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Each year, international, national and local non-profit organizations need thousands of new full-time professional staff. Individuals who fill these positions are people-oriented, competent managers and committed to improving their communities and the future. The Nonprofit Studies minor provides students with knowledge and competencies in areas such as grant writing and fundraising, mission and vision, advocacy and lobbying, risk management, board development, program planning, leadership and ethics, human resource development, youth and adult development, marketing, financial management, and non-profit management.

After declaring the Nonprofit studies minor, students are required to meet with Nonprofit Studies director to discuss course selection and procedures for completing the minor.

Graduation Requirements: Minimum 2.250 GPA required for graduation.

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

1. The minor includes a required internship/practicum at a non-profit organization; prior arrangements with program director required. Prior to taking the internship/practicum course, students must have taken (or will take concurrently) HDFS 44033 and HDFS 44034.