LINCOLN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES COURSE SYLLABUS

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1 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES COURSE SYLLABUS Course Title: Nonprofit Management Course Number: ALSM 703 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: ALSM 601 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: *** To be provided for each section *** REQUIRED TEXT: Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals, Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Jossey- Bass, ISBN- 10: COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will help students gain the knowledge and skills they need to guide nonprofit organizations through a variety of important financial decisions and tasks. Students will learn about key fiduciary responsibilities of boards of directors, management roles, the audit process, internal controls and nonprofit accounting standards. Students will also develop full cost accounting and budgeting skills, learn how to read and analyze nonprofit financial statements, and develop critical thinking skills concerning resource development strategy. COURSE TOPICS: Week 1 Leadership and Strategic Planning Weeks 2: Collaboration, Partnerships, and Mergers Week 3: Fundraising from Individuals, Companies, Foundations, and Grant Writing Weeks 4,5: Earned Income Strategies Weeks 6,7: Marketing, Public Relations, and Events Weeks 8,9: Technology, Web 2.0 Tools, Social Networking, Online Fundraising, and Website Design Weeks 10,11: Board Governance and Volunteer Engagement Weeks 12,13: Human Resources and Career Planning Legal and Financial Management Weeks 14: Lobbying and Advocacy

2 COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: 1. Articulate and communicate the characteristics of a nonprofit organization as a fiscal entity (PSLO 4, ILO 1). 2. Contextualize the role of financial management in nonprofit organizations by describing how the function is used throughout all agency operations (PSLO 3, ILO 1). 3. Create a nonprofit organizational structure (PSLO 4, ILO 4). 4. Develop and deploy management performance tools (PSLO 4, ILO 5). PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME (PSLO): 1. Analyze management problems in social and environmental context. 4. Develop economic, environmental, and social sound sustainable decisions. INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOME (ILO) 1. Effective Communication 4. Social Responsibilities and Civic Engagement 5. Critical Thinking DIRECT AND INDIRECT ASSESSMENT MEASURES: CSLO 1: Learning participation through group discussion, individual assignments and written presentation (will be assessed through a PSLO specific rubric). CSLO 2: 1. Written Exams (will be assessed through a PSLO specific rubric). CSLO 3: 1. Assignments (will be assessed through a PSLO specific rubric). CSLO 4: 1. Final Paper (will be assessed through a PSLO specific rubric). CALCULATION OF FINAL GRADES: Weights 1. Written individual reports (2) Group research and presentation Exams (2) Attendance & Participation 20 Total points 100 Each item is scored out of 50 or 100 points and then weighted by the percentages above to compute the course grade. The following points and letter grade will be applied to the raw score: A = A- = B+ = B = B- = C+ = C = C- = 72-70

3 D+ = D = F = 59 and below ATTENDANCE POLICY: Lincoln University uses the class method of teaching, which assumes that each student has something to contribute and something to gain by attending class. It further assumes that there is much more instruction absorbed in the classroom than can be tested on examinations. Therefore, students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled class meetings and should exhibit good faith in this regard. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES STATEMENT: Lincoln University is committed to non- discrimination of students with disabilities and therefore ensures that they have equal access to higher education, programs, activities, and services in order to achieve full participation and integration into the University. In keeping with the philosophies of the mission and vision of the University, the Office of Student Support Services, through the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Program, provides an array of support services and reasonable accommodations for students with special needs and/or disabilities as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of The Services for Students with Disabilities Program seeks to promote awareness and a campus environment in which accommodating students with special needs and/or disabilities is natural extension of the University s goal. Kindly register with the instructor and student services in the case of a student with disability. UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT: Students are responsible for proper conduct and integrity in all of their scholastic work. They must follow a professor's instructions when completing tests, homework, and laboratory reports, and they must ask for clarification if the instructions are not clear. In general, students should not give or receive aid when taking exams, or exceed the time limitations specified by the professor. In seeking the truth, in learning to think critically, and in preparing for a life of constructive service, honesty is imperative. Honesty in the classroom and in the preparation of papers is, therefore, expected of all students. Each student has the responsibility to submit work that is uniquely his or her own. All of this work must be done in accordance with established principles of academic integrity. PLAGIARISM If a student represents another person's ideas or scholarship as his/her own, that student is committing an act of plagiarism. FACULTY STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Approved by the Faculty of Lincoln University Students are responsible for proper conduct and integrity in all of their scholastic work. They must follow a professor s instructions when completing tests, homework, and laboratory reports, and must ask for clarification if the instructions are not clear. In general, students should not give or receive aid when taking exams, or exceed the time limitations specified by the professor. In seeking the truth, in learning to think

4 critically, and in preparing for a life of constructive service, honesty is imperative. Honesty in the classroom and in the preparation of papers is therefore expected of all students. Each student has the responsibility to submit work that is uniquely his or her own. All of this work must be done in accordance with established principles of academic integrity. 1. Acts of Academic Dishonesty (Cheating) Specific violations of this responsibility include, but are not limited to, the following: Copying, offering and/or receiving unauthorized assistance or information in examinations, tests, quizzes; in the writing of reports, assigned papers, or special assignments, as in computer programming; and in the preparation of creative works (i.e. music, studio work, art). The fabrication or falsification of data, results, or sources for papers or reports. The use of unauthorized materials and/or persons during testing. The unauthorized possession of tests or examinations. The physical theft, duplication, unauthorized distribution, use or sale of tests, examinations, papers, or computer programs. Any action which destroys or alters the work of another student. Tampering with grades, grade books or otherwise attempting to alter grades assigned by the instructor. The multiple submission of the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without prior written permission of each instructor. 2. Plagiarism If a student represents another person s ideas or scholarship as his/her own, that student is committing an act of plagiarism. The most common form of plagiarism among college students is the unintentional use of others published ideas in their own work, and representing these ideas as their own by neglecting to acknowledge the sources of such materials. Students are expected to cite all sources used in the preparation of written work, including examinations. It is each student s responsibility to find out exactly what each of his/her professors expects in terms of acknowledging sources of information on papers, exams, and assignments. It is the responsibility of each faculty person to state clearly in the syllabus for the course all expectations pertaining to academic integrity and plagiarism. Sanctions peculiar to the course should also be explained in the syllabus. 3. Sanctions A. Warning- A written notice that repetitions of misconduct will result in more severe disciplinary action. The warning becomes part of the student s file in the Office of the Registrar and, if there is no other example of misconduct, is removed at the time of graduation. B. Failure for project (exam, paper, experiment). C. Failure of course

5 For serious and repeat offenses, the University reserves the right to suspend or expel. Imposition of Sanctions: First Offense- A and/or B Second and Subsequent offenses- B or C Expectations and sanctions will be explained in every syllabus. Students failing a course because of an instance of academic dishonesty may not drop the course. The student may appeal a charge of academic dishonesty within 10 days of receiving notice of same. The appeal will be heard by an Academic Hearing Board (AHB) consisting of the chairs of each division of study (or their designees). Files on violations of this academic integrity code will be kept in the Office of the Registrar.