NPM Affiliate Courses

NPM does not offer its own courses; rather, below is an aggregate list of courses throughout the University of Michigan that focus on nonprofit management and social entrepreneurship. If you have any course suggestions or additions, please submit them to nonprofit@umich.edu.

The courses are listed in the following categories, and courses being offered in the upcoming term are highlighted with a link to their course description.

• Nonprofit Management & Leadership - General
• Nonprofit Management & Leadership - Topical
• Advocacy & Social Change
• Nonprofit Law & Public Policy
• Nonprofit Finance, Fundraising & Development
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Professional Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility

For a complete course listing of our partner schools , visit Ross School of Business, Ford School of Public Policy and School of Social Work. Many courses that are not listed here offer portions of their curriculum to topics related to NPM.

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Nonprofit Management & Leadership - General

Graduate:
• Leading Nonprofit Organizations - ROSS MO 672 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Independent Study - ROSS BA 750 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Public Management (multiple topical sections) - PUBPOL 587 - Winter '13
• Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector - PUBPOL 671 - Winter '13

Undergraduate:
• Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector - SW 300-001 - Fall '12

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Nonprofit Management & Leadership - Topical

Graduate:
• Washington Campus: Business and the Public Policy Process - ROSS LHC 688 - Spring '13
• Organization and Management of Health Advocacy and Community-Based Non-profits - HMP 604 - Fall '12

Undergraduate:
• Performing Arts Management - THTREMUS 385 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13
• Practicum in Performing Arts Management - THTREMUS 386 - Winter '13

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Advocacy & Social Change

Graduate:
• Social Intrapreneurs: Leading Social Innovation in Organizations - ROSS MO 637 - Winter '13
• The History and Future of Detroit - PUBPOL 626 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Community Development - SW 650-001 - Winter '13
• Organizing for Social and Political Action - SW 652-001 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13

Undergraduate:
• Theories and Practices for Community Action and Social Change - SW 305-001 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13

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Nonprofit Law & Public Policy

Graduate:
• Applied Policy Seminar - PUBPOL 578 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13
• Nonprofit Law and Policy - PUBPOL 750

Undergraduate:
• Legal Issues in the Arts - THTREMUS 438 - Winter '13

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Nonprofit Finance, Fundraising & Development

Graduate:
• Budgeting and Fiscal Management - SW 661 - Winter '13
• Grantgetting, Contracting and Fundraising - SW 663 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13
• Philanthropy and Higher Education - EDUC 769 - Fall '13

Undergraduate:
• Fundraising and the Arts - THTREMUS 436 - Fall '12

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Social Entrepreneurship

Graduate:
• Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid - ROSS BA 612 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Solving Societal Problems Through Enterprise and Innovation - ROSS STRATEGY/ES 646 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Introduction to Microfinance - ROSS ES 644 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• CleanTech Venture Opportunities - ROSS ES 520 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Social Venture Fund - ROSS ES 703 - Winter '13

Undergraduate:
• Base of the Pyramid: Business Innovation for Solving Society's Problems - ROSS STRATEGY/ES 445 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship: Design for Change - ENGR 390.002
• Introduction to Microfinance - ROSS ES 444 - Fall '12, Fall '13
• Social Venture Creation - ENGR 490.009

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Professional Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility

Graduate:
• Ethics of Corporate Management - ROSS LHC 536 - Fall '12, Winter '13
• Social Marketing - ROSS MKT 614 - Winter '13
• Values, Ethics, and Public Policy - PUBPOL 580 - Fall '12, Winter '13, Fall '13
• Global Corporate Social Responsibility - PUBPOL 662 - Winter '13

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For a campus-wide listing of sustainability course offerings, please visit the Graham Institute course listing.

 

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