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A GREATER PURSUIT NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

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LEAD FOR LIFE

If you want to lead, you need the right education. At North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management (SBNM), our experienced faculty, industry-driven programs, and ethical focus will equip you to excel in any leadership career.

Our well-earned reputation for innovative teaching, practical application, and transformational values will prepare you to lead for the rest of your life. It’s a greater pursuit.

TRANSFORMATIVE

SUPPORTIVE

Real leadership begins with meaningful growth. Our expert faculty will help you bridge the gap between your existing skills and the latest organizational needs. With values-centered decision-making at our core, we will prepare you to lead ethically and inspire meaningful transformation wherever you go.

Our committed advisors and dedicated faculty will provide personal guidance from your first class through graduation day, because we are just as invested in your success as you are. With an innovative approach to education—tailored to your schedule—we will give you the skills you need to earn a career-building master’s degree or certificate.

FORWARD-THINKING The best leaders always look forward. Your education should, too.

We continually evaluate and reinvent our curriculum, responding quickly to an ever-changing market. That means the best-practices you graduate with will not just be relevant—they will provide the competitive advantage you need to land the leadership position you desire.

INTEGRATED To lead well, you must understand well. Our interdisciplinary curriculum— including both nonprofit and corporate management concepts—and flexible learning environment will equip you to do both. Through business partnerships, hands-on research, team projects, and intentional diversity of people and ideas, you will become the kind of leader businesses seek.

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PRACTICAL Whatever your personal goals, we are ready to bring them to life. One-on-one academic advising, well-connected professors, and meaningful hands-on experience mean that in every class, through every experience, you will build applicable professional skills. An SBNM education will become a head start to thriving in any leadership role.

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YOUR RIGHT PLACE North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management’s small class sizes, accomplished faculty, rock-solid reputation, and supportive environment are the foundation for your success. Everything we offer is designed to build your skill set, open doors, and fast-track your leadership career. Sound good? You’ve come to the right place.

The exact program you want.

With four innovative master’s degree programs from which to choose, SBNM offers the degree you need to reach your career goals. Built-in elective courses—combined with a foundational 36 semester-hour core—ensure that every one of our leadership programs will equip you with specialized, practical, sought-after skills to help you achieve more and advance faster.

A reputation for excellence.

Our name carries weight. For more than 130 years, North Park has graduated soughtafter leaders and innovators. A graduate degree from SBNM today opens doors for you.

Whatever program you choose, you will get more than a diploma. You will gain a supportive network of respected business and nonprofit professionals and the connections you need to land exactly where you want to be.

A tailored fit.

Whether you are ready to jump in as a full-time student or want to earn your degree while working a full-time job, we will customize a program to fit your life. Accelerated seven-week courses offered online will let you earn your degree wherever, whenever, and however you want.

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DEGREES THAT MATTER

Whatever leadership role you are pursuing, North Park’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management has the program to get you there.

MASTERS DEGREES MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) Prepare to advance into leadership roles by developing your management skills and building a toolkit of practical knowledge in core areas like finance, strategy, marketing, and more. You will graduate as an effective, ethical manager ready to lead any business or business unit to greater success.

18 courses (36 semester hours) 13 core courses | 5 electives MBA core courses: • Organizational Behavior and Ethics • Ethical Leadership • Financial Accounting • Managerial Accounting • Global Macroeconomics for Managers • Microeconomics for Managers • Managerial Finance • Financial Decision Making • Quantitative Decision Making • Marketing Analysis and Consumer Behavior • Multi-Sector Convergence and Social Responsibility

“North Park University has dedicated, knowledgeable, and experienced professors with the motivation of excellence that enables a clear mission to succeed in which the entire NPU staff strongly embraces and supports. My overall experience with the learning environment at NPU has shaped me to develop strong leadership skills with a passion to engage, execute goals, and make an impact on my career, life, and community.”

