Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship - Certificate of Proficiency

Conceptual Foundational Courses

Take 1 of the following 3 conceptual foundational courses:

• CMST 3280 - Organizations and Social Change 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 2500 - Business for Good: Making an Impact through Social Entrepreneurship 2 credit(s)
• SW 4540 - Nonprofit Management for Social Workers 3 credit(s)

Practice-Based Courses

Take 2 of the following practice-based courses:

• CMST 3510 - Development and Philanthropy 3 credit(s)
• CMST 3730 - Culture and Global Intervention 3 credit(s)
• ASTE 5220 - Volunteer Programs and Partnerships 3 credit(s)
• TCR 2100 - Introduction to Technical Communication 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 5000 - Environmental Nonprofit and Volunteer Management 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 2400 - Introduction to Social Media 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 3510 - New Venture Creation 3 credit(s)
• TCR 3230 - Community Grant Writing 3 credit(s)

Internship

An internship is required to complete this certificate. See advisor for options.

Business/Entrepreneurship

• MSLE 3530 - New Venture Marketing 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 3540 - New Venture Finance 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 3580 - New Venture Execution 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 3820 - International Business (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• MSLE 3855 - Sustainability Marketing 2 credit(s)

Global Communication

• CMST 1330 - Introduction to Global Communication (BSS) 3 credit(s)
• CMST 3250 - Organizational Communication (CI) 3 credit(s)
• CMST 3270 - Culture and Public Discourse 3 credit(s)
• CMST 3330 - Intercultural Communication (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• CMST 3400 - Persuasion 3 credit(s)
• CMST 4330 - Advanced Perspectives in Global Communication 3 credit(s)
• CMST 5500 - Communication and Leadership 3 credit(s)

Social Media and Technical Communication

• TCR 2110 - Digital Writing Technologies 3 credit(s)
• TCR 4210 - Visual Communication Design 3 credit(s)
• TCR 4220 - Technology and Activism 3 credit(s)
• TCR 3110 - Accessibility and Disability Rhetorics 3 credit(s)
• TCR 4230 - Project Management 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 2030 - Multimedia 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 2220 - Introduction to Video Media 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 2400 - Introduction to Social Media 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 3310 - Writing for Public Relations (CI) 3 credit(s)
• JCOM 4530 - Special Topics in Communication 3 credit(s)

Social Work

• SW 1010 - Introduction to Social Welfare (BSS) 3 credit(s)
• SW 2100 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 3 credit(s)
• SW 2400 - Social Work with Diverse Populations 3 credit(s)
• SW 5902 - Generalist Social Work Practice 3 credit(s)
• SW 5903 - Social Policy and Social Change 3 credit(s)

Sociology

• SOC 3010 - Social Inequality (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• SOC 3320 - Work, Inequality and the American Dream (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• SOC 3330 - Medical Sociology (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• SOC 3340 - Activism, Protest, and Social Movements (DSS) 3 credit(s)
• SOC 3520 - Sociology of Mental Illness 3 credit(s)

Sustainability

• ENVS 2340 - Environment, Natural Resources, and Society (BSS) 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 3010 - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 4610 - Foundations of Environmental Education (INACTIVATED SUMMER 2024) 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 4700 - Communicating Sustainability (CI) 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 5000 - Environmental Nonprofit and Volunteer Management 3 credit(s)
• ENVS 5550 - Sustainability: Concepts and Measurement 3 credit(s)
• LAEP 2039 - Foundations of Sustainable Systems 3 credit(s)

Nonformal and Community-Based Education

• ASTE 3625 - Youth Development Education 2 credit(s)
• ASTE 4155 - Nonformal Teaching Methods 3 credit(s)
• ASTE 4215 - Community Programming and Evaluation 3 credit(s)
• ASTE 5220 - Volunteer Programs and Partnerships 3 credit(s)