UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
The University of Missouri-St. Louis offers an Undergraduate Certificate for students who are current professional staff, board members, and other leaders of nonprofit and voluntary organizations, as well as those who wish to consider entering the field.
The Undergraduate Certificate requires the completion of 18 credit hours
Required Courses (9 credit hours) American Philanthropy and Nonprofit Resource Development (3 credit hours) PPA 4960, POL SCI 4960, SW 4960 Leadership and Management of Nonprofit Organizations (3 credit hours) PPA 4940, POL SCI 4940, SW 4940, SOC 4940 Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations Staff Management Issues (1 credit hour) PPA 4911, POL SCI 4911, SW 4911 Legal Issues in Governing and Managing NPOs (1 credit hour) PPA 4912, POL SCI 4912, SW 4912 Financial Issues in Managing NPOs (1 credit hour) PPA 4913, POL SCI 4913, SW 4913 Electives (9 credit hours) Electives are to be taken from select courses (see reverse side). A student must choose among these courses or other courses approved by the program director. Students are required to take the certificate courses at UM-St. Louis. Under exceptional circumstances a student may petition the program director to waive up to six credit hours.
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ELECTIVES
Select 9 credit hours from the following courses: Business Administration 3700 Basic Marketing 3600 Management and Organizational Behavior 3621 Human Resource Management 4850 Advanced Management and Organizational Behavior 3451 Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities Communications 2228 Public Relations 2230 Small Group Communication 2231 Communication in the Organization 2240 Persuasive Communication 3358 Communication in Public Relations English 3120 Business Writing 3130 Advanced Business and Technical Writing Political Science 3420 Public Personnel Management 3440 Public Budgeting Psychology 3420 Group Processes in Organizations 3440 Personnel Assessment
Social Work
3300 Intervention Strategies for Social Work with Organizations and Communities Sociology 4312 Sociology of Wealth and Poverty 4314 Social Change 4336 Organizations and Environment
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP PROGRAM University of Missouri - St. Louis