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.
The Minor Program
The PPPM minor requires 28 credits as outlined below:
Required Core Courses (16 credits)
You must take, and pass with a C- or better, the following:
- PPPM 201 Introduction to Public Policy, 4 credits
- PPPM 205 Introduction to City Planning, 4 credits
- PPPM 280 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector, 4 credits
- PPPM 415 Policy and Planning Analysis, 4 credits (Prerequisite: Economics 201)
Elective Courses (12 credits)
You may satisfy this requirement with any combination of 12 PPPM elective course credits (maximum of 4 credits numbered below the 300-level).
As a PPPM minor, you may work with an undergraduate advisor to identify elective course offerings in a field of interest. Options include:
- Urban planning and development
- Environment and sustainability
- Equity and social justice
- Nonprofit administration
- Public leadership and management
- Social and health policy
- Arts and cultural leadership
Internships
While not required, we highly recommended internships for all PPPM students. While pursuing a PPPM minor, you may apply up to eight credits of PPPM 404 Internship to the elective course requirement. (PPPM 412 is the prerequisite for PPPM 404.)
If you're interested in pursuing an internship, you should enroll in PPPM 412 and meet with the Undergraduate Internship Director:
Jessica Matthiesen
103 Hendricks Hall | jessicam@uoregon.edu
Schedule an appointment online: https://calendly.com/jessicam-pppm/office-hours