Nonprofit Leadership and Administration (Pre-2008)
Requirements for students admitted prior to summer 2008
The Master of Public Administration nonprofit leadership and administration concentration offered by the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Western Michigan University enhances the capacity of students to effectively administer nonprofit organizations. The program is designed to meet the professional education needs of individuals who currently are, or aspire to, leadership roles in nonprofit organizations.
The concentration is composed of 21 credit hours: one course each from Areas I, II, III, and V, and 12 credit hours from Area IV.
Area I: legal dimensions
- FCL 6810: Legal and Ethical Issues for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
Area II: budgeting and finance
- PADM 5860: Budget Development for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
Area III: health care environment and policy development
- PADM 6440: Human Resources for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
Area IV: administrative issues in the delivery of health care services
- EDLD 6010: Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
- MGMT 6520: Strategic Human Resources Management (three credit hours)
- PADM 5800: Nonprofit Board-Staff Relations (one credit hour)
- PADM 5810: Strategic Planning (one credit hour)
- PADM 5820: Volunteer Recruitment and Retention (one credit hour)
- PADM 5830: Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
- PADM 5840: Promoting Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
- PADM 5870: Fund Raising for Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
- PADM 5880: Endowment Development/Investments (two credit hours)
- PADM 5890: Accounting and Financial Reporting for Nonprofit Organizations (three credit hours)
- PADM 6410: Administering Arts Organizations (two credit hours)
- PADM 6420: Administering Human Service Organizations (two credit hours)
- SOC 6740: The Nonprofit Sector in Society (three credit hours)
- SWRK 6230: Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
- SWRK 6270: Planning in Nonprofit Organizations (two credit hours)
Area V: capstone
- PADM 6800: Project Paper Seminar (three credit hours)