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| NON PROFIT SECTOR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
The Department of Sociology offers a 12-credit graduate certificate program approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission that is designed for students and professionals interested in non-profit organizations that deal with health, aging, social services, and related fields. This program is offered in partnership with the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations ("Maryland Nonprofits").
Program Features
- Students may begin the program at any time during the year
- Complete the post-baccalaureate certificate in as little as eighteen months
- All credits applicable towards a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology, if admitted to the MA program
- Flexible admissions options; GREs not required
- Bachelor's degree required, field optional
- Some courses offered at UMBC, others at the Baltimore Office of the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organization
- Social and human-services oriented curriculum
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Admission
Applicants are required to have a B.A. from a regionally accredited college or university or an equivalent degree
from a comparative foreign institution. All applicants are expected to read, speak, write and understand the
English language fluently upon entering the program.
Application forms are available at the graduate school website
Tuition and fees
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Course Requirements
Students are required to take one course in each of the following four areas:
- Nonprofit Institutions in American Society:
SOCY 681 Nonprofit Institutions in American Society (3 credits)
- Research Methods for Nonprofit Institutions (one of the following):
SOCY 600 Research Methodology (3 credits)
SOCY 604 Statistical Analysis (3 credits)
SOCY 619 Qualitative Methods in Social Research (3 credits)
SOCY 682 Research Methods for Non-Profit Institutions (3 credits)
- Nonprofit Sectors in American Society (one of the following):
SOCY 614 The Evaluation of Educational Policy (3 credits)
SOCY 620 Social Epidemiology (3 credits)
SOCY 630 Sociology of Aging (3 credits)
SOCY 631 Family and Aging in Society (3 credits)
SOCY 632 Work and Retirement (3 credits)
SOCY 651 Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior (3 credits)
SOCY 652 Health Care Organization and Delivery (3 credits)
SOCY 655 Sociology of Disability and Rehabilitation (3 credits)
SOCY 658 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3 credits)
- Internal Structures and External Relations of Nonprofit Organizations (one of the following):
SOCY 683 The Organization Structure of Nonprofit Organization (3 credits)
SOCY 684 Nonprofit Organizations and Other Social Institutions (3 credits)
For additional information, please call 410-455-2336, or e-mail: connect@umbc.edu
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