Any Indiana University student enrolled in a bachelor’s program may pursue one or more of the minors offered by the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Individuals interested in one or more of these minors should inquire in the O'Neill undergraduate advising office (SPEA 240) for additional details. Students should check with their degree-granting unit to make sure they are eligible for the SPEA minor of their choice. O'Neill SPEA's multidisciplinary faculty and curricula address environmental, health, public policy, and management issues from a variety of perspectives. A minor in O'Neill SPEA can enhance career opportunities for liberal arts and other majors.

General Policies and Procedures

Each minor requires 15 hours (Environmental and Sustainability Studies requires 18 credit hours) of specified courses with a 2.000 grade point average, and none of the courses may be taken by correspondence. The Educational Policy minor requires students to have both a C or better in required courses and a 2.000 overall for the program. The Environmental Science and Environmental and Sustainability Studies minors require students to have a C- or better in the required courses. Admitted O'Neill students earning a O'Neill SPEA minor may double count up to six (6) credit hours of minor courses with any other O'Neill academic program.  Each O'Neill minor must have at least nine (9) credit hours that do not count toward any other O'Neill academic program.  Non-O'Neill SPEA majors cannot double count courses with any O'Neill academic program.

The following minor areas are available on the Bloomington campus:

Arts Management
Education Policy
Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Environmental Management
Environmental Science
Environmental Science and Health
Healthcare Management and Policy
Homeland Security
Human Resource Management
Information Systems
Law and Public Policy
Leadership, Advocacy, and Public Service
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Policy Studies
Public and Environmental Affairs
Public Finance
Public Management and Leadership
Urban Planning and Community Development
Water Resources Science, Policy, and Management 

Arts Management Minor

Requirements

The following two courses:

• SPEA-A 163 Introduction to Arts Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 354 Arts Marketing (3 cr.)

• SPEA-A 401 Performing Arts Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-A 400 Museum Administration (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses:

• Any SPEA-A course not taken above
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit
  Organizations (3 cr.)

Education Policy Minor

Jointly Administered by the School of Education and the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Requirements

At least 9 credits must be at the 300-400 level. A grade of C or better is required in each course and a 2.000 GPA overall for the minor.
 
The following two courses:

• EDUC-A 308 Legal and Ethical Issues in Education (3 cr.)
• EDUC-H 200 Introduction to Education Policy (3 cr.)

One of the following education courses:

• EDUC-H 205 Introduction to Educational Thought (3 cr.)
• EDUC-H 340 Education and American Culture (3 cr.)
• LATS-L 380 Latino Education Across the Americas (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 312 Education and Society (3 cr.)

One of the following management courses:

• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)

One of the following policy analysis courses:

• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300, MATH-M 025, MATH-M 118)
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300 or equivalent)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting & Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Finance and Cost Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 449 Senior Policy Seminar (3 cr.)

Environmental and Sustainability Studies Minor

Joint minor with O'Neill and College of Arts and Sciences.

See the College of Arts and Sciences bulletin for more information about the major and concentration areas: https://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/college/2024-2025

Environmental Management Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-E 183 Environment and People (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (R: any organismal biology course)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.) or SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health Science (3 cr.)

One additional course chosen from the above list or the following courses:

• SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics) 
• SPEA-E 411 Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 416 Fisheries Management (3 cr.) ( P: SPEA-E 332 or SPEA-E 355 or SPEA-E 455 or BIOL-L 473)
• SPEA-E 417 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management (4 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 444 Hazardous Materials (3 cr.)
• SPEA E 450 Soil Science and Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 460 Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 461 Wildlife Techniques (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272 or H 316 or any biology course)
• SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Environmental Science Minor

Joint minor with O'Neill and College of Arts and Sciences.

Requirements (Five courses)

A GPA of at least 2.000 is required, with no course grade lower than C–. In fulfilling the below requirements, students must also meet all other College requirements for minors. It is recommended that students have taken MATH-M 119 or higher and CHEM-C 117 or higher (or equivalents).

1. Introductory Course. One (1) course from the Introductory Course list.

• EAS-E 105 Earth: Our Habitable Planet (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)

2. Electives. Four (4) additional courses from the Environmental Science Electives list; at least three must be at the 300-400 level.

• BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants (4 cr.)
• BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 307 Biodiversity (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 311 Genetics (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 318 Evolution (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 319 Genetics Laboratory (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 326 Biodiverse City (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 328 Disease Ecology and Evolution (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds (4 cr.)
• BIOL-L 402 Ecosystem Ecology and Global Change (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 472 Microbial Ecology (3 cr.
• BIOL-L 473 Ecology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
• BIOL-M 250 Microbiology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-M 315 Microbiology Laboratory (2 cr.)
• BIOL-M 465 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (3 cr.)
• BIOL-Z 373 Entomology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
• BIOL-Z 375 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory (2 cr.)
• BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology (5 cr.)
• BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes (3 cr.)
• CHEM-A 314 Biological and Environmental Chemical Analysis (2 cr.)
• CHEM-A 315 Chemical Measurements Laboratory (2 cr.)
• CHEM-A 316 Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 317 Equilibria and Electrochemistry (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 318 Spectrochemistry and Separations (2 cr.)
• EAS-A 315 Climate Engineering (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 332 Atmospheric Thermodynamics (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 339 Weather Analysis and Forecasting (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 340/GEOG-G 304 Physical Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 347 Atmospheric Instrumentation (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 364 Dynamic Meteorology I (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 437 Advanced Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 445 Climate Dynamics (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 474 Future and Current Trends in Extremes (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 476 Climate Change Science (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 225 Earth Materials (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 226 Earth Processes (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 227 Earth Climate and History (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 316 Mineral Resources (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 330 Human Impacts on Earth Systems: Quantifying Impacts, Designing Solutions (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 333 Sedimentary and Tectonic Processes (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3-4 cr.)
• EAS-E 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 351 Elements of Hydrology (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 406 Introduction to Geochemistry (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 411 Invertebrate Paleontology (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 412 Vertebrate Paleontology (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 415 Principles of Geomorphology (3-4 cr.)
• EAS-E 423 Methods in Applied Geophysics (3-4 cr.)
• EAS-E 444 Methods in Analytical Geochemistry (1-2cr.)
• EAS-E 451 Principles of Hydrogeology (2-4 cr.)
• EAS-E 488 Paleoclimatology: The Geological Record of Earth's Climate History (3 cr.)
• EAS-X 329 Field Methods in Environmental Geology (3 cr.)
• EAS-X 420 Regional Geology Field Trip (3 cr.)
• EAS-X 429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains (6 cr.)
• GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science (3 cr.) or SPEA-E 418 Vector-based GIS (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science and Politics (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 407 Climate Dynamics (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 436 Advanced Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
• GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 451 Water Resources (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 453 Water and Society (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 481 Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 485 Geospatial Programming (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 489 Geospatial Analysis of Big Data in Python (3 cr.)
• PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 260 Introduction to Water Resources (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology ((3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 375 Techniques in Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
• SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (R: any organismal biology course)
• SPEA-E 417 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 422 Urban Forestry Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 426 Applied Math for Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 429 Application of GIS (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 418)
• SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 440 Wetlands Ecology and Management (4 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis—Terrestrial (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis—Aquatic (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 444 Hazardous Materials (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 450 Soil Science and Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 455 Limnology (4 cr.) (P: BIOL-L 111 (or equivalent) and CHEM-C 117 (or equivalent), or permission of the instructor)
• SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 461 Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 464 Organic Pollutants: Environmental Chemistry and Fate (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 470 Elements of Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience (3 cr.)

Up to six (6) credit hours (combined total) of any of the following:

• BIOL-X 490 Individual Study (1-12 cr.)
• EAS-X 498 Undergraduate Research in Geology (1-6 cr.)
• GEOG-X 490 Undergraduate Readings and Research in Geography (1-3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 490 Directed Research in Environmental Science (1-4 cr.)

Or other courses approved by the BSES program director.

Environmental Science and Health Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-E 183 Environment and People (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-E 183)
• SPEA-H 316 Environmental Health Science (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses:

• SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 324 Controversies in Environmental Health (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.) (R: any organismal biology course)
• SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 444 Hazardous Materials
• SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 452 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-H 455 Topics in Public Health (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Healthcare Management and Policy Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-H 124 Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 324 Health Policy (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 350 Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 or permission of instructor)

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-H 322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 341 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 354 Health Economics (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124 and ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251)
• SPEA-H 374 Health Management Ethics (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 401 Strategic Planning in Health Organizations (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 353 or SPEA-H 350)
• SPEA-H 402 Hospital Administration (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 403 Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 411 Chronic and Long-Term Care Administration (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 432 Health Care Marketing (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-H 455 Topics in Public Health (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-H 456 Healthcare Reimbursement (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 353 or SPEA-H 350)

One of the following courses:

• Any course not selected from the list above (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• BUS-J 375 Strategic Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-P 300 (or P304 Honors) Operations Management (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 321 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• BIOT-T 312 Societal Issues in Biotechnology (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 358 Social Issues in Health and Medicine (3 cr.)
• STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences (3 cr.)
• SPH-B 403 Public Health Program Planning (3 cr.)

Homeland Security Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security Policy and Practice (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses (6 cr.). At least one of these two must be a SPEA course. These courses are separated into pathways to assist students in selecting courses, but students are free to choose any two courses.

