Auburn Bulletin 2024-2025

Philanthropy and Non-Profit Studies (PNPS)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 1700 Giving and Sharing3CADS 2000 Global Consumer Culture3
NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2000 Marriage and Family in a Global Context, or HOSP 2000 Principles of Service Management3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
MATH 1130 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry or 1120 Pre-Calculus Algebra3HIST CORE 23
HIST CORE 13Core Social Science3
 15 15
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
Core Science sequence 114ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics3
NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2000 Marriage and Family in a Global Context, or HOSP 2000 Principles of Service Management3Core Science sequence 214
CADS 2700 Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations3Core PHIL3
Core Literature3Minor OR Certificate Course3
Required Supporting Coursework3CADS 2040 Consumer Financial Planning3
 16 16
Junior
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 3700 Gender, Wealth & Philanthropy3POLI 5380 INGOs and International Organizations or 5390 NGOs and International Development3
Core Fine Arts3Minor OR Certificate course6
POLI 5360 Nonprofit Resource Development3Professional elective4
Minor OR Certificate Course3CADS 3780 Grantmaking for Philanthropists3
CADS 4040 Estate Planning & Philanthropy3 
Required Supporting Coursework3 
 18 16
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 4700 Portfolio Development for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies3CADS 4920 Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Internship9
POLI 5370 Nonprofit Management3UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed0
POLI 5350 Nonprofit Law and Governance3 
Minor OR Certificate course3 
Professional elective3 
 15 9
Total Hours: 120
1

Core Science sequence options: CHEM 1010/CHEM 1011 AND CHEM 1020/CHEM 1021, or BIOL 1000/BIOL 1001 AND BIOL 1010/BIOL 1011, or PHYS 1500 AND PHYS 1510, or GEOG 1020 AND GEOG 1030, or GEOL 1100 AND GEOL 1110.

2

Minor options: Consumer Financial Planning, Hunger Studies, International Minor in Human Sciences, Communication, Business, Public Administration 

3

Professional elective options: CADS 5780 International Philanthropy, GSHS 2000 Global Studies Human Sciences, HUSC 2000 Hunger: Causes, Consequences, and Responses, CADS 3940 Study Travel in Consumer and Design Sciences, CADS 5700 Entrepreneurship in Apparel and Interiors, COMM 2400 Introduction to Workplace Communication, COMM 3110 Persuasion, PRCM 2400 Foundations of Public Relations, ENGL 3040 Technical Writing, CADS 4100 Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies Lecture Series, Foreign Language