NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP MASTER’S DEGREE & GRADUATE CERTIFICATES | ONLINE OR EVENINGS
The nonprofit sector continues to need strategic leaders who serve the public good and make an impact on their community and world. In the Nonprofit Leadership graduate program, you’ll gain practical knowledge to craft fundraising strategy, program operations, and social enterprises that address societal problems through healthy organizations. You’ll learn to think critically, act ethically, and inclusively lead changes needed to solve the pressing issues in society and nonprofit/nongovernmental organizations.
NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP COURSES CORE COURSES • Healthy Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organizations • Leading Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organizations • Legacy and Trends of Nonprofit Organizations and Civil Society • Graduate Social Research Methods • Capstone Portfolio or Project
ELECTIVE COURSES Electives may be chosen from among all courses in the Nonprofit Leadership program. You may also select courses from other University College graduate programs in collaboration with your academic advisor.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
Leading a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization of any size requires senior leaders to examine individual and organizational practices and behaviors. In this program, you’ll develop a broad spectrum of tools in leadership, change management, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to better navigate organizational changes and challenges. Enhance your knowledge in board and senior-team leadership, value-centered leadership, strategic direction and planning, and organization culture development. Skills you’ll learn:
CONCENTRATION COURSES
• Executive and Board Roles, Responsibilities and Leadership • Leading Strategically • Leading Nonprofit Financial Health • Leading Policy and Advocacy
• Craft leadership development plans using strengths, skills, and behaviors • Evaluate effective leadership to positively impact organizational health and impact • Evaluate organizational capacity, operations, governance, and program implementation
MISSION-DRIVEN OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT
MISSION DRIVEN
OPER AT I ONS & MA N A G E ME N T
A nonprofit organization can only accomplish its mission if its program operations and organizational management are efficient and effective. Staffing, performance evaluation, impact, and the human and financial resources must function smoothly for any organization to succeed. In this program, you’ll learn how to examine an organization’s financial and operational goals and develop partnerships and communitybased strategies that can further an organization’s impact — all through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Skills you’ll learn:
CONCENTRATION COURSES
• Operational Strategy and Structures • Nonprofit Program and People Management • Leading Nonprofit Financial Health • Community Organizing, Voice and Empowerment
• Effectively plan and resource nonprofit and/or nongovernmental program development • Evaluate existing program design, funding structures, resource allocation, and impact • Ensure mission accomplishment and operational alignment
STACK YOUR CREDENTIALS
SKILLS YOU’LL LEARN
Master’s Degree: 12 Courses (48 Credits) Graduate Certificate: 6 Courses (24 Credits) Specialized Certificate: 4 Courses (16 Credits)
Design and develop plans to solve complex organizational challenges; devise strategies to lead an organization’s fundraising and social enterprise programs and board of directors; lead a mission-driven organization through changes needed to expand and meet community needs.
PHILANTHROPY & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
PHILANTHROPY
& RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT
Changes in philanthropy, resource development, and fundraising are shaping the giving environment that influences how nonprofit and/or nongovernmental organizations plan their funding strategies. From crowdsourcing campaigns to capital fundraising and legacy giving, nonprofits must cultivate and retain donors from diverse contexts, devise new fundraising strategies, and demonstrate impact. Learn to navigate these changing trends while increasing impact and your nonprofit’s mission through diverse fundraising approaches. Skills you’ll learn:
CONCENTRATION COURSES
• Philanthropy Principles and Roles • Applied Fundraising and Donor Relations • Advanced Fundraising Strategies and Planned Giving • Leading Nonprofit Financial Health
• Assess development approaches while considering scale and mission • Demonstrate financial literacy and employ structured fundraising tools and techniques • Demonstrate cultural competence and understanding of how fundraising strategies may work across diverse global contexts
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, INNOVATION, & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
I N NOVATION &
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Are you a social entrepreneur or aspiring to become one? Will a social innovation move the needle on a problem or challenge you’re passionate about? Increase your value as a nonprofit leader and learn to address community issues in this handson program designed to help you drive mission impact. In this program, you’ll gain the practical strategies and tools needed to take a social enterprise idea through to launch — plus all the steps in-between: funding, prototyping, scaling, marketing, measurement, and more. Skills you’ll learn:
CONCENTRATION COURSES
• Leading Nonprofit Financial Health • Principles and Practices in Social Enterprise, Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Social Enterprise Strategies • Social Enterprise Experiential Learning
• Determine the strengths and challenges in developing a successful and impactful social enterprise • Cultivate innovation, design thinking, and other processes to examine an idea’s social value and market possibilities • Apply social innovation frameworks and tools to test a social enterprise’s business and financial structure
CAREER OUTLOOK
The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies found that nonprofits are creating jobs three times faster than for-profits and is the third-largest industry in the U.S., amounting up to 12.3 million jobs. Locally, the nonprofit sector in Colorado is home to 23,100 nonprofit organizations and employs almost 8% of the state’s workforce — generating $40 billion in economic impact. Within the field, there has been a movement to offer more talent development among nonprofit leaders. There’s a unique need to help leaders develop their network and knowledge so they can deliver on the mission of their organizations.
THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ADVANTAGE
As the University of Denver’s college of professional and continuing studies, University College delivers a personalized education from a top 100 university, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Nearly 25 years ago, we launched online programming at the University of Denver. Since then, technology and education have evolved. What remains the same is our commitment to delivering a personalized student experience through small class sizes and dedicated academic advisors. At DU’s University College, you’re not just a number and we’re not just another online program. Discover what more than two decades of leading in online education gets you at universitycollege.du.edu.
2021/2022 TUITION
APPLICATION MATERIALS
Master’s Degree $35,712 Graduate Certificate $17,856 Specialized Certificate $11,904
• Application • Official Transcripts • Résumé
• Personal Statement (master’s only)
ADMISSION • A regionally accredited baccalaureate • 2.5 GPA (or equivalent) No GRE or GMAT required for admission because we believe test scores don’t tell the whole story.
No application fee! University College is committed to educational access, and given the difficult circumstances currently impacting millions of people, we are waiving application fees.
DEADLINES SPRING 2022
FALL 2022
Application Deadline February 11 Classes Start March 28
Application Deadline July 29 Classes Start September 12
SUMMER 2022 Application Deadline April 29 Classes Start June 13
ENROLLMENT MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
MISSED THE DEADLINE?
We allow our students to take up to three classes before they have to submit their completed application. WINTER 2023 Ask about starting as a non-degree Application Deadline November 4 student! Classes Start January 3
BRIAN CICERO, PHD Enrollment Manager 303.871.4329 brian.cicero@du.edu
Learn more and apply at universitycollege.du.edu.
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