Planning, Public Policy and Management Minor

Regardless of your major, a minor in Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) will allow you to expand your learning experience by getting an overview of public sector issues and developing your professional skills.

Through the Planning, Public Policy and Management Minor, you can enhance your undergraduate education to include preparation for a variety of professional occupations and areas of graduate study. In the PPPM minor, you are introduced to a broad overview of issues in urban and regional planning, public policy and public management, and nonprofit management.

Through your selection of elective courses, you can choose to focus on a field of interest ranging from social and health policy to land use planning to public management.

Planning, Public Policy and Management Minor

The planning, public policy and management minor complements majors in the humanities or social sciences, including anthropology, geography, political science and economics. It provides a professional context in which to apply the knowledge, theories, and methods of the student’s major discipline. Students pursuing the minor are introduced to a broad overview of issues in urban and regional planning, public policy and public management, and nonprofit administration. The minor enhances any student’s undergraduate education with preparation for a variety of professional occupations and graduate study.

Students may declare the minor in planning, public policy and management at any time by completing a Qualtrics form available on the PPPM website.