The M.A. of Religious Studies with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management is designed to prepare students for work in the nonprofit sector. Conceived in collaboration with colleagues in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, this program provides training in religious literacy and cultural competency while students acquire the professional skills necessary for managing nonprofit organizations. Students may earn the M.A. and Concentration without applying to the AYSPS certificate program, but students wishing to earn both the M.A. and certificate should apply to each separately either at the time of application to the M.A. program or after enrolling. The Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in Religious Studies advises students in the concentrations and deviations to the course plans outlined below should be directed to the DGS.
Students who successfully complete the M.A. of Religious Studies with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management will be able to employ the theories and methods acquired in their study of religions and nonprofit management to design a final research project in which they:
- Identify relationships between the study of religions and nonprofit management significant to their own research interests and career objectives; and
- Articulate those relationships in a graduate-level research project that fulfills the M.A. with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management degree requirement.
In order to receive the M.A. of Religious Studies with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management, a student must complete:
