All courses are three credits, unless otherwise noted.

Degree Requirements (33 credits)

• Required Core (12 credits)
• Electives (18 Credits)
• Capstone (3 credits)

Required Core (12 credits)

• MGT 510: Fundamentals of Human Resources
• MGT 512: Professional Writing and Communication
• MGT 542: Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
• MGT 544: Fundraising

Electives (18 credits)

• MGT 543: Marketing the Nonprofit
• MGT 545: Strategic Planning in the Nonprofit Organization
• MGT 553: Using Technology to Build Community and Grow Your Organization
• MGT 572:  Organizational Behavior
• MGT 574: Theory and Future of Nonprofits
• MGT 575: Project and Program Management
• MGT 578: Nonprofit Law
• MGT 570: Conflict Management 
• MGT 555: Social Entrepreneurship
• MGT 546: Fundamentals of Health and Health Systems

Capstone (3 credits)

• MGT 600: Capstone/Applied Research Project

 Midcareer Fellowship Students (9 credits in Jewish Studies which may be applied to electives)

• JST 504: The Jewish Family: Institutions and Transition
• JST 601: New Directions in the American Jewish Community
• Additional Jewish Studies Elective

Degree Requirements (33 credits)

• Required Core (15 credits)
• Foundational Education courses (6 credits)
• Electives (12 credits)
• Hebrew Language Proficiency

All courses are three credits, unless otherwise noted.

Required Core (15 credits)

• MGT 510: Fundamentals of Human Resources 
• MGT 542: Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
• MGT 572:  Organizational Behavior 
• JED 510: Fundamentals and Orientations in Jewish Education 
• JED 522: Supervision in Jewish Education  
• EDU 516: Principles in Instructional Design
• EDU 522: Effective Learning Assessment 

Foundational Education Courses (6 credits)

Students choose two courses from among the M.Ed. Foundational Courses such as:

• EDU 522 Effective Learning Assessment

• EDU 554 Issues in Contemporary Classroom Management

• EDU 555 Culture and Family Dynamics

• EDU 559 Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom  

• EDU 518 Legal and Ethical Issues in the 21st Century Classroom 

• EDU 591 School and Society

• EDU 516 Principles of Instructional Design

• EDU 532 Moral Education in the Classroom 

• EDU 510 Applying Universal Design in the Classroom 

Electives (12 credits)

• Jewish Education or Jewish Studies Electives (2)

• Nonprofit Management Electives (2)

Hebrew Language Proficiency

Students must achieve a competence level of Hebrew III by the time they complete the degree program. In order to meet this requirement, they may take Hebrew at Gratz College, transfer credits from an approved program, or place out by testing.

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The study of nonprofit management is essential training for communal professionals to be able to do their work with expertise and efficiency. Our instructors bring their invaluable knowledge of the organized Jewish community into the classroom.

Certificate Requirements (12 credits)

All courses are three credits, unless otherwise noted.

• 4 Electives of student's choice from Nonprofit Management course selection 
  Courses include: 
  • MGT 510: Fundamentals of Human Resources
  • MGT 512: Professional Writing and Communication
  • MGT 542: Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations
  • MGT 543: Marketing the Nonprofit
  • MGT 544: Fundraising
  • MGT 545: Strategic Planning in the Nonprofit Organization
  • MGT 553: Using Technology to Build Community and Grow Your Organization
  • MGT 572:  Organizational Behavior
  • MGT 574: Theory and Future of Nonprofits
  • MGT 575: Project and Program Management
  • MGT 578: Nonprofit Law

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Certificate Requirements (12 credits)

All courses are three credits, unless otherwise noted.

Students are required to take: 

• Either: JST 601: New Directions in the American Jewish Community OR JST 521: American Jews: Honoring the Past, Looking to the Future  
• Jewish Communal Service or Nonprofit Management Elective
• 2 Jewish Studies Electives- ( Students in the Penn-Gratz program often take JST 504 The Jewish Family: Institution in Transition as one of these)
  
  *The version of this graduate certificate taken by students in the Penn-Gratz MSW partnership requires only three courses at Gratz College. The fourth course is transferred in from the University of Pennsylvania MSW program.