2025-2026 Graduate Bulletin
Nonprofit Professional Microcredential
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Graduate Study at USI >> College of Liberal Arts
3 Credit hours
The Nonprofit Professional microcredential is comprised of one course (three hours) from the graduate public administration curriculum that will prepare students to sit for and successfully complete the Certified Nonprofit Professional exam offered by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. The CNP exam is a nationally recognized credential that will benefit students in finding entry- and advanced-level employment in the nonprofit sector.
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Graduate Microcredential Requirements
- The total number of credit hours required for a graduate microcredential may vary by academic discipline but must require a minimum of 1 credit hour and not more than 8 credit hours.
- At least 50% of the microcredential requirements must be earned at USI.
- Coursework taken more than 7 years before the microcredential is awarded cannot be applied, unless a Petition to Validate an Expired Graduate Course has been approved.
- Microcredentials may be stand-alone or linked to an existing degree program. A microcredential, therefore, may be embedded within a larger degree program and stacked with other microcredentials and certificates toward a degree (i.e. master’s) program. Academic departments may determine whether coursework taken to complete a microcredential can also be applied to a degree program.
- Students earning a graduate microcredential are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.
Required Course (3 hours)
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