Information for Currently Enrolled Certificate and MNPO students

Curriculum Overview

Academic Advising

Core Course Schedule

Job Search

List of Current Students & Alumni

Potential Elective Courses

Request Form for the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Organizations

Curriculum Overview

Courses address the content and skill areas important for successful leadership of nonprofit organizations.  They demonstrate the particular relevance or application of theory and research to  problems and issues in nonprofit organizations and compare and contrast applications in different nonprofit settings.  The internship opportunities emphasize direct exposure to the field and activities that deepen students' learning and applications of material directly to situations faced in  nonprofit settings as well as provide opportunities for supervised research projects.  Such experiences play a special role as occasions to integrate materials from the various courses and as opportunities to apply learning from several disciplines to the solution of "real world" problems. A final report on internship projects is expected. 

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The specific structure and content of the curriculum include three major components:

A. Five core courses (3 hours each = 15 semester hours)

theory and management of nonprofit organizations management of human resources in the nonprofit sector ethics in professional practice research methods OR program evaluation fund-raising and development for nonprofit organizations

B. An internship over two semesters, including an independent research project (3 hrs. each = 6 semester hours) * Please see the listing of local nonprofits for potential internship contacts

C. Four elective courses for specialization (3 hrs. each = 12 semester hours).

  Numerous relevant electives from across the University provide a rich array of choices to allow students to pursue interests in nonprofit organizations that serve a particular field or to specialize in an aspect of organizational leadership. Most of these elective courses are taught at the Athens campus, and some are taught at the Gwinnett campus. For a listing of potential elective area concentrations and courses, please see the link below.

Graduation Requirements: Each course carries three credit hours, with a total of 33 credit hours required for graduation. 

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Academic Advising

Before registering for classes, please contact Dr. Holland to have coursework approved and your record cleared for graduation.

To facilitate the process, it is recommended that you use the consolidated Advisement Form, available for download here:

Adobe Acrobat version

Word version (.doc)

Questions or concerns about anything? Contact Ms. Kat Farlowe, MNPO Administrator:

Room # 416 of Tucker Hall
706-542-5461
kfarlowe@uga.edu

Also, if you are interested in HROD (Human Resources/Org Development) courses, you may download a Summer 2005 Course listing here and Fall 2006 here.

Core Course Schedule

Please visit the UGA Registrar's Office Home Page for the most up-to-date information on registration procedure and deadlines: http://www.reg.uga.edu/or.nsf/html/registration. Highlighted courses link to the course syllabus.

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Potential Elective Courses

As noted above, all MNPO students must complete four elective concentration courses. Previous MNPO students have crafted personally-tailored concentration areas such as "Media & Public Relations," "Environmental Advocacy," and "Historic Preservation."

For an unofficial listing of potential elective concentrations and courses, click here or copy and paste www.uga.edu/nonprofit/MNPOelectives.htm

IMPORTANT! This list does not necessarily consist of approved courses- it is simply a guideline. Please check with Dr. Brudney or Dr. Holland before pursuing a possible elective course.

MNPO students may wish to expand their elective concentration and obtain a graduate certificate in another discipline, such as Women's Studies or Historic Preservation. Please visit the UGA Bulletin for an up-to-date listing of certificate programs: http://bulletin.uga.edu/bulletin/prg/index.html

Graduate Certificate Programs

Atmospheric Sciences
Clinical Internship
Clinical Residency
Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
Computer Systems Engineering
Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development
East Central European Studies
Engineering Physics
Environmental Ethics
Geographic Information Science
Gerontology
Global Policy Studies
Historic Preservation Studies
Marriage and Family Therapy
Native American Studies
Nonprofit Organizations
Qualitative Studies
Research Administration
Residency in Pathology
Women's Studies

Request Form for the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Organizations

You may download a Request Form for the Graduate Certificate here and also in .doc format.

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