Nonprofit Leadership

The B.A. with a major in Nonprofit Leadership is a multidisciplinary degree earned through the Helzberg School of Management in the College of Business, Influence, and Information Analysis. The degree requires 128 semester hours, including a combination of courses from Rockhurst’s liberal core, social science, business, and nonprofit leadership. A 300-hour internship with a nonprofit organization also is required.

The Nonprofit Leadership major is designed to prepare students for careers and leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. Through this course of study, students gain competencies necessary to manage information and resources and to lead people, programs, and organizations in an environment driven by the desire to make a difference in their communities, their nation, and their world.