Nonprofit Administration Degree
The Center for Nonprofit Leadership offers a Bachelor of Arts in Nonprofit Administration. It is offered both as a major and a minor. The degree prepares graduates for careers in management and administrative positions within a wide variety of nonprofit organizations such as social services, youth activities, health, the environment, and the arts.
Basic leadership and management principles are stressed in the major courses, including strategic planning, board and committee development, nonprofit financial administration, assessment, marketing, volunteer recruitment an coordination, grant writing, special event planning, nonprofit administration and risk management. In addition to actual supervised work experiences in a nonprofit organization, students receive a solid grounding in the history and philosophy of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in the United States.