Program: Nonprofit Management, Minor - California State University Monterey Bay

Apr 01, 2025

Catalog 2024-25

The minor in Nonprofit Management provides you with the opportunity to gain the knowledge and professional skills needed to effectively lead and manage within the community-based nonprofit organization sector, or to prepare for a graduate degree in Public Administration. This program develops better and more informed nonprofit organization managers in order to improve service delivery, promote more cost-effective service, make better use of increasingly scarce resources and strengthen the ability of community organizations to achieve their missions.

The Nonprofit Management minor provides you with the knowledge and skills necessary to become an effective leader and manager within the community-based nonprofit organization sector, focusing on organizational, operational, and regulatory aspects of accounting, management, finance and staff leadership that are unique to nonprofit organizations.

Required Courses

Please note: Twelve of the units taken to complete a minor (6 of which are upper division) may not be used in fulfillment of other minors, concentrations, or major requirements.

Complete all of the following courses:
BUS 433 - Management of Nonprofit Organizations Units: 4
PANM 422 - Program Planning and Evaluation Units: 3
CHHS 445 - Principles of Grantsmanship Units: 3
Complete one from the following courses:
BUS 323 - Service Marketing Units: 4
BUS 330 - Human Resources Management Units: 4
BUS 430 - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Units: 4
PANM 412 - Public and Nonprofit Finance Units: 3
PANM 432 - Advanced Program Evaluation Units: 3
PANM 442 - Community Economic Development Units: 3
PANM 452 - Technology in Nonprofit/Public Administration Units: 3

Learning Outcomes

Management Concepts, Tools, and Theories

Demonstrate understanding of the concepts and tools of management and apply them to real-world cases, challenges, and situations

Professional Communication

Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences in a variety of professional settings, both orally and in writing.

Collaborative Leadership

Apply principles of collaboration and negotiation to establish shared vision and achieve mutual goals.

Data-Driven and Ethical Decision Making

Use analytic tools to make recommendations and decisions about programs and business operations.

Equity and Social Justice

Apply principles of cultural awareness and an understanding of social identities to promote diversity, equity, and social justice.