– JUANITA KOZIOL, MBA’21

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• Strategy for Competitive Advantage • MBA Capstone

MASTER OF NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION (MNA)

MASTER OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP (MOL)

MASTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (MHRM)

Cultivate your unique abilities to excel in management

Grow the right skills and knowledge base to advance

Train to become a highly-skilled human resources

roles in mission-driven organizations. Gain best-practice

your career and help organizations achieve their

professional. Build an organizational and legal knowledge

knowledge in fundraising, finance, strategy, ethical

goals. Engage our innovative curriculum and learn

base as you learn how to develop a high-performing team

leadership, and more—all the tools you will need to serve

best practices that apply to both the business and

in any work environment. Graduate with the practical skills

any organization at the mid-to-executive level.

nonprofit sectors, including relationship-building,

you will need to manage conflict, improve communication,

strategic decision-making, and change leadership.

grow an effective staff, and measure performance.

18 courses (36 semester hours)

18 courses (36 semester hours)

13 core courses | 5 electives

13 core courses | 5 electives

• Organizational Behavior and Ethics

MOL core courses:

MHRM core courses:

• Ethical Leadership

• Organizational Behavior and Ethics

• Organizational Behavior and Ethics

• Nonprofit Financial Management

• Ethical Leadership

• Ethical Leadership

• Nonprofit Financial Decision Making

• Human Resource Management

• Human Resource Management

• Nonprofit Marketing Analysis and Consumer Behavior

• Diversity and Conflict

• Strategic Human Resources Planning and Staffing

• Multi-Sector Convergence and Social Responsibility

• Negotiation and Influence

• Diversity and Conflict

• Nonprofit Management: Theory and Application

• Talent Development and Retention

• Talent Development and Retention

• Nonprofit Board Governance and Volunteer Management

• Team Leadership

• Team Leadership

• Nonprofit Law, Policy, and Government Relations

• Global Macroeconomics for Managers

• Employment Law

• Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

• Multi-Sector Convergence and Social Responsibility

• Compensation and Benefits Administration

• Annual Gift Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

• Nonprofit Management: Theory and Application

• Strategy and Metrics in Human Resource Management

• Measuring Outcomes and Assessment

• Measuring Outcomes and Assessment

• Global Macroeconomics for Managers

• Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Management Capstone

• Change Leadership

• Organizational Communication

• Strategic Leadership Development

• Multi-Sector Convergence and Social Responsibility

18 courses (36 semester hours) 13 core courses | 5 electives MNA core courses:

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CERTIFICATES: AN INVESTMENT IN YOU

Specialize your leadership skill set by earning a graduate certificate. Each of our certificates will help you add new abilities to your resume, advance your career, increase your salary, improve your marketability, or take the next step toward a masters degree.

Each certificate includes five graduate-level courses (10-credit hours) and may be completed in twelve months.

“North Park offers a robust program with small class sizes and flexibility, allowing for personalized attention and greater focus on students’ needs. This program inspired me to advance my knowledge in nonprofit and has given me a better understanding of governance.”

– MIREYA DOMINGUEZ, MNA’21

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CERTIFICATES ACCOUNTING

CHURCH ADMINISTRATION

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Achieve greater career and organizational success

Build a wide-ranging skill set to better support your

Learn to evaluate conflict and behavior, lead change,

by gaining an in-depth understanding of accounting

church, ministry, or para-church organization. Gain

negotiate effectively, and settle differences. This

and its implications for high-level business decision-

an understanding of cash flow and accounting systems,

certificate will prepare you for an increasing number of

making. This certificate combines foundational

learn to create financial and marketing plans, and become

job opportunities in many industries, including dispute

theoretical concepts with a working knowledge of

equipped to create effective management frameworks in

resolution and related fields. You will examine the causes

financial and tax accounting and a deep knowledge

your organization. This certificate will develop the skills

of conflict, conflict theory, and how to manage conflict

of managerial and cost accounting.

and knowledge you need to advance the mission of any

productively to help build effective teams.

