Organizational Psychology and Nonprofit Management

Expand your career opportunities in the nonprofit world as you apply the principles of individual and organizational psychology to nonprofit management. Broaden your understanding of the impact of organizational psychology in nonprofit settings while gaining a focus on finance, budgeting, and the organization of nonprofit boards. 

Learning Outcomes

Based on completion of required coursework, you should:

• Understand and apply psychological concepts and principles to contemporary/global issues
• Understand the psychology of nonprofit organizations, management, and leadership
• Apply principles of statistics and research design to the conceptualization, analysis, and evaluation of psychological research related to non- and for-profit organizations
• Apply ethics and multicultural understanding and competence to the process and practice of nonprofit organization and its management

Completion Requirements

• 56–63 total quarter credit hours
  • Foundation course (1 cr.)
  • Core courses (35 cr.)
  • Specialization courses (15 cr.)
  • Capstone (5 cr.) or thesis course (12 cr.)
• Program of Study

Estimated time to completion: Approximately 1.5 years, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Curriculum

The courses are delivered in a prescribed sequence. Each quarter includes two concurrent 12-week courses.

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Quarter 1
PSYC 6001	Foundations for Graduate Study in Psychology	1
PSYC 6211	Contemporary Issues in Psychology	5
	Quarter 2
PSYC 6305	Statistics 1	5
PSYC 6005	Business Concepts for the Organizational Development Professional	5
	Quarter 3
PSYC 6310	Research Design	5
PSYC 6790	Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector	5
	Quarter 4
PSYC 6212	Principles of Organizational Psychology and Development	5
PSYC 6791	Organizational Management and Leadership	5
	Quarter 5
PSYC 6792	Finance and Budgeting for the Nonprofit Sector	5
PSYC 6793	Board Governance and Volunteer Management	5
	Quarter 6
PSYC 6794	Resource Development	5
PSYC 6393	M.S. Psychology Capstone	5

Thesis Option

This program does not require a thesis. However, upon consultation with an advisor, you may choose to take two 6-credit-hour thesis courses (PSYC 6390 Thesis) instead of PSYC 6393 M.S. Psychology Capstone. The thesis option extends the program by at least one quarter.

For more information about the thesis option and a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Course Descriptions