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PPPM Minor

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The Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management offers a minor of special value to students majoring in the social sciences and humanities. Through the minor, students can enhance their undergraduate education to include special preparation for a variety of professional occupations and areas of graduate study. The minor complements studies in the social sciences and humanities by providing a professional or applied context for the knowledge, theories, and methods of the student’s major discipline.

PPPM Minor Brochure (PDF)

The Minor Program

The PPPM minor requires 28 credits total -- 16 credits of core courses, and an additional 12 elective credits in PPPM. Pending approval, the core requirement for the PPPM Minor is changing beginning Winter 2010.

Requirements are becoming more flexible, with increasing options for you to complete the minor. How you satisfy your minor core requirement depends on whether your first term in the minor is before or during Spring 2010, or after.

PPPM Core Course Requirements for the Minor

-- if your first term in the minor is Spring 2010 or before you may satisfy your core course requirements as follows:

Required Core Courses (16 credits). Take 4 of the following 7 courses; these courses must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C- or better.

PPPM 201 Introduction to PPPM (4 credits/ fall term)
PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (4 credits/ spring term)
PPPM 325 Community Leadership and Change (4 credits/ spring term) Explores issues of sustainable change at the community level by examining topics such as transportation, environment, housing issues.
PPPM 326 Regional Leadership and Change (4 credits/ winter term, not offered 2009) Examines economic, sociocultural, and political forces that affect regions, including institutions and leadership roles.
PPPM 327 Global Leadership and Change (4 credits/ spring term) Explores issues of leadership in global social economics, and ecological sustainability, including population, technology and diversity.
PPPM 330 Policy and Plan Analysis (4 credits/ winter term) Examines the approaches and methods for analyzing public policy and plans, including case studies and examples.

-- if your first term in the minor is after Spring 2010 you may satisfy your core course requirements as follows:

Required Core Courses (16 credits). Take the following 4 courses; these courses must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C- or better.

PPPM 201 Introduction to PPPM (4 credits/ fall term)
PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (4 credits/ spring term)
PPPM 407 Introduction to Urban Planning (4 credits/winter term)
PPPM 330 Policy and Plan Analysis (4 credits/ winter term)

PPPM Elective Course Requirements for the Minor

All students completing the minor complete 12 upper-division credits of PPPM department electives. Following are some of the many courses in PPPM that fulfill this requirement.

PPPM 331 Environmental Management (4 credits)
PPPM 404 Internship (1-8 credits)
PPPM 413 Applied Social Research (4 credits)
PPPM 418 Introduction to Public Law (4 credits)
PPPM 419 Community Planning Workshop (8 credits)
PPPM 422 Grant Writing (1 credit)
PPPM 436 Social Planning and Geographic Information System (5 credits)
PPPM 438 Transportation Issues in Planning (4 credits)
PPPM 440 Land Use and Growth Management (4 credits)
PPPM 443 Natural Resource Policy (4 credits)
PPPM 446 Socioeconomic Development Planning (4 credits)
PPPM 455 Social Planning and Policy [Topic]
PPPM 480 Nonprofit Management I (4 credits)
PPPM 481 Resource Development Nonprofit Organizations (4 credits)
PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (4 credits)

Up to eight credits may be taken in Internship (PPPM 404) or Community Planning Workshop (PPPM 419). Students are strongly encouraged to take one or more skill building courses including PPPM 413-Quantitative Methods, PPPM 434-Urban GIS, or PPPM 484-Public and Nonprofit Financial Management.

Application Procedure

Please print and complete the two documents below and see the PPPM Internship and Undergraduate Advising GTF for application approval and information (121B Hendricks Hall).

Change Major/Minor (Word)
Minor Progress Sheet (PDF)

Last updated November 5, 2009.
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Through the minor, students can enhance their undergraduate education to include special preparation for a variety of professional occupations and areas of graduate study. The minor complements studies in the social sciences and humanities by providing a professional or applied context for the knowledge, theories, and methods of the student’s major discipline. PPPM Minor Brochure (PDF) The Minor Program The PPPM minor requires 28 credits total -- 16 credits of core courses, and an additional 12 elective credits in PPPM. Pending approval, the core requirement for the PPPM Minor is changing beginning Winter 2010. Requirements are becoming more flexible, with increasing options for you to complete the minor. How you satisfy your minor core requirement depends on whether your first term in the minor is before or during Spring 2010, or after. PPPM Core Course Requirements for the Minor -- if your first term in the minor is Spring 2010 or before you may satisfy your core course requirements as follows: Required Core Courses (16 credits). Take 4 of the following 7 courses; these courses must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C- or better. PPPM 201 Introduction to PPPM (4 credits/ fall term) PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (4 credits/ spring term) PPPM 325 Community Leadership and Change (4 credits/ spring term) Explores issues of sustainable change at the community level by examining topics such as transportation, environment, housing issues. PPPM 326 Regional Leadership and Change (4 credits/ winter term, not offered 2009) Examines economic, sociocultural, and political forces that affect regions, including institutions and leadership roles. PPPM 327 Global Leadership and Change (4 credits/ spring term) Explores issues of leadership in global social economics, and ecological sustainability, including population, technology and diversity. PPPM 330 Policy and Plan Analysis (4 credits/ winter term) Examines the approaches and methods for analyzing public policy and plans, including case studies and examples. -- if your first term in the minor is after Spring 2010 you may satisfy your core course requirements as follows: Required Core Courses (16 credits). Take the following 4 courses; these courses must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C- or better. PPPM 201 Introduction to PPPM (4 credits/ fall term) PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (4 credits/ spring term) PPPM 407 Introduction to Urban Planning (4 credits/winter term) PPPM 330 Policy and Plan Analysis (4 credits/ winter term) PPPM Elective Course Requirements for the Minor All students completing the minor complete 12 upper-division credits of PPPM department electives. Following are some of the many courses in PPPM that fulfill this requirement. PPPM 331 Environmental Management (4 credits) PPPM 404 Internship (1-8 credits) PPPM 413 Applied Social Research (4 credits) PPPM 418 Introduction to Public Law (4 credits) PPPM 419 Community Planning Workshop (8 credits) PPPM 422 Grant Writing (1 credit) PPPM 436 Social Planning and Geographic Information System (5 credits) PPPM 438 Transportation Issues in Planning (4 credits) PPPM 440 Land Use and Growth Management (4 credits) PPPM 443 Natural Resource Policy (4 credits) PPPM 446 Socioeconomic Development Planning (4 credits) PPPM 455 Social Planning and Policy [Topic] PPPM 480 Nonprofit Management I (4 credits) PPPM 481 Resource Development Nonprofit Organizations (4 credits) PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (4 credits) Up to eight credits may be taken in Internship (PPPM 404) or Community Planning Workshop (PPPM 419). Students are strongly encouraged to take one or more skill building courses including PPPM 413-Quantitative Methods, PPPM 434-Urban GIS, or PPPM 484-Public and Nonprofit Financial Management. Application Procedure Please print and complete the two documents below and see the PPPM Internship and Undergraduate Advising GTF for application approval and information (121B Hendricks Hall). Change Major/Minor (Word) Minor Progress Sheet (PDF) Last updated November 5, 2009. An equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request.