Nonprofit Studies - Minor

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Nonprofit Studies - Minor

The Nonprofit Studies minor offers a comprehensive understanding of the nonprofit sector, including legal and financial frameworks, strategic planning, fundraising, and program evaluation. With experiential learning opportunities, you'll develop leadership skills to become an effective nonprofit leader.

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Program Information for Nonprofit Studies - Minor

Program Description

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The Nonprofit Studies minor prepares students for careers in a variety of nonprofit organizations at the local, state, national and international level. The curriculum provides students with knowledge and competencies in areas such as grant writing and fundraising, mission and vision, advocacy and lobbying, risk management, board development, program planning, leadership and ethics, human resource development, youth and adult development, marketing, financial management and non-profit management. Students gain real world experience with local nonprofit agencies through a practicum experience.

The Nonprofit Studies minor may be beneficial for students pursuing any major.

Admissions for Nonprofit Studies - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

To declare this minor, students must have attempted a minimum 12 credit hours at 91仓库 and earned a minimum 2.000 overall 91仓库 GPA. Students who have not attempted 12 credit hours at 91仓库 will be evaluated for admission based on their high school GPA for new students or transfer GPA for transfer students. Transfer students who have not attempted 12 credit hours of college-level coursework at 91仓库 and/or other institutions will be evaluated based on both their high school GPA and college GPA.

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

Describe the principles and practices of nonprofit management.
Construct a grant proposal appropriate for submission to a grant funder in the nonprofit sector.
Apply community outreach skills through successful completion of a community inventory as well as practicum and field experiences.

Coursework

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Program Requirements
Graduation Requirements

Program Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Minor Requirements
HDF 44032	NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING AND GRANTWRITING	3
HDF 44033	COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT (ELR)	3
HDF 44034	PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT	3
Methods/Analysis Elective, choose from the following:		3-4
ACCT 23020	INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
AFS 37010	RESEARCH METHODS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (ELR)
ANTH 38490	QUANTITATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
ATTR 45292	INTERNSHIP IN ATHLETIC TRAINING I (ELR)
COMM 30000	COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS
ECON 22060	PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS)
EXSC 35068	STATISTICS FOR THE EXERCISE SCIENTIST
IHS 44010	RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATISTICAL METHODS IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
MDJ 20008	RESEARCH AND MEASUREMENT IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
NURS 31010	APPLICATIONS FOR STATISTICAL FINDINGS FOR EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
PH 30002	INTRODUCTORY BIOSTATISTICS
POL 30001	RESEARCH METHODS (ELR)
PSYC 21621	QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY I
SOC 32220 & SOC 32221	DATA ANALYSIS and DATA ANALYSIS LABORATORY
Internship/Practicum Elective, choose from the following: ¹		3
CCI 45091	SEMINAR IN MEDIA AND MOVEMENTS (ELR)
ENG 41096	INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION
ENG 49095	SENIOR AND GRADUATE SPECIAL TOPICS
GERO 44092	PRACTICUM IN GERONTOLOGY (ELR)
HDF 44092	PRACTICUM IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE (ELR)
HED 34060	SMALL GROUP PROCESS
NURS 40045	INTEGRATION OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (ELR)
PH 40196	INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH
POL 41990	COLUMBUS PROGRAM IN STATE ISSUES (ELR)
POL 42990	WASHINGTON PROGRAM IN NATIONAL ISSUES (ELR)
Any other internship or practicum course (course number ends in 92)
Development Elective, choose from the following:		3
COMM 36505	COMMUNICATION, AGING AND CULTURE
COMM 46605	COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (DIVD)
EPSY 29525	EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
GERO 14029	INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS)
GERO 40656	PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
GERO 44030	ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING (WIC)
HDF 24012	CHILD DEVELOPMENT
HDF 24013	EARLY ADOLESCENCE
HDF 44020	ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
HDF 44022	CHANGING ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
NURS 20950	HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
PACS 31002	GENDER, POWER AND CONFLICT
PH 30005	SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE THEORIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH
PSYC 20651	CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (DIVD) (KSS)
PSYC 30651	ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
RPTM 36010	RECREATION, LEISURE AND AGING
SOC 42421	CHILDHOOD IN SOCIETY
SOC 42478	ADOLESCENCE IN SOCIETY
SOC 42879	AGING IN SOCIETY (DIVD)
SPA 44112	AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN COMMUNICATION
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		18

¹: An internship/practicum is required at a non-profit organization; students must make prior arrangements with the program director. Before taking the internship/practicum course, students must have taken (or will take concurrently) HDF 44033 and HDF 44034.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements Summary - Minors
Minimum Minor GPA	Minimum Overall GPA
2.250	2.000

After declaring the Nonprofit studies minor, students are required to meet with the program director to discuss course selection and procedures for completing the minor.

Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at 91仓库 (in residence).

Program Delivery

Spotlight Speaker Series

The Nonprofit Spotlight Speaker Series was established in 2016 due to a high level of interest by our students in learning more about the many nonprofit organizations in our community and how they, as future nonprofit professionals, can effectively lead organizations such as these.

2025 Nonprofit Spotlight Speaker Series

will join us for the annual spotlight series on March 27, 2025!

The following nonprofit organizations have presented to our university community:

2024 - Habitat for Humanity of Portage County
2023 - Ronald McDonald House Charities, Northeast Ohio
2019 - Family & Community Services, Inc.
2018 - Hope United and the Summit County Felony Drug Court Turning Point Program
2018 - World Relief
2017 - Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
2016 - Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
2016 - International Institute of Akron
2016 - Battered Women's Shelter and the Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties

Any students who would like to be a member of the Nonprofit Spotlight Speaker Series Planning Committee can contact Kathy Bergh at kbergh@kent.edu.

Career Information

This program allows students to gain real world experience with nonprofit organizations through a practicum experience. Former students have completed their practicums locally as well as abroad. You may consider completing your practicum at any nonprofit organization in the world.

Students in this minor are prepared for careers at a variety of nonprofit organizations. It is important for individuals considering careers in the nonprofit sector to understand the unique structure of these organizations in comparison to for-profit businesses. This minor will enhance the employability of students in the growing field of Nonprofit Studies.

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