NonProfit Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

Note: Students are strongly advised to take WS 180 Nonprofit Skills for Social Justice for an introductory foundation for the minor.

Pre-professional Skills Courses
Select two of the following:6
Web Design for Non-Profit Organizations
Strategic Planning and Marketing
Project Development and Grant Writing
The Not-for-Profit Sector
Financial Resource Development for Not-for-Profits
Non-Profit Skills for Social Justice
Total Credits6
Electives
9 Credits of Electives
Note: Course selection must include one internship course in the student’s major or in consultation with Program Director
Note: Students may choose to focus on Digital Skills, the Global Nonprofit Sector, and/or the NYC and Urban Nonprofit Sector as indicated below. Check with Program Director for updates of course offerings in disciplines across the university.

Digital Skills

These classes are offered to help students develop digital marketing, digital media, communication analysis, and web-design related skills

Advanced Presentation Skills
Social Media
Introduction to Information Technology
Web Authoring and Digital Media
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Writing for Convergent Technologies
New Communication Technologies and Moral Panic
Ethics, Morality, and the Media

Global NonProfit Sector

These classes are offered to students interested in the international nonprofit sector who wish to learn more about topics such as NGO's; international humanitarian organizations; social entrepreneurship in a global contest; the public sector in other nations; and advocacy organizations that work across national borders.

Global Culture and Local Identities
Topic: Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution
Topics: Sustainable Development
Environmental Economics
International Finance Field Study
Latin America: The Caribbean and the World
International Marketing Field Study
Seminar/Lab in Social Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies
Humanitarianism and International Aid Work
Internship in Peace and Justice Studies
Topic: Introduction to International Organizations
International Political Economy and Globalization
International Law and Human Rights
Global Politics of Disarmament and Arms Control
Politics Workshop: The United Nations
Topics: Migration Politics: From Displacement to Deportation
Conflict Analysis
Internship in Sociology
Non-Profit Skills for Social Justice
The Girl Child-A Global Perspective
Internship in Women's and Gender Studies
Global Activism and Transnational Feminist Theories
"How to Change the World": An Introduction to Feminist Activism and Social Change
Topic: Girl's Activism in the 21st Century
Topic: Women, Gender, and Feminisms in Latin America
Gender and Human Rights: an Introduction to Transnational Feminist Activism

NYC and Urban NonProfit Sector

This track is offered to students interested in the U. S. domestic or local NYC metropolitan nonprofit sector.

Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies
Internship in American Studies
Urban Ethnography
People, Food, and Sovereignty
Art as a Vehicle of Social Commentary and Political Progress
Community Relations in the Criminal Justice System
Topics in Professional Writing
Environmental Justice
History Internship
Children in Urban Society
Public Relations
Business and Society
Internship in Peace and Justice Studies
Urban Sociology
Race and Ethnicity in Cities
Race and Ethnicity
Urban Planning
Internship in Sociology
Intro to Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Non-Profit Skills for Social Justice
Topic: Historical and Modern Sexual Revolutions
Internship in Women's and Gender Studies
Women as Change Agents: Gender and Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
AMS course: Museums and Cultural Institutions
HIS course: Public History Seminar
HIS course: Introduction to Public History
SOC course: Social Movements