Courses:

modern church or church-related organization.

Courses:

• Financial Accounting

Courses:

• Negotiation and Influence

• Managerial Accounting

• Principles of Church Administration

• Diversity and Conflict

• Cost Accounting

• Financial Management for Churches and Faith-Based

• Team Leadership

• Advanced Cost Accounting • Corporate Tax Accounting

Organizations • Human Resource Management for Churches and Faith-

• Employment Law • Change Leadership

Based Organizations • Fundraising for Churches and Faith-Based Organizations • Church Communication and Knowledge Management

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CERTIFICATES FUNDRAISING MANAGEMENT

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Become a successful fundraiser and empower your

Establish yourself as an effective leader in one of the most

Drive your organizational success from the ground up by

organization to fulfill its mission. Learn how to create a

challenging and complex business environments. Learn

improving your understanding of employee management.

convincing case for financial support, select key donors

to manage change, identify new opportunities, develop

Grow your knowledge base in key areas, including human

and markets, develop a capital campaign, create an annual

strategies for fiscal accountability, create and implement a

resource strategy, organizational value, dispute resolution,

fund donor base, and develop grant-writing skills. This

marketing plan, and evaluate organizational performance.

and compensation and benefit strategies. This certificate

certificate will prepare you to create and implement a

This certificate will provide a framework for effective

will equip you to examine the impact of effective employee

successful, sustainable fundraising strategy.

management across key healthcare areas.

recruitment and training—and will provide the concrete

Courses:

Courses:

• Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

• Healthcare Economics and Finance

Courses:

• Annual Gift Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

• Principles of Healthcare Management

• Human Resource Management

• Capital Campaigns for Nonprofit Organizations

• Nonprofit Marketing Analysis and Consumer Behavior

• Strategic Human Resources Planning and Staffing

• Grant Writing for Foundations and Corporations

• Measuring Outcomes and Assessment

• Talent Development and Retention

• Planned Giving for Nonprofit Organizations

• Fifth course to be chosen with academic advisor

• Employment Law

skill set you need to manage and motivate employees.

• Compensation and Benefits Administration

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“Pursuing the Master of Nonprofit Administration was a wonderful experience, and I will take the information and knowledge that I gained in this program with me for the rest of my career.”

– ANGELA HATFIELD, MNA’20

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CERTIFICATES LEADERSHIP Comprehensively prepare to lead effectively by doing the right things. Develop negotiation and self-awareness techniques, learn to lead across organizational boundaries, become a change manager, and grow your understanding of leadership models. This certificate will give you

Courses: • Nonprofit Financial Management • Nonprofit Management: Theory and Application • Nonprofit Board Governance and Volunteer Management • Nonprofit Law, Policy, and Government Relations • Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Become a more effective manager and guide your organization to succeed in the midst of changing environmental conditions. Learn strategies to overcome common team dynamic pitfalls, examine your own leadership style, develop a greater understanding of

the skills and knowledge you need to lead well in

change management, and strengthen your ability to

any environment.

manage conflict and influence others. This certificate

Courses: • Ethical Leadership • Diversity and Conflict • Negotiation and Influence • Talent Development and Retention • Change Leadership

NONPROFIT GOVERNANCE Build a vital knowledge base to guide your nonprofit organization’s ethical and legal decision-making process.

Learn to design your board within a larger system of

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT Prepare to balance the myriad demands and responsibilities of a modern nonprofit manager. Learn to fundraise effectively, develop assessment plans, and solve complex problems. This certificate will prepare you to excel in the most vital areas of nonprofit management and leadership.

will provide the core concepts, skills, and techniques you need to increase and refine your leadership capability.

