Graduate Programs:

MAIS Packages: Nonprofit Leadership

The MAIS Nonprofit Leadership concentration can provide you with a strong foundation in nonprofit management and leadership. You will explore current trends, issues and best practices in the nonprofit sector through the interdisciplinary coursework. Based on goals and interests, you may also select coursework from other areas, which will enhance your nonprofit concentration and strengthen your interest areas. The Nonprofit Leadership concentration will award you a degree with a difference.

Coursework

Under the MAIS degree plan, you may select a First Concentration in Nonprofit Leadership.

First Concentration: Nonprofit Leadership (12-15 semester hours)
You may select 4 or 5 courses from:

NPL 6300 Topics in Nonprofit Management
NPL 6330 The Leader's Mind

(cross-reference with COM 6300 Communications Leadership

NPL 6340 Strategy, Information and Finance
NPL 6360 Nonprofit Service Marketing
NPL 6380 Community Building

Second Concentration (9-12 semester hours)
You may select 3 or 4 courses from one of the following areas:

Business, Education, Computer Science,
Communication*, Criminal Justice, History, Literature,
Interdisciplinary Studies, Mathematics, or Psychology
* This concentration is offered in Victoria only.

Interdisciplinary Core Courses (9 semester hours)

IDS 6312 Intro to Interdisciplinary Studies
     -- taken within first 15 hours of coursework
IDS 6326 Social Philosophy or IDS 6324 Ethics
IDS 6305 Interdisciplinary Research Project
     -- taken within last 15 hours of coursework

Electives (0-6 semester hours)

During the last semester of your studies, you can choose to write a thesis or take a comprehensive examination to complete your degree.

Contact Info
For more information about this program or to draft a degree plan, please contact one of our degree plan counselors. If you live near Victoria, contact Alma Alvarado. If you live in the Houston area, contact Esther Arrendell.