Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Prepare to organize, create, and manage organizations, or programs and projects, working to inspire and lead social change. You can change the world and we can help you learn the skills to lead.
- 15 semester hours of course work
- 1-year program
- Select electives that meet your goals and interests
- Add-on to a graduate degree
- Online, once-a-week courses
- Affordable tuition
- Gain skills in managing people and finances and leading healthy organizations
Course Information
The certificate is 15 semester hours, which is typically five 3SH courses. These courses are selected in consultation with the certificate advisor to meet each student’s interests or specific needs and to form a cohesive package that equips leaders to effectively manage and lead nonprofit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Students who want to earn both an MBA degree and the graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership must complete a minimum of 39 semester hours in a curriculum planned with their advisor.
Students should plan their curriculum to include at least three MBA courses and at least one PAX course.
Required courses (12 SH):
- OLS 510 Leadership and Management for the Common Good (3 SH)
- PAX 564 Developing Healthy Organizations OR OLS 530 Organizational Behavior (3 SH)
- MBA 560 Stewardship, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship (3 SH)
Electives (3 SH):
- OLS 515 Introduction to Leadership Studies (3 SH)
- OLS 665 Project Management (3 SH)
- PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3 SH)
- PAX 600 Three Dimensional Negotiation
- PAX 601 Mediation and Negotiation (3 SH)
- PAX 610 Facilitation: Process Design & Skills for Dialogue, Deliberation and Decision Making (3 SH)
- PAX 624 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
- PAX 654 Conflict Coaching (3 SH)
- Other graduate courses may be proposed to the certificate advisor for consideration. See course catalog for more.
This graduate certificate is an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort between the Master of Organizational Leadership (MAOL) and Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) programs.