Graduate Certificate in Financial Management for Human Services

Curriculum (18 Credits)

Courses

AHS 6610 Administration of Human Service Organizations

AHS 7645 Financial Management in Human Services

AHS 7675 Grant Writing & Grant Management in the Human Service Environment

AHS 7685 Fund Development & Fundraising in the Human Service Environment

SOC 6323 Law and Practice in Human Services

SOC 7100 Ethical Financial Leadership in Human Services

Program Purpose

Human Services Leaders operate in an environment of scarce resources and high demand for services that must constantly be managed to provide the best return to the organization and its stakeholders. To manage these resources, today’s Human Services Leaders must understand how the organization’s finances work. This certificate provides an overview of financial management for human services professionals, including managing fee-for-service, how to read a financial statement, understanding the components of a financial statement, understanding IRS rules that affect non-profits including how to read IRS form 990, budgeting, the importance of cash flow, how depreciation works, basic financial ratios, the uses of long-term, intermediate, and short-term financing, the time value of money, risk and reward, issues of agency, fund development, fundraising, grant writing, grant management, and financial and organizational ethics. The certificate assumes no prior knowledge of finance or accounting.

There are no course prerequisites. Any student with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in any major from an accredited college or university or currently enrolled in a master’s degree program in any major at an accredited college or university may enroll in this certificate program.

This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2023 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.