IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2010-2012

Undergraduate Programs

Minors

Philanthropic Studies

The undergraduate minor in philanthropic studies provides students with a general knowledge of the history, culture, and values of philanthropy. The minor provides an interdisciplinary framework for School of Liberal Arts majors for whom the study of history, culture, civil society, or values overlaps their own disciplines. It also attracts students from other majors who wish to incorporate an interdisciplinary component into their professional training. Students should declare their intention to pursue the minor in a letter addressed to the chair of the philanthropic studies faculty.

Requirements for the minor include 15 credit hours. A grade of C or higher must be earned in each course counted toward the minor. Because the subject of philanthropy is inherently interdisciplinary, no more than two courses may be taken in any one department.

Students may petition the chair of the philanthropic studies faculty to replace an existing course option.

Core Courses

Students are required to include at least two of the following four courses:

• ECON E414 Economics of Nonprofit Organizations
• HIST H415 History of Philanthropy in the West or
• HIST A421 History of American Philanthropy
• POLS Y378 Problems in Public Policy: Civil Society and Public Policy in the United States
• PHST P330 Topics in Philanthropic Studies

Elective Courses

• ENG L431 Topics in Literary Study: Philanthropy and Literature
• PHST P430 Topics in Philanthropic Studies
• REL R366 Religion and Civil Society
• SOC R295 Topics in Sociology: Sociology of Altruism, Voluntarism, and Pro-Social Behavior