Certificate in Non-Profit Management - Arts

Note: For purposes of meeting certificate requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits.

York University students may earn a Certificate in Non-Profit Management concurrent with fulfillment of the requirements for a bachelor's degree. This certificate is open to students in all undergraduate faculties except for students enrolled in the Schulich School of Business bachelor of business administration program or the Atkinson bachelor of administrative studies program. Students may not earn both a Certificate in Business Fundamentals and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management.

To qualify for the Certificate in Non-Profit Management, students must complete 24 credits from a list of approved courses, with a cumulative grade point average in these 24 credits of at least 5.0 (C+).

Application to the Certificate in Non-Profit Management may be made only after successfully completing at least 54 credits, and the successful completion of the following course requirements with a minimum overall grade point average of 5.0 (C+).

Course requirements, and application and admission requirements for the Certificate in Non-Profit Management, are as follows:

• at least three credits in economics chosen from: AS/ECON 1000 3.00, AS/ECON 1010 3.00, or AS/ECON 1900 3.00;
• at least three credits in statistics or research methods chosen from: AS/ECON 2500 3.00, AS/MATH 2560 3.00, AS/POLS 3300 6.00, AS/PSYC 2020 6.00, AS/PSYC 2021 3.00, AS/SOCI 3030 6.00, AS/SOSC 3800 6.00, AS/SOSC 3991 6.00, or AS/SOSC 3993 3.00;
• at least six credits chosen from: AS/ANTH 1110 6.00, AS/POLS 1000 6.00, AS/POLS 3190 6.00, AS/SOSC 1185 9.00, AS/SOSC 1310 9.00, AS/SOSC 1430 9.00, AS/SOSC 2110 6.00, AS/SOSC 2210 9.00, AS/SOSC 2340 9.00, AS/SOSC 2435 6.00, AS/SOSC 2460 9.00, AS/SOSC 2470 6.00, AS/SOSC 2480 9.00, AS/SOSC 2710 9.00, or AS/SOCI 1010 6.00.

Note: Students may take courses through Atkinson or Glendon, subject to course credit exclusion(s) and In-Faculty regulations.

Students in an undergraduate program who have successfully completed at least 54 credits with an overall grade point average of 5.0 (C+), and who will also have successfully completed the requirements listed above by June 1, may apply to the Certificate in Non-Profit Management by May 31 of the year these requirements will be completed.

The minimum acceptable overall grade point average for application and possible admission is 5.0 (C+). Since there are a limited number of spaces available, successful admission will be based primarily on the applicant's overall grade point average.

If admitted, students must successfully complete the following courses offered by the Schulich School of Business in the following sequence and over two academic sessions:

• SB/NPMG 4200 3.00;
• SB/NPMG 3200 3.00;
• SB/NPMG 4100 3.00;
• SB/NPMG 4300 3.00.

In order to graduate with the Certificate in Non-Profit Management, students must maintain an overall grade point average of 5.0 (C+) in certificate courses.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, certificate requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting Certificate in Non-Profit Management requirements:

• Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts