Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise Courses
All courses in the GNL curriculum are fully online, asynchronous, and credit bearing. You will interact with faculty and peers throughout the 5-week session. Courses begin in September, January, or May.
REL 817 Religion, Cultural Knowledge, and Nonprofits
Religious and cultural dimensions of the philanthropic sector in the U.S. and internationally. Development and continuity of nonprofits in global civil society. Charitable organizations in theory and practice with case studies.
REL 818 Global Religions, NGOs, and Social Change
Examines the role of faith-based organizations in the international non-profit landscape.
REL 819 Religious Organizations and Civil Society in Asia
Critical approach to taxonomies of religion and society. Religion beyond the world religions paradigm. Religious institutions and organizational structures in South and East Asia. Case studies in India and Taiwan.
REL 820 Secularisms, Publics, and Religions in Asia
Critical approaches to secularism as a concept and its usage in South and East Asia. Religion as institutional belonging vs. pervasive cultural force, makeup of publics and constituencies in modern South and East Asia. New movements of values in Asian societies, positions of transnational religions in Asia. Operative fields and public audiences for voluntary organizations.
GNL 820 Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations
Historical, conceptual, and applied aspects of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations and management in civil society, as well as their implications for research and practice.
GNL 821 Values and Ethics in Applied Leadership
Values and ethics in organizational leadership. Development and continuity of models of ethical leadership in nonprofit context. Values, ethics, and leadership in theory and practice in case studies.
GNL 822 Cross Cultural Dialogue and Collaboration
Examines modes of dialogue across human cultures, including models of inter-religious understanding.
GNL 823 Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Religion
Social entrepreneurship and enterprise in the U.S. and internationally in a religious context. Development and continuity of social enterprises in the context of nonprofit religious organizations and leadership.
GNL 824 Social Entrepreneurship and Religion: Case Studies
Case studies in entrepreneurship in a religious context. Innovation in theory and practice with case studies. Social entrepreneurship and enterprise in the U.S. and internationally. Development and continuity of social enterprises in the context of nonprofit religious organizations and leadership.
GNL 825 Creativity in Organizations
Creativity to maximize resources and engage with complex social problems. Exploration of innovation and creative solutions to expand both social impact and organizational management.
GNL 826 Flourishing Under Stress
Strategies for personal and collective development and thriving in a stressful work environment. Secular techniques for development and continuity of guiding values in challenging environments. Methods for personal and collaborative renewal. Nonprofit leadership and stress management.
GNL 827 Nonprofit Institutions and Civil Society in a Global Context
Engaging in comparative analysis of nonprofit institutions that make up global civil society. Various theories of how socio-economic forces cause the formation of non-state, non-business organizations to exist. Examine research, data and working papers that underlie criteria for identifying and describing nonprofit institutions and civil society in any country.
GNL 828 Nonprofit Governance
Examine governance and strategic leadership of nonprofit organizations. Gain an understanding of the legal and regulatory environment for the charitable nonprofit in the United States and the governance practices of the board and executive staff which provides leadership of the organization. Examine how organizational direction, policy and strategy can be optimized and what meaningful oversight and monitoring of performance looks like.
GNL 829 Nonprofits and the Legal Environment
Nonprofit and NGO national and international legal contexts. Nonprofit legal responsibilities and challenges in global religious and cultural contexts. Nonprofit legal and regulatory environments both national and international. Religious and cultural complications in a legal context.
GNL 830 Nonprofit and NGO Marketing and Fundraising
Nonprofit development. Nonprofit and NGO marketing and fundraising in national and international contexts. Strategies and approaches to marketing, fundraising and developmental issues and initiatives.
GNL 831 Grant-writing for Nonprofits
Specific legal and practical requirements and limitations connected to grants and nonprofits. Concrete tools and methods for both applying key funding research tools and recognizing factors contributing to successful funding efforts, including how grant narrative elements can influence funders’ decisions.
GNL 832 Project Management Principles for Nonprofits
Management of projects in the nonprofit sector. Management of project lifecycle, time, quality, and costs. Project management tools and processes for efficient planning and implementation.
GNL 855 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Nonprofits
Concepts, theories, and tools for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning. Strategies and techniques for designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans. Fundamentals of project learning tools and ethical guidelines for data collection and reporting.