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Twin Cities Campus
Public & Nonprofit Management B.S.BCSOM Strategic Mgmt & Entrepre
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
The nonprofit sector is one of the most important components of American life, yet one of the most misunderstood. Nonprofit organizations vary enormously in scope and scale, ranging from grassroots charitable groups, to multimillion-dollar foundations, universities, and health care organizations. There is little doubt that every American is directly or indirectly touched by the services of nonprofits in their daily life.
The nonprofit major blends general management-focused courses from the Carlson School with nonprofit-focused courses from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. All students complete an additional major within Carlson; therefore, every student is able to apply their functional specialty of business to the intricacies of the nonprofit sector.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
Students in the school have no restrictions on declaring the major but must complete the five-tool courses before continuing with the major requirements. Students from outside of the school must meet overall admission standards to enter this major, including completion of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and calculus prior to admission. Transfer students will also need to complete statistics and financial accounting before starting on the major coursework, but may do so after admission.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Tool Courses
Microeconomics
ECON 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1101H - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
Macroeconomics
ECON 1102 - Principles of Macroeconomics
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1102 - Principles of Macroeconomics
(3.0 cr)
Calculus
MATH 1142 - Short Calculus
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1271 - Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1571H - Honors Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 1371 - CSE Calculus I
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
Accounting
ACCT 2051 - Introduction to Financial Reporting
(4.0 cr)
or
ACCT 2051H - Honors: Introduction to Financial Reporting
(4.0 cr)
Statistics
BA 2551 - Business Statistics in R
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 3021 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 3022 - Data Analysis
(4.0 cr)
or
PSY 3801 - Introduction to Psychological Measurement and Data Analysis
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
SOC 3811 - Social Statistics
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
IE 3521 - Statistics, Quality, and Reliability
(4.0 cr)
or
EE 3025 - Statistical Methods in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(3.0 cr)
or
CEGE 3102 - Uncertainty and Decision Analysis
(3.0 cr)
or
ANSC 3011 - Statistics for Animal Science
(4.0 cr)
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
This major may only be completed as a second major within the Carlson School.
Lower Division Requirements
Psychology
PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
or
PSY 1001H - Honors Introduction to Psychology
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
Management
Students who enter the program as freshmen or sophomores take MGMT 1001. Students who transfer in as juniors take MGMT 3001 instead.
BA 1011 - Leading Self & Teams
(2.0 cr)
or
MGMT 1001H - Honors: Contemporary Management
(3.0 cr)
or
MGMT 3001 - Fundamentals of Management
(3.0 cr)
Immersion Core
Students complete the immersion core as a cohort.
While not currently required, students are strongly encouraged to complete BA 1001 Analyzing Business Problems Using Excel, prior to taking the Immersion Core
SCO 3001 - Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations
(3.0 cr)
MGMT 3004 - Strategic Management
(3.0 cr)
FINA 3001 - Finance Fundamentals
(3.0 cr)
or
FINA 3001H - Honors: Finance Fundamentals
(3.0 cr)
MKTG 3001 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
or
MKTG 3001H - Honors:Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
Additional Core Requirements
Human Resources
HRIR 3021 - Human Capital Management
(3.0 cr)
or
HRIR 3021H - Honors: Human Capital Management
(3.0 cr)
or
IBUS 3021 - Human Capital Management
(4.0 cr)
Information Systems
IDSC 3001 - Information Systems & Digital Transformation
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
or
IDSC 3001H - Honors: Information Systems for Business Processes and Management
(3.0 cr)
Managerial Accounting
ACCT 3001 - Strategic Management Accounting
(3.0 cr)
or
IBUS 3002 - Strategic Management Accounting
(4.0 cr)
Business Communication
BA 3033W - Business Communication
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
IBUS 3033W - Business Communication in a Global Context
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
Major requirements
PA 3003 - Nonprofit and Public Financial Management
(3.0 cr)
PA 4101 - Nonprofit Management and Governance
(3.0 cr)
MGMT 4001 - Social Venturing in Action
(4.0 cr)
Nonprofit elective
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
PA 3001 - Changing the World: Contemporary Public Policy
(3.0 cr)
·
PA 3002 - Basic Methods of Policy Analysis
[SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
PA 3990 - General Topics in Public Policy
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
PA 5123 - Philanthropy in America: History, Practice, and Trends
(1.5-3.0 cr)
Business Elective
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
GCC 3003 - Seeking Solutions to Global Health Issues
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3005 - Innovation for Changemakers: Design for a Disrupted World
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3011 - Pathways to Renewable Energy
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3014 - The Future of Work and Life in the 21st Century
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3017 - World Food Problems: Agronomics, Economics and Hunger
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3028 - Harnessing the power of research, community, clinic and policy to build a culture of health
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 5034 {Inactive}
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4008 - Entrepreneurial Management
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4044 - Negotiation Strategies
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4175W - New Business Feasibility and Planning
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 5018 - Philanthropy & Fundraising Strategy
(2.0 cr)
·
PA 5927 - Effective Grantwriting for Nonprofit Organizations
(1.5 cr)
·
MGMT 3015 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
or
IBUS 3010 - Introduction to Global Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4055 - Managing Innovation and Change In Action
(2.0 cr)
or
IBUS 4050 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
International Experience
Students must complete an international experience as part of the program requirements. Short-term or semester-length programs may be used to meet this requirement. Students participate in International Experience (IE) 101 early in their program to begin planning.
Upper-division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper-division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
BA 3033W - Business Communication
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
IBUS 3033W - Business Communication in a Global Context
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4175W - New Business Feasibility and Planning
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
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Course Equivalencies: | HRIR 3021/HRIR 3021H/IBUS 3021 |
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Course Equivalencies: | BA 3033W/Mgmt 3033W/IBUS 3033W |
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Course Equivalencies: | BA4000/MGMT4000/MGMT4001 |
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Course Equivalencies: | GCC 3003/GCC 5003/NURS 5040H |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall |
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Course Equivalencies: | 03099 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Course Equivalencies: | IBUS 3010/MGMT 3010/MGMT 3015 |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Course Equivalencies: | BA 3033W/Mgmt 3033W/IBUS 3033W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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Course Equivalencies: | BA 3033W/Mgmt 3033W/IBUS 3033W |
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Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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Course Equivalencies: | 03099 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |