration, MA
30-36 credit hours
The Master of Arts in nonprofit administration is offered online.
The graduate degree in nonprofit administration is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in youth and community service and nonprofit management fields. In recent years, the demands on nonprofit organizations have created a need for managers and leaders with very specialized training and education. Nonprofit agencies, whether in the public, tax-supported domain or in the private volunteer sector, require skilled and knowledgeable managers at all levels. The graduate program in nonprofit administration provides education in those areas of competency deemed necessary for effective agency leadership and fosters the career advancement of those already in the field. In addition to the core curriculum requirements, students will have the opportunity to develop an area of emphasis by supervised selection of elective course work, a directed internship, and capstone project.
Requirements
Foundation Coursework
0-6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
A Master of Nonprofit Administration student may be required to take the following Foundation courses if the student has not completed sufficient prior academic undergraduate coursework from a regionally accredited institution or students have not earned a grade of B or better in courses previously taken from a regionally accredited institution. Students must have received a grade of B or better in order to waive these requirements. Alternatively, students wishing to waive foundation course requirements may attempt to do so by achieving a score of 70 percent or better on a diagnostic exam prior to the start of the business program. To schedule an appointment to take this exam, contact the Plaster College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The Academic and Professional Writing for Business Students I and II may be required for any international student whose first language is not English dependent on the results of their academic writing placement exam taken prior to the start of the business program. The writing prerequisite course(s) must be taken during the student’s first term of the program. The foundational courses or their equivalents, if required, must be completed during the student’s first 18 credit hours of the MBA graduate program.
| EPB 50101 | Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students I | 3 |
| EPB 50102 | Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students II | 3 |
Major Coursework
24 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| NPA 50010 | Fundraising and Revenue Generation | 3 |
| NPA 53500 | Strategic Governance and Volunteer Management | 3 |
| NPA 56010 | Leadership Trends and Issues in Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| NPA 56510 | Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization | 3 |
| NPA 57110 | Grantwriting and Proposal Preparation | 3 |
| NPA 58000 | Nonprofit Budgeting and Financial Management | 3 |
| NPA 58100 | Strategic Planning & Performance Measurement for Nonprofit Management | 3 |
| NPA 58800 | Nonprofit Organization Capstone Project | 3 |
Notes: (1) NPA 58800 must be taken in the final semester of the program.
Elective Coursework
6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| HRM 56510 | Strategic Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 56035 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MPA 52000 | Public Administration: Principles, Applications and Ethics | 3 |
| MPA 52500 | Government Institutions: Performance and Accountability | 3 |
| MPA 53000 | Program-Implementation and Evaluation | 3 |
| MPA 53500 | Policy Design and Analysis | 3 |
| MPA 53700 | Data Collection and Evaluation | 3 |
| MPA 54000 | Governmental Budgeting | 3 |
| MPA 55000 | Economic Analysis for Policy Makers | 3 |
| MPA 56000 | Public Finance and Taxation | 3 |
| MPA 57000 | Business-Government Environment | 3 |
| NPA 50200 | Advanced Fundraising Techniques | 3 |
| NPA 57600 | Nonprofit Leadership Institute and Conference | 2 |
| NPA 58500 | Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| NPA 58788 | Nonprofit Administration Internship | 1-3 |
| NPA 59000-59999 | Special Topics in Nonprofit Administration | 1-3 |