(12 credit hours) Students in doctoral programs at Indiana University may, with the consent of their advisory committee, choose urban affairs as an outside minor. The minor is flexible and is designed by students and their advisors in accordance with students’ needs.

Requirements

1. The doctoral candidate must secure an advisor from the faculty of the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. This faculty advisor serves as the school’s representative in all examinations or other minor program requirements of the candidate’s Ph.D. program. The advisor determines the character of the minor examination (if any), participates in the candidate’s oral examinations, and certifies that the candidate has met the requirements of the minor.
2. The candidate must take at least 12 credit hours of gradu­ate-level courses related to urban affairs. The selection of courses must be approved by the candidate’s O'Neill advisor.
3. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (B) must be maintained.
4. Regardless of the minor chosen, students taking a 500-level course (and SPEA-M 602) are required to show that they have completed doctoral-level work in conjunction with the course in order to count the course for the minor. Students must alert the instructor to their doctoral status and request additional/alternative assignments. If the instructor is unwilling to do this, the student should select a different course in conjunction with the candidate’s advisor.