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PPPM Minor

The PPPM minor provides a professional or applied context for the student's major discipline, allowing students in other majors to supplement learning in their major field with an overview of public sector issues, and the development of public sector professional skills. Through the PPPM minor, students can enhance their undergraduate education to include special preparation for a variety of professional occupations and areas of graduate study. Students in the minor are introduced to a broad overview of issues in urban and regional planning, public policy and public  management, and nonprofit management. Through their selection of elective courses, students in the PPPM minor can also develop expertise in a special interest area ranging from social and health policy to land use planning to public management.
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.
 
Required Core Courses (16 credits).  Students must 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 Planning, Public Policy and Management (4 credits/ fall)
  • PPPM 205 Introduction to City Planning (4 credits/spring)
  • PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (4 credits/ winter)
  • PPPM 415 Policy and Planning Analysis* (4 credits/ winter) *Prerequisite: EC 201 (Introduction to Economic Analysis: Microeconomics).

ELECTIVE COURSES (12 credits). All students completing the PPPM minor choose 12 credits from upper-division departmental offerings in addition to the required courses listed above. Following are some examples of the many courses in PPPM that fulfill this requirement.
 
Environmental Policy and Planning
PPPM 331 Environmental Management (4 credits)
PPPM 399 Global Warming (4 credits)
PPPM 408 Environmental Impact Assessment (4 credits)
PPPM 443 Natural Resource Policy (4 credits)
PPPM 444 Environmental Policy (4 credits)

Social and Health Policy
PPPM 455 Social Planning and Policy: TOPIC (4 credits)
PPPM 460 Health Policy (4 credits)
PPPM 465 Program Evaluation (4 credits)
 
Planning
PPPM 325 Community Leadership and Change (4 credits)
PPPM 399 Portland Planning (4 credits)
PPPM 407 Regional Planning (4 credits)
PPPM 418 Introduction to Public Law (4 credits)
PPPM 438 Transportation Issues in Planning: Topic (4 credits)
PPPM 440 Land Use and Growth Management (4 credits)
PPPM 442 Sustainable Urban Development (4 credits)
PPPM 446 Socioeconomic Development Planning (4 credits)
 
Experiential Learning/Professional Development
PPPM 404 Internship (1-8 credits)*
PPPM 412 Internship Development
PPPM 419 Community Planning Workshop (5, 5 credits)
 
Quantitative Skills
PPPM 413 Quantitative Methods (4 credits)
PPPM 434 Urban GIS (5 credits)
PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (4 credits)
 
Nonprofit Management
PPPM 422 Grant Proposal Writing (1 credit)
PPPM 465 Program Evaluation (4 credits)
PPPM 480 Nonprofit Management I (4 credits)
PPPM 481 Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations (4 credits)
PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (4 credits)
 
Public Management
PPPM 322 Introduction to Public Service Management (4 credits)
PPPM 418 Introduction to Public Law (4 credits)
PPPM 426 Strategic Planning for Management (4 credits)
PPPM 465 Program Evaluation (4 credits)
PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management (4 credits)
 
*PPPM 412 is a prerequisite for PPPM 404.
 
Students are strongly encouraged to take one or more quantitative skill courses including PPPM 413 Quantitative Methods, PPPM 434 Urban GIS, or PPPM 484 Public and Nonprofit Financial Management.
 
 
Declaring the Minor

Please print and complete the Change Major/Minor form (below) and return to 105 or 119 Hendricks Hall. See the PPPM Undergraduate Advising GTF for information and advising (102 Hendricks Hall).
Change Major/Minor (Word)

Track your progress in the minor using the appropriate progress tracking sheet here:
PPPM Minor Progress Sheet (PDF)
 
Last updated September 20, 2012

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