Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship

EMU’s MBA and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding have teamed up to offer a new graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and social entrepreneurship.

Graduates will be uniquely prepared to organize, create and manage a venture or organization working to bring about social change.

The program includes 15 semester hours (five courses) from a menu of course offerings that equip leaders to manage nonprofits and understand how people function within organizations.

MBA courses

Students select three to five courses:

• MBA 628: Systems Approach to Organizational Behavior*
• MBA 660: Legal Aspects of Business and Human Resources
• MBA 638: Finance & Accounting for Nonprofit Entities
• MBA 648: Project Management
• MBA 658: Stewardship, Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

CJP Courses

Students select one to two courses:

• PAX 564: Developing Healthy Organizations*
• PAX 614: Systems Approach to Organizational Conflict
• PAX 565: Leadership for Healthy Organizations

The MBA program will issue the NL&SE certificate after the student has satisfactorily completed five courses within an advisor-approved program. Individuals interested in pursuing the graduate certificate in NL&SE are encouraged to contact the MBA office for additional information and an application form.

*One or the other course may be taken.