PATH 1 –Security and Infrastructure Emphasis

• SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 272 Terrorism and Public Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 414 National Security Bureaucracy and Policy (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 456 Topics in Law Policy (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (1-6 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics; no more than 3 credit hours of overseas study may be applied to this minor)
• ILS-Z 221 Intelligence Analytics (3 cr.)
• INFO-I 230 Analytical Foundations of Security (3 cr.) (P: INFO-I 101)
• POLS-Y 311 Democracy & National Security (3 cr.)
• CJUS-P 307 Policing Democracies (3 cr.)
  
  

PATH 2 –Disaster Management Emphasis

• SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-E 412 Risk Communications (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 418 Vector-based GIS (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 389 Risk and Hazard Mitigation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• INFO-I 426 Informatics in Disasters and Emergency Response (3 cr.)

Requirements (Five courses)
 
The following three courses:

• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 477 Strategic Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)

Two of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 432 Labor Relations in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 457 Human Resources Training and Development (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 476 Compensation Strategy and Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 478 Employment Law for Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 479 Employee Recruitment and Selection in the Public Sector (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Information Systems Minor

Requirements (five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-V 261 Using IT in Public Affairs (3 cr.) or BUS-K 201 The Computer in Business (3 cr.) or CSCI-A 110 Introduction to Computers and Computing (3 cr.) (P: One year high school algebra or MATH-M 014) or CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming I (4 cr.) (P: Two years high school math or MATH-M 014) or INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics and Computing (4 cr.)
• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 261 or SPEA-V 369 or BUS-K 201 or CSCI-A 110 or INFO-I 110)

Six credits of the following courses:

• SPEA-E 400 Intro to Coding for Environment and Policy (1 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Python Programming for Env and Policy (1 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Using R for Env and Policy (1 cr.)
• SPEA-E 400 Topics in Env Studies (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based GIS (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 415 Data Science in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Human Resources Information Systems (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 461 Cloud Computing Applications in Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 261 or SPEA-V 369 or BUS-K A 201 or CSCI-A 110 or INFO-I 110)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems (3 cr.) (SPEA-V 261 or SPEA-V 369 or BUS-K 201 or CSCI-A 110 or INFO-I 101)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Law and Public Policy Minor

Requirements (Five courses)
 
The following two courses:

• SPEA-V 184 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 339 Legal History and Public Policy (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)

Three of the following courses, two of which must include SPEA courses:

• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-H 341 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-H 124)
• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 405 Public Law and the Legislative Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 406 Public Law and the Electoral Process (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Advocacy, Policy Change, and Government Relations (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184 or SPEA-V 203)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 425 Homeland Security: Policy and Practice (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 478 Employment Law for Human Resource Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 184)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
• MSCH-J 300 Communications Law (3 cr.)
• POLS-Y 317 Voting Elections and Public Opinion (3 cr.)
• POLS-Y 318 American Presidency (3 cr.)
• SOC-S 326 Law and Society (3 cr.)

Leadership, Advocacy, and Public Service Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-V 203 The call of Public Service: History, Philosophy, Values, and Outcomes (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 407 Advocacy, Policy Change, and Government Relations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses (one of which must be a SPEA course):

• SPEA-A 241 Community Engagement in the Art (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 326 Communication for Government and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation & Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 447 Leadership, Teamwork, and Diversity (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 448 Inclusive Leadership (3 cr.)
• ENG-R 228 Argumentation & Public Policy (3 cr.)
• ENG-R 330 Science, Advocacy, and the Public (3 cr.)
• MIL-G 201 Innovative Tactical Leadership (2 cr.)

Nonprofit Management and Leadership Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 181 U.S. Policy & Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 182 Policy-making around the World: Comparative and International Approaches (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 185 Management of Public Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)

The following two courses:

• SPEA-V 221 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)
• SPEA-V 356 Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 434 NGO Management for International Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Nonprofit Resource Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics) 
• SPEA-V 454 Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.) (R: SPEA-V 221 or SPEA-V 362)
• SPEA-V 458 Fund Development for Nonprofits (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Policy Studies Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

• SPEA-V 181 US Policy & Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 182 Policy-making around the World: Comparative and International Approaches (3 cr.)

The following course:

• ECON-E 251 Fundamental of Economics (3 cr.) or ECON-B 251 Fundamental of Economics for Business I (3 cr.)

• SPEA-V 348 Management Science (3 cr.) (P: SPEA- K 300, MATH-M 025, or MATH-M 118)
• SPEA-V 370 Research Methods and Statistical Modeling (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-K 300 or equivalent)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 386 Case Studies for Policy Analysis (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 449 Senior Policy Seminar (3 cr.)

