Courses

(Course updated as of Spring 2025; Formerly known as Introduction to Nonprofit Administration)

This introductory course will provide students with an understanding of the nonprofit sector in the United States and the distinct leadership and management challenges often faced by nonprofit managers. This course covers both general management practices that apply to all organizations such as marketing, strategic planning, human resources management, ethics, and financial accountability, as well as topics unique to nonprofit organizations such as board governance, volunteer management, advocacy, and fundraising.

(previously Administrative Transparency)

This course will address historical and current issues surrounding the concepts, theories, practices, and impacts of open government. A critical perspective on governmental transparency, accountability, and participation policies and reforms is presented. Students will learn the theory and art around accessing government information to inform their careers in government or nonprofit organizations. Students will be critical consumers of government information considering issues of politics, ethics, and inclusion to better understand what information is, and is not, readily available to them.