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Master of Science in Nonprofit Management

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REQUIRED COURSES (24 q.h.)

LDR 6100 Developing Your Leadership Capability
3 q.h.
LDR 6110 Leading Teams
3 q.h.
NPM 6110 Legal and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations 3 q.h.
NPM 6120 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations 3 q.h.
NPM 6125 Promoting Nonprofit Organizations 3 q.h.
NPM 6130 Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations 3 q.h.
NPM 6140 Grant and Report Writing 3 q.h.
NPM 6150 Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.


 


SPECIALIZATIONS (choose one or select any College of Professional Studies graduate certificate)


PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION
(15 q.h.)
PJM 6000
Project Management Practices  3 q.h.  
PJM 6010
Project Planning and Scheduling  3 q.h.  
PJM 6015
Risk Management   3 q.h.  

Choose two of the following courses:

 
PJM 6020
Cost and Budget Management  3 q.h.  
PJM 6135 Project Quality Management 3 q.h.
PJM 6140 Managing Troubled Projects 3 q.h.
PJM 6145 Global Project Management 3 q.h.
PJM 6125
Project Evaluation and Assessment
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h.  

LEADERSHIP SPECIALIZATION
(15 q.h.)

LDR 6120  Creating Leadership Capacity: Developing Bench Strength  3 q.h.  
CMN 6010  Foundations of Organizational Communication
3 q.h.  
CMN 6060 Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation
3 q.h.  
LDR 6140 Developing the Strategic Leader
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h.

Choose one of the following courses:


LDR 6135  The Ethical Leader
3 q.h.  
LDR 6125 Managing Organizational Culture
3 q.h.  



EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIZATION (15 q.h.)

CMN 6010 Foundations of Organizational Communication
3 q.h.
CMN 6020 Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication
3 q.h.
CMN 6910 Organizational Communication Assessment
3 q.h.

Choose two of the following courses:

CMN 6030 Professional Speaking (offered on-campus only)
3 q.h.
CMN 6050 Crisis Communication
3 q.h.
CMN 6060 Negotiation, Medication, and Facilitation
3 q.h.
CMN 6070 Interviewing
3 q.h.
CMN 6080 Intercultural Communication in the Organization
3 q.h.
CMN 6090 Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication
3 q.h.



HUMAN SERVICES SPECIALIZATION (15 q.h.)

HSV 6100 Theory and Practice of Human Services 3 q.h.
HSV 6110 Human Service Management and Development
3 q.h.
HSV 6630 Research and Evaluation in Human Services
3 q.h.
HSV 6980 Human Services Capstone Project
3 q.h.

Choose one of the following courses:

LDR 6360 Dynamics of Change at the Community and Social Level 3 q.h.
HSV 6120 Social Inequality, Social Change, and Community Building
3 q.h.



GLOBAL STUDIES SPECIALIZATION (16 q.h.)

GST 6100 Globalization and Global Political and Economic Systems
4 q.h.
GST 6101 Global Literacy, Culture, and Communication
4 q.h.
GST 6102 Global Corporate and Social Responsibility
4 q.h.

Choose one of the following courses:

 

 

Sustainable Development

4 q.h.

 

Global Players: The Developers

4 q.h.

 

Global Issues: Poverty and Wealth

4 q.h.

CAPSTONE (3 q.h.)

 

LDR 6360

Dynamics of Change at the Community and Social Level 

3 q.h.

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 42-43

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