Education for Good: Undergraduate degrees - Nonprofit Alternatives

I get e-mails all the time from people like this: ?I would like to go into non profit business, what program should I take to get my degree, what type of business program should I take? Please help!?

Do you want to pursue a ?do gooder career? but don?t know what undergraduate degree to choose? Have you visited sites like The Princeton Review or The College Board but haven?t found what you are looking for?

Then look no further ? here?s a brief overview of majors/degrees you can choose from!

Typical do gooder undergraduate degrees include:

• Business Administration
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Social Work
• Philanthropic Studies
• Nonprofit Administration
• and the list goes on.

I?ll focus on describing the types of courses offered in four specific degree programs:

1) Business Administration

A typical undergraduate degree in Business includes courses in business administration, management, finance, organizational theory, marketing, human resources, economics and information technology. The good business schools are accredited through The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools in Business.

Recently business degree programs started offering ?do gooder? courses in social entrepreneurship, social investing and B corporations (corporations that make a profit but are certified as being social responsible). They also offer clubs like net impact where you can do volunteer work in local organizations.

A great overview of social responsible businesses are discussed in Berrett-Kohler Publishers Social Venture Network series.

2) Public Administration

A typical undergraduate degree in Public Administration includes courses in public service, public finance, human resource management and organizational theory. The good public administration schools are accredited through the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

Public administration programs with the ?do gooder? option offer courses in nonprofit management and leadership and fundraising.

3) Social Work

A typical undergraduate degree in Social Work includes courses in social welfare, social work practice, research methods and human behavior. The good schools are accredited through the Council on Social Work Education.

I believe all social work programs prepare students for do gooder careers.

4) Nonprofit Administration

A typical undergraduate degree in Nonprofit Administration includes courses in nonprofit management, fundraising, board of directors, finance, advocacy, public policy and human resource management. A list of universities that offer undergraduate degrees or certificates in nonprofit management can be found here.

Although there is no official accrediting body for nonprofit administration programs, many nonprofit administration programs follow curriculum guidelines prescribed by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council.

Do one these degrees look interesting?? I encourage you to visit the accrediting website for a list of universities.? Then visit those university website and see what courses they offer.

Next post ? Education for Good: Master?s degrees

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Source: http://www.nonprofitalternatives.org/page/education-for-good-undergraduate-degrees/

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