Program Coordinator: Dr. Shiko Gathuo
Tel: 508-929-8892
email: agathuo@worcester.edu
Non-Profit Management Courses
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
For general admission requirements for graduate study please go to: http://worcester.edu/Graduate/Shared%20Documents/graduateadmissions.aspx
In addition to the general requirements, applicants to the Nonprofit Management program are selected on the basis of established experience in the nonprofit and public sectors as well as their career goals as articulated in their application essays.
The program has the following convenient features:
• A fulltime/part-time option
• An evening schedule to suit working professionals
• A rolling admission that allows students to start their studies in
any semester
• A 12-credit transfer allowance from other accredited graduate
institutions
• An opportunity to register for as many as 6 credits before
matriculation
• Flexibility in choice of electives
• An opportunity to intern in a nonprofit organization
• Faculty of academics and nonprofit and public sector
practitioners
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
Thirty-six (36) graduate credits broken down as follows:
• Twenty-one (21) core credits
• Nine (9) elective credits
• Six (6) capstone credits
Core Courses
NM 901 The Nonprofit World: NGOs, the State & Civil Society
NM 934 Ethics and Management of Human Resources
NM 942 Organizational Theory
NM 945 Financial Management
NM 949 Strategic Leadership and Planning
NM 951 Grant Writing
NM 993 Marketing & Resource Development
Elective Courses
Students may choose any three electives offered in the program. They may also choose to do an Independent Study and/or an internship. The Independent Study and the Internship count as elective credits. Only one Independent Study may be taken during the student’s program of study. All electives, the Independent Study, and the Internship are three (3) credits each.
Capstone Project
NM 990, Action Research I & NM 991, Action Research II represent the Nonprofit Management program’s capstone experience, and the master’s thesis project. Students may take Action Research I after completing five (5) core courses. Action Research II is taken after the successful completion of Action Research I.