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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PPPM 201 | Introduction to Public Policy 1 | 4 |
| PPPM 205 | Introduction to City Planning 1 | 4 |
| PPPM 280 | Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector 1 | 4 |
| PPPM 415 | Policy and Planning Analysis 1, 2 | 4 |
| PPPM electives 3 | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 28 | |
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Must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C– or better.
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Up to 8 credits of Internship: [Topic] (PPPM 404) may be used toward fulfilling this requirement. A maximum of 4 credits of lower-division courses may count toward fulfilling this requirement. All additional electives must be upper division.
Credit Restrictions
- A PPPM minor and a NPA minor can only count PPPM 280 for both minors. All other classes (PPPM electives) need to be different between the minors.