American Humanics Requirements

F = course offered fall semester
S = course offered spring semester
B = course offered both semesters
The following courses are recommended to fulfill competencies and contact hour requirements:

Nonprofit Management (6 hours)
SPEA V362 Nonprofit Mgt and Leadership (B) and
SPEA V221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (F)

Youth and Adult Development (3 hours)
EDUC P314 Life Span Development (B) or
HPER F150 Life Span Human Development (B) or
PSYCH P315 Developmental Psychology (B) or
SOC S230 Society and the Individual

Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Management (3 hours)
BUS A200 Foundations of Accounting (B) or
BUS A201 Intro to Financial Accounting (B) or
SPEA V356 Intro to Nonprofit Actg and Reporting (S)

American Humanics Management Institute (AHMI) V267 (1 credit)

SPEA V252 Personal Career Planning (1 credit) (B)

Fundraising (3 hours)
V458 Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (F) or
T101 Intro to Resource Development (B)

Co-curricular activities are also a requirement of the American Humanics program and include:

• Actively participate in the American Humanics organization—a minimum of 15 hours per semester. Serve on at least 1 subcommittee per academic year.
• Organize / attend one or more annual recognition dinners.
• Organize / attend one or more annual retreats.
• Attend the annual American Humanics Management Institute one or more times.

SPEA V362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Students in this course examine the management practices of nonprofit organizations. The course encourages students to take the perspectives of nonprofit managers, volunteers, board members, policy-makers, donors, and clients. Course projects expand understanding of the nonprofit sector and develop students' management skills, analytical tools, and knowledge.

SPEA V453 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector
The nonprofit sector is a crucial part of the social, political, and economic landscape of the U.S. that has gone largely overlooked by policy analysts. This course aims to provide a broad overview of the sector and its organizations. We will then examine theories of the sector and its conceptual underpinnings (i.e., its philosophical, political,economic, and social basis in American society) in some depth. We will also look at such issues as why people organize, give financial support and donate time. To fully explore these issues and benefit from the specific interests and expertise of everyone in the class, we will rely extensively on class discussions.

BUS W220 Introduction to the Nonprofit Corporation
Introduces students to the not-for-profit sector and provides them with a quality volunteer experience. Students participate in a complete volunteer experience (careful placement,orientations, reflection/3 hours per week for 12 weeks). Students gain an understanding of the not-for-profit sector as distinct from, and overlapping with, business and government. Course uses reading, writing, discussion, and lecture, as well as many guest speakers.

SPEA V356 Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting
Prerequisite for A201, or consent of instructor. This course covers concepts and process of nonprofit accounting and financial reporting with exploration of differences between for profit, governmental and nonprofit systems. Examples will be drawn from health organizations, welfare agencies, charities, and educational institutions.

EDUC P314 Life Span Development
A course surveying human development from infancy through old age, emphasizing the life span perspective on development. Major theories, current and classical research findings, and educational implications for all life stages from birth to death.

HPER F150 Introduction to Life Span Human Development
How individuals interact with family units and society and how family and society influence the development of the individual across the life span.

American Humanics Management Institute (AHMI)
An annual institute that requires students, through the student association, to raise funds and pay their own expenses. Students will attend weekly classes to discuss fundraising efforts and prepare for the institute.

SPEA V450 Topics in Nonprofit Sector
A variable credit course that will cover topics dealing specifically with the nonprofit sector. Such topics will include: Risk Assesment, Diversity Concerns in Nonprofit Mangement, and Ethical Issues of Working in the Nonprofit sector.

BUS A201 Introduction to Financial Accounting
Prerequisite for A100. Provides balanced coverage of the mechanics, measurement,theory and economic context of financial accounting. Strikes a balance between a preparer's and user's orientation, emphasizing that student's must understand both how transactions lead to financial statements (Preparer's orientation) as well as how one can infer transactions given a set of financial statements (user's orientation). Relies on current real-world examples taken from the popular business press. First part of the course introduces students to the financial accounting environment, financial statements, the accounting cycle and the theoretical framework of accounting measurement. Second part of course covers the elements of financial statements, emphasizing mechanics, measurement theory, and the economic environment.

SPEA V452 Fund Development for Nonprofits
This course covers the important aspects of the fund raising process as carried out by non-profit organizations-its value base, preparing the case, revelent techniques, and stratagies, assessing potential sources of support, effective use of human resources and process management. The course will include theory to undergrid practice, examination and analysis of current practice, proposal of practice standards, and discussion of ethical problems.

ENG W240 Community Service Writing
Prereq of W131 or equivalent. Integrates service with learning to develop research and writing skills requisite for most academics and professional activities. Students volunteer at a community agency, write an assignment for public use by the agency, and preform course work culminating in a research paper on a related social issue.

SPEA V452 Management of Member-Serving Nonprofit Associations
The world of nonprofit management can be divided into two catagories: public serving (e.g. the American Heart Association) and member serving (e.g. the American Association of Retired Persons). Until now, most SPEA nonprofit courses have focused on public-serving organizations. Now, there is a course that specifically addresses the management of member serving associations. The course will take a practical approach to developing association management skills and stratagies. A hands-on strategic planning process will be constructed. Experienced association executives will meet with the class.

JOUR J531 Public Relations for Nonprofits
This graduate seminar focuses on how a nonprofit organization creates images and how it shapes its programs and goals to gain public support. Assignments and readings are designed to foster a theoretical and practical understanding of promotional techniques and campaigns using journalistic and other media. This class is for both graduate and undergraduate students.

POLS Y326 American Social Welfare Policy
This course will begin with a look at the ideological foundations of welfare policy. Then we shall exaine current programs, their historic development, the politics that surround them, and some reform proposals; the areas to be covered are social security, pension, health care, housing, poverty and income maintenance. Our eventual goal will be to acquire the tools to assess the performance of American social welfare policy.

REL R170 Religion, Ethics & Public Life
Western religious convictions and their consequences for judgements about personal and social morality, including such issues as sexual morality, medical ethics, questions of socioeconomic organizations, and moral judgements about welfare.