Nonprofit Administration, MA
Students will no longer be admitted into the Master of Arts in Nonprofit beginning Fall 23. Students should discuss program options with an advisor in the Plaster College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
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 |