Master of Nonprofit Leadership
The Master of Nonprofit Leadership is designed to meet the needs of working professionals in the nonprofit sector and is thus offered in an accommodating format (mirroring the MPA program)—allowing students to apply and matriculate in fall, winter, and spring quarters, and proceed through the program in either full-time or part-time status.
The program is comprised of 54 credits.
Coursework will include a core area of knowledge (33 credits) which includes the following: Foundational Knowledge (12 credits); Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management (12 credits); and, Analytic Skills (9 credits).
Core: Foundational Knowledge
| PA 528 | Leadership for the Nonprofit Sector | 3 |
| PA 521 | History And Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector | 3 |
| PA 513 | Administrative Ethics and Values | 3 |
Choose one:
| PA 547 | Culture, Values and Leadership | 3 |
| PA 549 | Cross-cultural Communication in the Public Sector | 3 |
| PA 594 | Diversity and Inclusion at Work | 3 |
| PA 593 | Civil Rights in Public Service | 3 |
| SW 539 | Social Justice in Social Work | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 12
Core: Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management
| PA 522 | Governance of Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| PA 540 | Administrative Theory and Behavior | 3 |
| PA 526 | Fundamentals of Fundraising in Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| PA 524 | Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 12
Core: Analytic Skills
| PA 551 | Analytic Methods in Public Administration I | 3 |
| PA 552 | Analytic Methods in Public Administration II | 3 |
| PA 555 | Program Evaluation and Management | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 9
Advocacy, Policymaking, and Community Change
Required course
| PA 538 | Advocacy and Political Participation by Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
Choose one elective from the following:
| PA 543 | Creating Collaborative Communities | 3 |
| PA 519 | Civic Capacity | 3 |
| PA 533 | Public Policy: Origins and Process | 3 |
| PA 534 | Administrative Law | 3 |
| PS 524 | Law, Politics, and Society | 4 |
| PS 517 | Interest Groups | 4 |
| PS 559/USP 636 | Political and Economic Decision-making | 3 |
| USP 528 | Concepts of Community Development | 3 |
| USP 584 | Negotiation in the Public Sector | 2-4 |
| CR 515 | Negotiation | 4 |
| CR 523 | Dialogue Across Differences | 4 |
Total credits, Advocacy, Policymaking, and Community Change requirement: 6-7
Elective Courses
(Students choose 3 courses from PA or another academic unit as approved by their faculty advisor. Recommended concentrations will be provided.)
Organizational Experience
| PA 509 | Organizational Experience | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: 54