New Century College

Minors

Interdisciplinary Minor in Multimedia

NCC and the College of Visual and Performing Arts coordinate the interdisciplinary minor in Multimedia. See the "Interdisciplinary Minors" section of this chapter for a description of the minor.

Minor in Nonprofit Studies

Faculty
Borkman, Lewis, Sacco, Stevenson (coordinator)

NCC and the Department of Public and International Affairs coordinate the minor in nonprofit studies.

The interdisciplinary minor in nonprofit studies provides the student with the basic skills and knowledge of nonprofit organization resource development, activities coordination, governance relations, and services that enable one to effectively perform the duties of an entry-level nonprofit organization administrator. Upon completion of the minor, the student will know the public-serving responsibilities, basic fund raising techniques, resource management tools, nonprofit financial accounting skills, and performance requirements of a private, nonprofit, charitable organization professional.

Requirements

Students must complete 16 credit hours, distributed as follows.

Required: 3 courses (12 credits)

• NCLC 331 The Nonprofit Sector (4 credits)
• GOVT 358 Nonprofit Financial Planning and Accounting (4 credits)
• NCLC 431 Principles of Fund Raising and Resource Development (4 credits)

Elective: 1 course (3 credits), chosen from

• GOVT 351 Administration in the Political System
• GOVT 359 Computers in Public Management
• MSOM 301 Managing People and Organizations
• MSOM 303 Marketing in a Digital World
• SOCI 492 Complex and Alternative Organizations
• SOCW 352 Social Policy and Social Justice II

Portfolio: 1 course (1 credit)

• NCLC 465 Independent Study (portfolio course) (1credit)

Each of the required courses is writing intensive with a requirement of at least 3,500 words in logs, essays, and analyses. Writing assignments are aggregated with a cover document at the end of the program into a portfolio that documents the student's experience in studying the nonprofit world. A one-credit course is dedicated to the development of the portfolio.

Experiential learning: 135 hours

The candidate for the minor must complete 135 contact hours in research on, and service to, nonprofit organizations in the areas of operational procedures, financial accounting, and resource development. These hours are divided into three 45 contact hour experiential credit units that are included in the three required courses. The student signs an agreement with a nonprofit organization that describes the learning objectives, the tasks to be undertaken by the student, the outcomes of the experience, and some of the specific benefits that will accrue from the work.