Public and Environmental Affairs Minor

This minor is for non-O'Neill students only.

Requirements (Five courses)

One of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 181 US Policy & Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 182 Policy-making around the World: Comparative and International Approaches (3 cr.)

• SPEA-E 183 Environment and People (3 cr.)

Three of the following courses:

Any three SPEA courses, at least two of which must be at the 3-400 level. (Please consult your school’s policy on upper-level courses. College of Arts and Sciences students are required to take three upper-level courses). Students may refer to O’Neill majors or other minors to look for courses grouped by field of study.

Public Financial Management Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following four courses:

• SPEA-V 186 Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance for Public Affairs
• SPEA-V 246 Elements of Governmental and Nonprofit Financial Accounting Cycle (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)

One of the following courses: 

• SPEA-V 346 Introduction to Government Accounting and Financial Reporting (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246)
• SPEA-V 371 Financing Public Affairs (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)
• SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)required for major
• SPEA-V 439 Debates in Public Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 202)

Public Management and Leadership Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

The following three courses:

• SPEA-V 181 US Policy & Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 185 Management of Public Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 404 Advanced Public Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)

• SPEA-V 184 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 236 Managing and Leading Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 336 Managing External Collaboration and Networks (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 185)
• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 361 Financial Management (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 246 or BUS-A 201)
• SPEA-V 369 Managing Information Technology (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 373 Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 374 Intermediate Public Budgeting & Finance (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 186)
• SPEA-V 379 Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 432 Labor Relations in the Public Sector (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 373)
• SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 443 Managing Workforce Diversity (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 261 or SPEA-V 369 or BUS-K A 201 or CSCI-A 110 or INFO-I 101)
• SPEA-V 481 Grant Writing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Urban Planning and Community Development Minor

Requirements (Five courses)

Each of the following courses:

• SPEA-V 161 Urban Problems and Solutions (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 365 Urban Development and Planning (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-V 161)
• SPEA-V 462 Community Development (3 cr.)

Two of the following courses:

• GEOG-G 314 Urban Geography (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 418 Vector-based GIS (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 275 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 340 Urban Government Administration (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 412 Leadership and Ethics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 421 Metropolitan Development (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 437 Public Transportation (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (1-3 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)
• SPEA-V 470 Community Development Workshop (3 cr.)
• SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs (0-15 cr.) (approved topics only; consult SPEA advisor; repeatable with different topics)

Water Resources Science, Policy, and Management Minor

Requirements

• EAS-E 118 Sustainability: Water Resources (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 259 or GEOG G-347 Water Security and Sustainability (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 260 Introduction to Water Resources (3 cr.)

• EAS-A 340/GEOG-G 304 Physical Meterology and Climatology (3 cr.)
• EAS-A 466 Hydrometeorology (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 451 Principles of Hydrogeology (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 467 Ecohydrology (3 cr.)
• EAS-X 429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains (6 cr.)

• SPEA-E 355 Introduction to Limnology* (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 440 Wetland Ecology and Management (4 cr.)
• SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis – Aquatic (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 455 Limnology* (4 cr.) (P: BIOL-L 111 (or equivalent) and CHEM-C 117 (or equivalent), or permission of the instructor)

• GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 453 Water and Society (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.)
• SPH-O 305 Integrated Resource Management (3 cr.)

Complete three additional credits (to meet the total requirement of 15 credit hours, 3 additional credit hours are required. These 3 credits can be satisfied by taking any of the courses from the core or Categories 1-3 above. Additionally, the following courses that may be used toward the total credit requirement to provide breadth or depth of understanding in the area of Water Resources Science, Policy, and Management):

• EAS-A 476 Climate Change Science (3 cr.)
• EAS-E 415 Principles of Geomorphology (3 cr.)
• EAS-X 329 Field Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 302 Sustainability Law & Policy (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis (3 cr.)
• GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts (3 cr.)
• PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 402 Water Quality Modeling (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.) (P: SPEA-E 272)
• SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 470 Elements of Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)
• SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation (3 cr.)
• SPH-O 244 Natural History (3 cr.)
• SPH-O 310 Ecosystem Management (3 cr.)
• SPH-O 343/CLLC-L 300 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 214 Environmental Regulations and Code Compliance (3 cr.)
• SPH-V 443 Environmental Sampling and Analysis (3 cr.)

Additional requirements:

• At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–400 level.
• At least 9 credit hours must be completed on the Bloomington campus.
• Any course in which the student earns a grade below C– may not be used to fulfill a minor requirement.
• The grade point average of all courses taken in the minor must be equal or greater to 2.000.
• Substitutions for core and category 1-3 courses for extenuating circumstances may be made with approval of the program director