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online Finance for Not-for-Profit Agencies course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: Finance for Not-for-Profit Agencies


Course Title: RS525 - Finance for Not-for-Profit Agencies
Department: Rehabilitation Services and Administration
Instructor: Dr. Deryl Gulliford - E-Mail | Personal E-Mail |  Vita
E-mail dgullifo@canyoncollege.edu
Personal E-mail deryl@pldi.net
Phone (office BlackBerry®/cell): (405) 219-6715
Phone (cell): (405) 219-6227
Phone (home): (405) 285-1974
Pager: (877) 724-3711, PIN 5539
Address: 118 Gardenwood Dr, Holdenville, OK 74848-9528


Course Description:
This course presents key concepts, principles and practices of financial management in the not-for-profit arena. The emphasis is on helping non-financial managers to acquire basic financial knowledge and make good decisions for their agencies, communicating effectively with Boards and auditors. This course does not seek to make a CFO out of each student, but provides easy to understand explanations of key financial operations such as cost analysis, budgeting and cost controls. Emphasis is also placed on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting for not-for-profit agencies and key forms which are utilized in this process.

Required Text: Online Bookstore

Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers., Thomas McLaughlin., Wiley and Sons. June 2002.
ISBN #: 0471205702.

This text is available through barnesandnoble.com and several other proprietary websites.

Course Format:
This course is divided into four units, covering text chapters as follows:

Unit 1 – Chapters 1-5
Unit 2 – Chapters 6-8
Unit 3 – Chapters 9-15
Unit 4 – Chapters 16-18

Communication with Instructor:
Students are expected to communicate with the professor weekly during the course term. A brief email update is sufficient, although the professor will be pleased to discuss any matter by phone during the work day or during the evening hours at home.

Evaluation:
There is a written essay examination for each Unit, and a Scholarly Paper (approximately 10 pages in length) is required for completion of the course. The Scholarly Paper topic and outline must be approved prior to writing.

Completion of the first two Unit Exams constitutes midterm progress, and completion of the final two Unit Exams constitutes final progress. There is no final examination for this course.

Grade Weighting:
Each Unit Exam is worth 20% of the course grade, and the Scholarly Paper is worth 20% of the course grade.

Course Topics: Students should expect to study the following topics in the process of completing this course:
About the Professor:
Dr. Gulliford is CEO of Seiling Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. He has fifteen years of experience in senior healthcare management. His clinical background includes work in respiratory care, critical care medicine, non-invasive and invasive cardiology, and cardiovascular perfusion. Dr. Gulliford is Vice-President of Pioneer Health Network, a group of 18 Kansas and Oklahoma hospitals, and serves on the Oklahoma Rural Health Council. He was recently elected to Chair the newly formed Small and Rural Hospitals Division of the American Academy of Medical Administrators.

Dr. Gulliford’s philosophy:

........therefore however you want people to treat you, so treat them.


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