Freeing the Power of the Individual
Non-Profit Studies

Non-Profit Studies Minor at Southern Miss

Effective Date: Fall Semester 2007
Total Hours Required: 18
Student will be required to complete one course each from areas 1-5 and one course from 6a or 6b.
  
1. Historical & Philosophical Foundations
SOC 405 Non-Profits and Social Change
 
2. Youth/Human Development
CD 150Child and Family in the Community
CD 350/350LChild Development
FAM 151 Personal Development and Interpersonal Relationships
FAM 453 The Family in Later Life
PSY 270 Child Psychology
PSY 275 Developmental Psychology
PSY 372 Adolescent Psychology
SOC 314 The Family
SOC 424 Sociology of Aging
SWK 494 Social Work with Children and Families
  
3. Non-Profit Management
CD 450 Administration of Child and Family Programs (prereq 3 hrs in CD)
CHS 425 Health Administration
MGT 300 Management for Organizations (required at least junior standing)
PS 472 Organization and Management
  
4. Non-Profit Law and Risk Management
BA 200 The Legal Environment of Business
  
5. Community Outreach/Development and Public Relations Activities
MCJ 421 Public Relations
MKT 300 Principles of Marketing (prereq ECO 210 & MAT 101)
  
Student will pick ONE course from area 6a or 6b. It is recommended that the area that is not chosen should be taken as part of the student's university core program.
  
6a. Non-Profit Accounting and Financial Management
ECO 101 Basic Economics (Core)
ACC 200 Introduction to Financial Accounting
PS 370 Introduction to Public Administration
  
6b. Ethics and Values
PHI 171 Ethics and Good Living (Core)
PHI 300 Business Ethics
PHI 452 Health Care Ethics
PHI 457 Environmental Ethics
SWK 315 Human Diversity in a Changing World
SWK 340 Human Behavior in the Social Environment Social Justice
SWK 399 Social Justice and Civic Engagement
  
For more information contact Dr. Ann Marie Kinnell at 601.266.5339 or e-mail ann.kinnell@usm.edu.

 

 

Non-Profit Studies
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