Certificate of Graduate Study in Nonprofit Management

The Certificate of Graduate Study in Nonprofit Management provides traditional students, working professionals, and volunteers in the nonprofit sector with the knowledge and managerial skills and techniques to respond to the challenges of this important and rapidly changing sector of society. Students gain valuable expertise in critical areas such as managing human and financial resources, using technology to further organizational goals, and successfully mastering the system of performance contracting being introduced in Maine. Other topics examined include grant writing, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and management, board development, and interagency collaboration. The certificate courses are taught by Muskie core faculty as well as adjunct faculty from senior management and policy positions in public and nonprofit organizations.

The certificate may be taken as an additional 6 credits of coursework to augment the Public Policy & Management master's degree, or as a 12- to 15-credit certificate program that does not require matriculation in a degree program. Certificate programs include a choice of courses selected from curriculum of the master's degree the Public Policy & Management program. Students may transfer their coursework up to 12 credits into the degree program if they later decide to pursue a master's degree.

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To apply, contact USM Graduate Admissions or visit the Certificate of Graduate Study website

For More Information

For more information, please contact:

Bruce Clary
Chair, Public Policy and Management Program
Phone: (207) 780-4865
brucec@usm.maine.edu

Student Affairs Office
(207) 780-4864
mspssao@usm.maine.edu