PA 5123 is also offered in Spring 2025
PA 5123 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2015 | PA 5123 Section 001: Philanthropy in America: History, Practice, and Trends (35099)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theory/practice of philanthropy. Foundation/corporate/ individual giving. History/economic structure/dynamics. Models of philanthropy, components of grant making/seeking. Current debates, career options. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?barre041+PA5123+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Who are philanthropists and how do they operate? What impact does philanthropy have on the nonprofit sector and on social policy? How does philanthropy operate in the 21st century? What constraints legal constraints limit philanthropy in America?
This course provides deep understanding of the theory and practice of philanthropy with a particular focus on individual and foundation giving in the United States. Drawing on the key scholarship of the field, students will learn alternative models of philanthropy, its history and development, economic structure, and power dynamics; core components of grantmaking and grantseeking; as well as key current debates and career options. This is not a fundraising or grantwriting course. The class is instead an intensive study of philanthropy and how private wealth effects social systems. Upon completion students can effectively navigate the field in their public affairs careers. This course will enable the student to analyze and understand the changing nature of private philanthropy and its relationship to public policy as well as its importance to business and society at large. Increased public and public sector demand for effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy will be reviewed along with the emerging issues and challenges facing this field. Students will be able to apply knowledge from this class to a variety of fields, including nonprofit management, fundraising, and grantmaking as well as policy analysis. Class instruction will include lectures, guest speakers, case study analyses, class discussions, small group exercises and individual assignments. The course will meet once a week in seminar format. Full class participation by all students will be expected. Reading assignments will be grouped topically in the order that they will be discussed. Students are expected to have read the assignment for each class on a weekly basis before classes meet.
- Grading:
- 15% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
60% in 3 Reports/Papers and a related class presentation
5% Attendance/participation Other Grading Information: All assignment details will be given in class at which time the basic expectations for grades will be explained.
- Exam Format:
- Mid term exam will be a traditional exam that is a mixture of multiple choice and short essay. Final exam will be an essay exam. Both exams are online through the Moodle site and both are open book.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
35% Discussion
15% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
15% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 75-100 Pages Reading Per Week
15-20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35099/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/barre041_PA5123_Fall2015.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 July 2015
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2015 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Terri Barreiro