What and Why
The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy’s continuing and professional education certificate courses provide vital professional development opportunities for anyone looking to advance their education and further their career. Continuing education refers to learning programs one can pursue instead of or after formal education. Any brief search as to the importance of continuing and professional education will highlight how it has the potential to increase one’s likelihood of a promotion, deepen the ability to transition careers, generally improve one’s image, and enhance personal growth via the journey of being a lifelong learner. The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy has seen just that in the thousands of adults who have participated in our three non-credit-bearing offerings of Nonprofit Leadership, Social Justice Leadership, and Fundraising Leadership.
Who
Our continuing and professional education certificates are primarily curated for current nonprofit professionals, on-the-ground volunteers, current or prospective board members, or those considering a transition to the nonprofit sector; however, these offerings are open to anyone.
Cost and Time
As a public land grant institution, you will not find a better value with consideration to cost, time, and the educational comprehensiveness of our offerings.
All current certificates take 10 weeks to complete in total, with an average weekly time commitment of 2.5 hours.
Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership: $1499
Certificate in Social Justice Leadership: $1499
Certificate in Fundraising Leadership: $2250
Course Format
- Each certificate program contains ten weekly modules. Each week will cover a unique topic or subject.
- Programs are online. One must have reliable internet access to participate.
- Programs are asynchronous. Once open, modules are available to complete on your own time throughout the week. There are also weekly discussion posts with the instructors and classmates. Participants must complete all requirements by the close of every week. Those requirements typically consist of listening to recorded lectures, responding to discussion questions, reading articles, and working through various learning activities. Our programs do not require any homework.
- All continuing and professional education certificate offerings are supervised by a Continuing Education Instructor whom learners can access via email and class discussion boards and are responsible for guiding participants through the educational content within our programs.
Accreditation, Certificates, and Digital Badges
- All certificate offerings are accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and CFRE International – Certified Fund Raising Executives (CFRE).
- All participants who successfully complete all requirements earn a Texas A&M University branded certificate, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and/or Professional Development Hours (PDHs), and the Texas A&M University ‘Mastery’ micro-credential digital badge to share via social media platforms.
Course Dates
Spring 2024
February 7th-April 16th
Fall 2024
September 18th-November 26th
Click on one of the boxes below to learn more about each Continuing & Professional Education Certificate.
