SOC WLF M241ENonprofit Organizations and Philanthropy: Management and Policy
Social Welfare · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
(Same as Public Policy M228 and Urban Planning M288.) Increased importance of nonprofit organizations—as service providers, vehicles of humanitarian assistance, policy advocates, social entrepreneurs, innovators, and as instruments of government reform—have moved this set of institutions closer to center of social welfare, urban planning and public policy agendas. Introduction of conceptual background, examination of theories and aspects of organizational behavior, and management models and policy frameworks. Lectures, seminar-type discussion, in-class presentations, and guest presentations.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.