Portland-State-University 2023-2024 Bulletin

Master of Nonprofit Leadership

The Master of Nonprofit Leadership is designed to meet the needs of working professionals in the nonprofit sector and is thus offered in an accommodating format (mirroring the MPA program)—allowing students to apply and matriculate in fall, winter, and spring quarters, and proceed through the program in either full-time or part-time status.

The program is comprised of 54 credits.

Coursework will include a core area of knowledge (33 credits) which includes the following: Foundational Knowledge (12 credits); Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management (12 credits); and, Analytic Skills (9 credits).

Core: Foundational Knowledge

PA 528Leadership for the Nonprofit Sector

3

PA 521History And Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector

3

PA 513Administrative Ethics and Values

3

Choose one:

PA 547Culture, Values and Leadership

3

PA 549Cross-cultural Communication in the Public Sector

3

PA 594Enhancing Diversity in the Workplace

3

PA 593Civil Rights for Public Managers

3

SW 539Social Justice in Social Work

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Core: Fundamentals of Nonprofit Management

PA 522Governance of Nonprofit Organizations

3

PA 540Administrative Theory and Behavior

3

PA 526Fundamentals of Fundraising in Nonprofit Organizations

3

PA 524Financial Management in Nonprofit Organizations

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Core: Analytic Skills

PA 551Analytic Methods in Public Administration I

3

PA 552Analytic Methods in Public Administration II

3

PA 555Program Evaluation and Management

3

Total Credit Hours: 9

Advocacy, Policymaking, and Community Change

Required course

PA 538Advocacy and Political Participation by Nonprofit Organizations

3

Choose one elective from the following:

PA 543Creating Collaborative Communities

3

PA 519Civic Capacity

3

PA 533Public Policy: Origins and Process

3

PA 534Administrative Law

3

PS 524Law, Politics, and Society

4

PS 517Interest Groups

4

PS 559/USP 636Political and Economic Decision-making

3

USP 528Concepts of Community Development

3

USP 584Negotiation in the Public Sector

2-4

CR 515Negotiation

4

CR 523Dialogue Across Differences

4

Total credits, Advocacy, Policymaking, and Community Change requirement: 6-7

Elective Courses

(Students choose 3 courses from PA or another academic unit as approved by their faculty advisor. Recommended concentrations will be provided.)

Electives

9

Organizational Experience

PA 509Organizational Experience

6

Total Credit Hours: 54