The concentration in Association Management is appropriate for association executives and professionals in 501 (c) 6 organizations. It addresses general nonprofit organization management as well as specific issues of membership organizations.
Core Courses (40 quarter hours)
MPS 499 Presentation Skills/Public Services
MPS 500 Introduction to Public Service Management
MPS 503 Public Service Organizations in the Three Sectors
MPS 504 Ethics in Administration (two quarter hours) OR
MPS 502 Ethics in International Administration (two quarter hours)
MPS 515 Nonprofit Financial Administration
MPS 522 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
MPS 527 Association Management
MPS 542 Policy Design and Analysis
MPS 570 Research Methods in Public Service
MPS 580 Quantitative Methods in Public Service OR
MPS 581 Advanced Quantitative Methods
EITHER
MPS 590 Public Service Assessment and Evaluation (two quarter hours) AND
MPS 593 Integrated Seminar
OR
MPS 585 Thesis Design (two quarter hours) AND
MPS 598 Thesis Research
Electives (12 quarter hours)
MPS 516 Management of Information Technology
MPS 518 Proposal Writing (two quarter hours)
MPS 519 Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
(two quarter hours)
MPS 521 Leadership and Management
MPS 524 Marketing for Service Organizations
MPS 525 Working with a Board of Directors
MPS 528 Foundation Management
MPS 529 Strategic Planning
MPS 541 Economic Foundations of Public Service
MPS 553 Management Control in Nonprofits and Government
MPS 561 Law and Nonprofit Organizations
MPS 600 Independent Study
MPS 601 Internship
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