Courses: • Organizational Behavior and Ethics • Human Resource Management • Diversity and Conflict

Courses:

• Team Leadership

• Nonprofit Financial Management

• Measuring Outcomes and Assessment

• Nonprofit Marketing Analysis and Consumer Behavior • Nonprofit Management: Theory and Application • Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations • Measuring Outcomes and Assessment

accountability; develop strategies to grow an effective roster of volunteers; create, implement, and monitor organizational budgets; and understand the impact of modern-day legal issues on your organization. This certificate will provide a comprehensive understanding of the organizational areas most affected by governance issues—and will equip you to proactively address them.

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REAL GROWTH. REAL SUCCESS.

Earning your degree at North Park’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management will empower you to achieve career success and to lead a life of significance and service.

Our experienced faculty and network of leadership experts will invest in your continued growth, our Career Development and Internships Office will connect you with meaningful opportunities throughout your career, and our unwavering focus on ethical leadership will prepare you to meet and overcome every professional and organizational challenge you face.

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Our graduates have excelled at top organizations, including: • Allstate • American Academy of Pediatrics • American College of Surgeons •A merican Medical Association Foundation • Catholic Relief Services • Chicago Board of Trade • Community Human Services, Inc. • Girl Scouts of America • Grainger • Hephzibah Children’s Association • JPMorgan Chase • Kaiser Permanente • Make a Wish Foundation • Metropolitan Family Services •M illion Dollar Round Table Foundation • Motorola • The Northern Trust Company • Pfizer • PriceWaterhouseCoopers • Sinai Health System • The Tribune Company • United Airlines • U.S. Cellular • US Department of Veteran Affairs •U niversity of Chicago Booth School of Business • World Vision – Middle East

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LEARN TO LEAD— ANYWHERE, ANYTIME SBNM is committed to offering a lifechanging business education that fits your life. We are proud to offer every one of our graduate degrees (and many graduate certificates) entirely online— and without compromise. SBNM online

YOUR LEARNING OPTIONS FORMATS

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In-person

Online + In-person

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Master of Organizational Leadership (MOL)

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Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM)

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GRADUATE DEGREES

courses deliver the same experienced

GRADUATE BUSINESS CERTIFICATES

faculty, industry-driven programs, and

Certificate in Accounting

ethical focus that will equip you to excel in any leadership career.

Certificate in Church Administration Certificate in Conflict Management Certificate in Fundraising Management Certificate in Healthcare Management

By leveraging the latest online learning tools,

Certificate in Leadership

SBNM translates our well-earned reputation

Certificate in Nonprofit Governance

for innovative teaching, practical application,

Certificate in Nonprofit Management

and transformational values to the digital environment. Prepare to lead for the rest of your life—on your time.

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Certificate in Human Resource Management

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Certificate in Organizational Development

START HERE

Are you ready to take the next step? It’s easy (and free) to get started—and we will walk you through it. Here is what you will need:

APPLICATION CHECKLIST Bachelor’s degree Electronic copy of your current resume or curriculum vitae (CV) Two letters of recommendation (only required for degreeseeking students)

Essay O fficial transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.

C ompleted online application at apply.northpark.edu

DETERMINE YOUR COST • Visit northpark.edu/sbnm/financialaid to see up-to-date tuition and scholarship information.

• Meet with our admissions team to discuss financial aid and scholarship options.

• File your FAFSA at fafsa.gov, if necessary.

ENROLL That is all there is to it. Once you complete your application, we will let you know if you are accepted within one week. Then we will build a tailored plan to help you earn your degree, advance your career, and step into a meaningful leadership role.

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COME SEE FOR YOURSELF Our urban campus is one of our greatest assets— and we would love to show you why. We will work

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with you and your schedule to make sure you have a chance to experience SBNM in person.

• Attend an informational session online or at our Chicago campus.

• Schedule a personal appointment with an admissions representative.

Office of Graduate Admissions 3225 West Foster Ave, Box 40 Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 244-5761 www.northpark.edu

• Visit a class.

Plan your visit at northpark.edu/sbnm

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