Degree Requirements

The certificate consists of four three-credit courses (12 credits). All courses are offered one day per week at 4:30 or 7:10 pm Monday through Thursday on the UMBC campus. Students may enter the program in the fall or spring semesters.

Course Requirements

Students must take one course in each of the following four content areas:

• SOCY 681 - The Social and Institutional Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in American Society [3]
• SOCY 685 - Structure and Function of Nonprofit Organizations [3]

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  One three-credit course in social research methods or statistics:

• SOCY 600 - Research Methodology [3]
• SOCY 604 - Statistical Analysis [3]
• SOCY 618 - SAS for Social Scientists [3]
• SOCY 619 - Qualitative Methods in Social Research [3]

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  One three-credit course in any substantive area in Sociology.

  Relevant graduate courses in other disciplines may also be used with the permission of the Graduate Program Director.