Academic Requirements
Business and HDFS Majors: Please contact the Program Director for alternative course requirements for Business majors and for students in the Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) program.
The following courses fulfill six major competency areas:
Area |
Class |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Historical & Philosophical Foundations | SOC3318: Intro to Social Work & Social Services |
| 2 | General Nonprofit Management | SOCW3354: Nonprofit Management |
| 3 | Nonprofit Accounting & Financial Mgmt | SOCW3330: Nonprofit Financial Management |
| 4 | Nonprofit Marketing | (choose 1) COMM3368: Principles of Public Relations or MARK3336: Elements of Marketing |
| 5 | Child & Adult Development | (choose 1) PSYC2350: Child Development or PSYC2351: Psychology of Adolescence or HDFS2317: Human Dev & Family Studies or SOC3371: Sociology of the Family |
| 6 | Fund Raising and Grant Writing Principles and Practice (NON-CREDIT COURSE) | |
Experiential Requirements
Students not only attend and participate in experiential requirements, but also organize these events and programs to gain leadership and organizational competencies.
- Active participation in the American Humanics Student Association.
- Three or more site visits to nonprofit organizations.
- Four or more Professional Workshops and seminars to meet required competencies.
- Attendance at one or more Annual Retreat.
- Attendance at one or more Annual Recognition Event.
- Attendance at one or more national American Humanics Management Institute.
Students are required to raise the funds to meet their own expenses to the Management Institute (approximately $700-800). Student Association fund raising efforts supplement individual efforts and provide a unique learning experience prior to the Institute.
Professional Internship in a Nonprofit Organization
(480 contact hours)
May be in conjunction with internship for course credit in student’s major, without credit, or for elective credit through SOCW 4301Internship in Nonprofit Management. Students must apply for the internship through the American Humanics Program Director in their senior year or as a post-baccalaureate student and must complete all required assignments and documentation. Required courses must be completed prior to or concurrently with the internship in order to apply knowledge and theory.