Non-Profit Career Foundations (Certificate)

The undergraduate Certificate in Non-Profit Career Foundations enables students to combine academic study in their Honours BA discipline(s) with the development of practical skills that will enable them to launch a career in the non-profit sector. 

These skills include: program development and evaluation; grant-writing; understanding the non-profit sector and its laws and regulations; governance in the non-profit sector; basic leadership skills and ethics; developing staff and volunteers; and basic budgeting. Students can also opt to add some specific skills in such areas as: professional fundraising; public and media relations; understanding public policy; and public speaking and communications.

The Certificate consists of 3.0 credits and must be completed concurrently with the students' Honours program. (See Notes 3 and 5)

Required Courses: (2.0 Credits)
OL140 - Leadership Foundations
HR307 - Program Development & Grant Writing
HR/OL322 - Non-Profits and NGOs
OL481 - Project Management

One of the following:  (0.5 Credit)
HR305 - Fundraising
HR/DMJN223 - Understanding Public Policy for Issue Advocacy
SK221 - Social Policy

One of the following:  (0.5 Credit)
DMJN253 - Introduction to Public and Media Relations
HR/DMJN252 - Designing Digital and Social Media
OL200 - Communication Skills for Leadership
SK321 - Community Practice