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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Administration

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18 credit hours |  In-state tuition: $480.90/credit hour | Out-of-state tuition: $590.53/credit hour

  • Available in an easily accessible 100% online format suitable for working professionals
  • Equips service-minded professionals with analytical and management skills for working in governmental and nonprofit organizations
  • Offers network-building opportunities with alumni and nonprofit leaders and experts
  • Focuses on industry-relevant topics such as fundraising and fund development for nonprofits and measuring results
  • Offers hands-on experience to students through group work and applied projects with working professionals
NOTE:
  • YOU MUST HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO APPLY.
  • GRADUATE CERTIFICATES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID.

PROGRAM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Get the skills needed to be an effective leader in the nonprofit sector

UTEP’s Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Administration provides professional training for those who wish to lead programs in the nonprofit sector, with an emphasis on nonprofit management, nonprofit executive leadership, program evaluation, volunteer management, and nonprofit fundraising and resource development. 

The program is ideal for working professionals with professional experience in the nonprofit sector and a strong desire to lead programs that serve the public. After completing the certificate, students may choose to apply their credit towards an MPA or put their newfound knowledge and skills to work in local/state government or the nonprofit sector. Over 90% of students who complete the certificate have an internship or job lined up, and the program places students in positions as grant writers and nonprofit executives most often, from their nonprofit coursework. 

Course Overview

Students must complete two required courses plus four elective courses for a total of six courses (18 semester credit hours) to receive the certificate.

Required Courses (6 hours)

Elective Courses: Pick any 4; 12 hours 

Get an overview of public administration as an academic discipline and practitioners in public agencies, nonprofits and other organizations providing public services and goods, with emphasis on professionalism, strategic communications and information processing.

Explore the history of public administration and the basic issues confronted, both legal and political, the role of bureaucratic expertise in contemporary government and in solving public problems, and public participation in administration.

Get an introduction to microeconomic concepts and analysis and their application to the public sector. Topics covered include: Supply and demand theory, firms and markets, consumer theory, market equilibrium, welfare economics, public choice theory and the economics of planning. Prerequisite: Department approval.

Get an introduction to contemporary theories of leading and managing in public and nonprofit organizations, including diagnoses of organizational cultures and structures, employee motivation, strategic planning and organizational transformation. Prerequisite: Department approval.

Study the theories and practice of budgeting, financial management, tax analysis, and the role budgets play in public policy making and implementation. Learn about the approaches and techniques of budget analysis. Prerequisite:  with a grade of "B" or better and department approval.

Undertake independent study, research, and writing on a topic agreed upon with the professor. May be repeated for credit up to three times when the topic varies.

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