MPA DEGREE WITH A SPECIALIZATION
IN
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
IIT offers a MPA Specialization in Nonprofit Management within the MPA Program. This Nonprofit Management Specialization is oriented to professionals interested in the ever-growing field of nonprofit management.
To complete the program students will take a minimum of 33 credit hours. In particular, they will:
- Take 24 credit hours (8 courses) in the MPA core curriculum:
PA 501 Introduction to Public Administration
PA 502 Complex Organization
PA 503 Public Administrative Law
PA 510 Managerial Communications*
PA 522 Public Personnel Administration
PA 532 Principles and Practices of Public Finance
PA 542 Strategic Planning
PA 509 Practicum in Policy Analysis (focused on issues in the public safety management)
*Can be waived with satisfactory completion of written exercise administered in course PA 501 Introduction to Public Administration or with the approval of the Academic Director. If waived, the student must take a 4th elective course.
- Take 9 elective credit hours (3 courses) from the following:
PA 505 The Law and the Nonprofit Sector examines local, state, and Federal law as it pertains to the nonprofit sector. This includes such things as the IRS, lobbying, human resources, property, and contracts.
PA 534 Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofits are business organized on many of the same principles as for-profits, but there are differences including financial reporting to boards of directors, donation accounting, reporting to government funding sources, tax reporting, and even investment strategies (for exapmle program related investing). This course will equip a nonprofit manager to responsibly guide the complex financial life of a modern nonprofit.
PA 535 Resource Development in the Nonprofit Sector provides insight and learning into fundraising, marketing, and strategic planning in the nonprofit sector. This course offers an in-depth look into finding and securing the resources necessary to the success of nonprofit organizations.
PA 541 Performance Measurement in Nonprofit and Public Management is an applied course which will help students understand performance measurement concepts, develop specific performance measures, and apply performance measurement techniques to solve real world problems in both the nonprofit and public sectors.
PA 543 Public Policy, Nonprofits, and Philanthropy examines the long history of charitable giving across the globe, with special emphasis on the United States. In particular, this course will focus on the philosophical roots of philanthropy, organized giving, and the role philanthropy has played in the development of modern public policy, as it pertains to health and human services.
PA 565 The Nonprofit Sector is an overview course which offers the history, growth, and evolution of the sector, which also explores some of the critical management and leadership issues facing a nonprofit manager.
PA 566 Nonprofits and the Public Sector provides an overview of the complex and important relationship between government and non-profits. This course includes a review of the history, funding schemes, the differences between grant and contract funding, recent trends, and much more.
PA 570 Social Capital and the Community - The 21st Century confronts the public sector with new challenges and opportunities. Many of these challenges and opportunities will take place on the community level; and many of those challenges and opportunities will be centered on the notion of social capital and the community. Social Capital means the building of and use of community assets, those resources available to the community through its residents or citizens, associations, institutions, and its economic life. Using an Asset-Based Community Development Approach the objective of this course is to help the student understand and use the concept of asset-based approaches to social capital and community as it relates to public administration.
- Undertake a 3 credit hour internship with an existing nonprofit organization. If the student does not have nonprofit work experience, a weekly 4-hour placement outside their current employment is required. The internship will provide students an opportunity to gain experience in nonprofit activies as well as offering an opportunity to apply the lessons they are learning in the classroom setting.
- Successfully pass a MPA Preliminary Exam, prior to registering for fifth course in program.
Faculty
The MPA program has faculty with considerable experience in the public safety management.
Among them are:
Patrick Bayard , JD, Adjunct Professor. B.A. in Political Science, Loyola University, J.D., The John
Marshall Law School.
Roland Calia, Adjunct Professor. M.A., Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Public Finance, governmental budgeting and financial management.
Ron Melka, MPA, Adjunct Professor. MPA, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Harriet McCullough, MA, Adjunct Faculty, has over 30 years of experience working with nonprofits as a consultant on business practices and ethics and for nonprofits in management positions.
William Rattner, Adjunct Professor. M.B.A., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, J.D., Harvard University Law School.
IIT also offers a Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management .
Both programs are offered at the IIT Downtown Chicago Campus at 565 W. Adams.
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