Avila Home Page
Helpful Links
Avila Advantage
The Advantage Program



Apply Online for Free
Request More Information

Earn your MA in Management with emphasis in Fundraising

  • Fundraising Degree
  • Course Requirements
  • Class Schedule
  • Course Rotation
  • Careers

Avila Univeristy and Hartsook InstituteYou want a master’s degree that will go beyond preparing you to work with numbers to one that will prepare you to work with people. With a Master of Arts in Management from Avila University’s Advantage program, you will gain a broader perspective of management—one that will sharpen your critical thinking and communication skills, help you understand what truly motivates employees, and assist you in building your career while strengthening your workplace environment.

Fundraising: This innovative, research- and knowledge-based concentration is made possible through a partnership between Avila and Hartsook Companies, Inc., experts in fundraising consulting. You will gain knowledge and understanding of such areas as branding, donor behavior and relations, managing fundraising and planned giving.

The Master of Arts in Management is intended to:

  • Develop communication, teamwork, leadership, and management skills
  • Focus on the behavioral skills of management and how to apply them in the workplace

The program offers a flexible class schedule with eight week and/or weekend-intensive formats. Your Advantage allows you to start, pause, and resume your coursework, according to what works best in your life.

Course Requirements

 

Management Curriculum (all courses below required)  

MG 601 Statistics & Assessment 3

MG 605 Ethics & Legal Environment 3

MG 630 Financial Decision Making for Managers 3

MG 650 Strategic Communication (also in OD) 3

MG 670 Organizational Psych & Behavior (OD) 3

MG 675 Team Development (OD) 3

MG 688 Leadership & Influence (also in OD) 3


Required Capstone Course  

MG 695 Applied Research Project 3


Fundraising Curriculum  

FR 600 Introduction to Fundraising & Donor Behavior 1

FR 610 Direct and Interactive Marketing for Fundraising 3

FR 620 Fundraising Planning 3

FR 635 Major and Planned Giving 3

FR 645 Institutional Fundraising 3

37 credit hours are required to graduate.

 

Class Schedule
Each semester is divided into two 8-week sessions.

Fall Semester 2011
August 22 - December 16

Spring Semester 2012
January 2 - April 28

Course Rotation

COURSE ROTATION- Starting Fall 2011
Each semester is divided into two 8-week sessions.
(o) Online
     
FALL SEMESTER SPRING SEMESTER SUMMER SEMESTER
WEEKEND WEEKEND WEEKEND
FR 600
Intro to Fundraising
   
PM 600
Intro to Project Mgmt
   
     
FIRST 8-week SESSION FIRST 8-week SESSION FIRST 8-week SESSION
MG 601
Statistics
MG 601 
Statistics
MG 601 
Statistics (o)
MG 650
Strategic Communication
MG 650  S
trategic Communication (o)
MG 650 
Strategic Communication
MG 670
Org Psych & Behavior
MG 670 
Org Psych & Behavior (o)
MG 670 
Org Psych & Behavior
MG 675
Team Development
MG 675 
Team Development
MG 675
Team Development (o)
MG 688 
Leadership and Influence (o)
MG 688
Leadership and Influence
MG 688 
Leadership and Influence
MG 688 
Leadership and Influence (o)
PM 673
Tools/Technology of PM (o)
PM 677
Six Sigma (o)
MG 605
Ethics & Legal Environ
MG 630
Financial Decisionmaking
 
     
SECOND 8-week SESSION SECOND 8-week SESSION SECOND 8-week SESSION
PM 672 Practice of Project Mgmt (o) PM 674 Application of PM (o) PM 678 Management Technology (o)
     
**FR classes rotate in this order – one in the 2nd half of each trimester

FR 645 Institutional Fundraising – Fall 2011

FR 620 Fundraising Planning – Spring 2012

FR 610 Direct & Interactive Mktg – Summer 2012

FR 635 Major & Planned Giving – Fall 2012

 

 

Careers with a Management in Fundraising Degree

There are many opportunities in the job market with a Master's in Management in Fundraising. Jobs in this field include:

· Director of Advocacy Relations
· Patient Advocacy Manager
· Grant Writer
· Fundraising Director
· Chief Development Officer
· Public Relations Specialist
· Community Relations Manager
· Campaign Manager
· Director of Giving
· Civil and Community Service Managers
· Social and Human Services Managers

 

mages/financial_ON.jpg - 80 - 72.129.186.234 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+InfoPath.2;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322;+Zango+10.3.75.0) 200 0 64 2008-12-03 00:00:21 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /admission/images/events_ON.jpg - 80 - 72.129.186.234 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+InfoPath.2;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322;+Zango+10.3.75.0) 200 0 64 2008-12-03 00:00:21 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /admission/images/majors_ON.jpg - 80 - 72.129.186.234 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+InfoPath.2;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322;+Zango+10.3.75.0) 200 0 64 2008-12-03 00:00:21 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /admission/images/journals_ON.jpg - 80 - 72.129.186.234 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+InfoPath.2;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322;+Zango+10.3.75.0) 200 0 64 2008-12-03 00:00:21 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /Admission/images/staff_ON.jpg - 80 - 72.129.186.234 Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+7.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+(R1+1.5);+InfoPath.2;+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322;+Zango+10.3.75.0) 200 0 64 2008-12-03 00:00:24 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /President/presBlogArchive.asp tid=24 80 - 72.30.65.51 Mozilla/5.0+(compatible;+Yahoo!+Slurp;+http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp) 200 0 0 2008-12-03 00:00:53 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /hbl/donations.asp - 80 - 67.195.37.187 Mozilla/5.0+(compatible;+Yahoo!+Slurp;+http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp) 200 0 0 2008-12-03 00:00:57 W3SVC191769889 198.209.196.35 GET /omc/mediatimeline.a0pt;"> **Remainder of FR classes rotate in this order – one in the 2nd half of each trimester FR 610   Direct & Interactive Mktg  FR 635   Major & Planned Giving  FR 645   Institutional Fundraising FR 620   Fundraising Planning          Instructional Design & Technology: ID 611   Trends in IDT Fall  8-week ID 621  IDT I   Spring 8-week ID 631   IDT II Spring 8-week ID 641   Who Owns the Learning?  Summer Weekend ID 651   Learning Mgmt & Systems Summer 8-week

 

 

Careers with a Fundraising Certificate

There are many opportunities in the job market with a Master's in Management in Fundraising. Jobs in this field include:

· Director of Advocacy Relations
· Patient Advocacy Manager
· Grant Writer
· Fundraising Director
· Chief Development Officer
· Public Relations Specialist
· Community Relations Manager
· Campaign Manager
· Director of Giving
· Civil and Community Service Managers
· Social and Human Services Managers