CenterCoin CenterBasketball CenterLamp NicholsNews Nichols-Shield Bison newspaper pen4 mic graduation profile file-text2 certificate coin-dollar phone-wave2 location4 compass4 calendar2 bubbles4 user3 users4 search3 key2 rocket balance shield2 clipboard2 menu7 sphere earth flag6 snowflake sun3 question3 facebook instagram twitter youtube vimeo2 flickr3 linkedin

Need help with your financial aid? Text (508) 213-0114

Skip to main content

Nichols College

Learn. Lead. Succeed

Nonprofit Management

Are you a mission driven professional who believes that doing good is good business? A socially conscious student looking to make a positive impact on the world? Our BSBA with a concentration in Nonprofit Management was designed to help you realize your dreams while building sustainable solutions for today’s social, environmental, and economic challenges. 

Whether you’re interested in protecting civil liberties, international amnesty, public radio, ending world hunger, clean water, or reversing climate change, the growing nonprofit sector has opportunities for visionary change-leaders like you.

Nonprofit Management Experience

Every Nichols College student completes at least one semester of experiential learning, assisted by our extensive alumni network, industry-veteran professors, and our Career & Professional Development Center. We’ll help match an internship to your passion as you learn to navigate the realities of nonprofit work.

Nonprofit Management Careers

There are 12.3 million Nonprofit jobs in America according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Imagine working for one of these top nonprofits:

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Amnesty International
  • TED
  • National Public Radio
  • American Red Cross
  • Charity:water
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Feeding America

Courses & Requirements

Nonprofit Management students must complete the Business Core and earn 3 credits of Experiential Learning (Internships), as well as: 

Required Courses

Provides an understanding of the history and business principles of nonprofits, legal entities organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit. Case studies of organizations are used extensively to immerse the student in the dynamics of the nonprofit world. The role of the nonprofit is presented as a viable component of the business world.

Explores the impact of nonprofit organizations on local and national business and social trends. The nonprofit is studied as an important component of the economic marketplace and business environment. The ability of nonprofits to provide scale and synergy to social issues is examined. Case studies of local and national level nonprofits are used to help the student discover the impact of nonprofits.   

This course focuses on the strategies and tactics for conceiving, developing, initiating and managing innovation and change within an established corporate structure. Topics include attributes of corporate entrepreneurs, bases of creativity and innovation, interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships, promoting innovation and change within the corporate structure, organizational politics, strategic organizational changes, and corporate culture.

The global business world is a fast-paced environment. Maintaining relevance in the midst of dynamic change can be challenging. This seminar monitors and addresses current business leaders, fresh managerial theories, and innovative practices in a way that helps synthesize new trends with classic management models. Successful completion of this course will enable the student to craft the initial steps of his/her business career.

Prerequisite: EPS 227 or MGMT 227, HRM 213, MGMT 365,and 72 credit hours earned

This course introduces students to the fundamental practices involved in effective human resource management, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, compensation, employment law, and employee rights. HR theory and practice is emphasized within the context of improving organizational productivity and developing employee potential.

Electives

This advanced communication course will cover the theories of organizational communication, the role of communication in organizations, communicating with and between key stakeholders such as employees and management, conflict and negotiation, and ethical communication. Students will analyze real cases and propose and debate alternative solutions.

Prerequisite: MGMT 227 or COMM 247

Students in this interdisciplinary course explore the political implications of our rapidly evolving media environment. They learn how mass media, the internet, and new information and communication technologies are changing the way politics work in the U.S. and around the world. We will examine everything from satire and the “Tina Fey” effect, the role of new communication technology in organizing and collective action, strategic communications, to public affairs, and public diplomacy. This course is eligible for credit in Bryant University’s Masters of Arts in Communication.


Prerequisite: 75 completed 3 Hours, 1 Semester credit hours and 3.0 GPA

In this course, economic analysis is applied to urban and regional problems of redevelopment with emphasis on analysis and techniques relevant to changing urban form and function, regional public finance, housing and renewal, poverty and race, transportation, and environmental problems.
The emphasis of this course is on the acquisition and management of entrepreneurial capital and funding and on the development and management of the fundamental accounting skills and tools and systems for small business owners. Successful completion of this course would enable the student to identify and apply for funding and to set up and operate the business and accounting systems necessary for the successful control of their business.

Civic leadership means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to make a difference. This approach encourages ordinary citizens to take responsibility, organize, and build coalitions for the purpose of effecting social change. Students will research, develop, and implement projects that promote these values through political and non-political processes. This course is open to students not minoring in the CLPS program, provided they have completed at least 3 hours of PSCI coursework.

Prerequisite: 3 credits in PSCI 

Faculty