Master of Public Affairs
The Nonprofit Management Certificate
Now offering classes at the Triad Center ~ Convenient to I-40 and HWY 68!
- Are you currently working in the nonprofit sector?
- Do you need further education for your increasing responsibilities?
- Do you want a program tailored to the demands of the nonprofit sector?
- Do you have a Master's degree already, or are you not yet ready to commit to a more lengthy degree program?
- Do you want challenging courses to develop your skills and knowledge?
- Do you need a part-time evening schedule that doesn't interfere with your work?
THEN...the new nonprofit management certificate program at UNCG may be for you!
These are the features of this new certificate:
- 15 credit hours of course work that can be completed within a year's time or longer
- classes offered at the Triad Center and on campus
- evening and Saturday courses
- excellent faculty, many with experience in the nonprofit sector
- small classes (15-25 students)
- a mix of three-credit and one-credit courses, with some required and some elective
- coverage of the major issues in nonprofit management
- interesting and rigorous practical assignments
- research opportunities in subjects you need to know more about
- offered by the Master of Public Affairs program
Curriculum
The curriculum should prepare all students to understand:
- the nonprofit sector and its political and legal status;
- methods of resource development; and
- specific knowledge and skills needed in nonprofit management.
Students may also elect to learn more about a particular policy or program area of interest through classes in the MPA program or other departments.
The required and recommended courses are offered in coordination with the nonprofit management concentration.
Non-Profit Management Certificate Handbook
Core:
- Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 hrs.)
- Philanthropy and Resource Development (3 hrs.)
- Nonprofit Financial Management (1 hr.) OR Nonprofit Budgeting (1 hr.)
Choice:
Two of these one-hour courses in the Problems in Public Management offerings:
- Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Agencies (1 hr.)
- Strategic Planning (1 hr.)
- Grantwriting (1 hr.)
- Nonprofit Law (1 hr.)
Electives:
One-hour courses -
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing
- Legislative Relations
- Nonprofit Financial Management
- Nonprofit Budgeting
- Volunteer Management
- Media Relations
- Oral Communication Skills
- Grantwriting
- Nonprofit Law
OR 3-hr. electives
- in the MPA program
- outside the department, (in Social Work, Public Health, MBA, Counseling, or Human Development)
Admission:
The following must be submitted to the Graduate School by July 1(fall semester); November 1 (spring), or April 1 (summer):
- an application form (see the Graduate School website: www.uncg.edu/grs
- a transcript (bachelor's and/or master's degree) from a regionally accredited college or university
- a personal statement about your career and educational goals
- three letters of recommendation
- a resume
No test is required.
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of nonprofit studies (and since there is no undergraduate degree), specific majors or course work are not required for admission.
Relationship to the MPA Program
This program allows students without an MPA degree who enroll in the certificate program to apply to the MPA program, and receive 12 hours of credit toward the degree. However, satisfactory completion of the certificate program does not guarantee admission to the MPA program. All other admission criteria, including transcripts, test scores, letters of recommendation and a supplemental application would have to be completed by the applicant and reviewed by the faculty. Admitted students would have to complete the MPA degree within five years from the beginning of the certificate enrollment to the completion of the degree.
Get the Personal Statement Form