Job Outlook: Leadership and Management
About This Program
Designed for working professionals, the MPA option in Nonprofit Sector Management speaks to the sector’s evolving needs and prepares you for its top administrative positions. Taught by CSUN faculty as well as industry leaders, this program presents you with the business tools and concepts to manage the nonprofit sector.
...You'll work on real-world scenarios that prepare you for a variety of possibilities in the sector. You’ll also engage in practical exercises and learn tools for ethical and competent financial management. And through cases studies and exposure to topical business scenarios, you’ll learn to use academic models to solve everyday issues.
Courses include extensive work on the following topics, all developed for use in nonprofit agencies and organizations:
- Management (human and financial)
- Stakeholder relations
- Budgeting
- Fundraising and resource development
- Program implementation
- Policy
- Grant writing
Programs Highlights
Work-Friendly Scheduling
You’ll take only one course at a time, enabling you to focus on the demands of each without distraction. In addition, the program is delivered fully online, providing you with significant flexibility to complete course work at times and in places that fit your schedule.
Cohort Learning Format
With this format, you’ll proceed with the same classmates from the start of the program to the finish. A strong learning community, the cohort supports your goals, connects with you professionally and helps you graduate on time. It also guarantees enrollment in all your courses.
VIP Support
We provide academic and administrative support from application to graduation, freeing you to focus on your studies, your personal life and your career. Once admitted to the program, our support team will enroll you in your courses, answer your questions and offer one-on-one assistance.