The Public Leadership Minor requires a total of 21 credits hours — 18 credit hours of coursework plus an internship with a public policy focus, which is graded S/U. Coursework in the minor’s subjects must be completed with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Students must complete a minimum of 6 credits of coursework exclusive to the minor that cannot count toward their major(s) or other minors.
Students pursuing the minor are also expected to attend events offered by the Bob Graham Center, such as public lectures, lunch-and-learns and workshops. These events provide an opportunity to interact with opinion leaders and experts on topics of current interest.
Required Courses (12 credits)
- AMH 3423 Florida Since 1845 (3)
- ENC 3254 Professional Writing in the Discipline (3)
- POS 3263 Policy, Ethics and Public Leadership (3)
- PUP 3002 Current Controversies in Public Policy (3)
Internship (3 credits)
- Select one (S/U only)
- POS 4940 Political Internship
- IDS 4940 Internship
- IDH 4940 Internship
Substantive Policy Elective (3 credits)
- CPO 4793 Environmental Politics in the Global South
- ECO 2310 Economics of Sustainability
- ECP 3302 Environmental Economics and Resource Policy
- IDS 2338 Democratic Engagement and Public Leadership (Online)
- INR 4204 Comparative Foreign Policy
- INR 4303 The Making of American Foreign Policy
- JOU 4930 Special Study in Journalism
- PAD 3003 Intro to Public Administration
- POS 4074 Latino Politics and Policy
- POS 4077 African American Politics and Policy
- POS 4931 Special Topics
- POS 4424 Legislative Politics
- POS 4931 Special Topics: Food Politics
- POS 4931 Special Topics: Religion and Public Policy
- PUP 3323 Women in Politics
- PUP 4224 Florida Environmental Politics
- PUP 4404 Politics of Education
- SYO 3534 Poverty
- WST 3663 Gender and Food Politics
Substantive Policy or Leadership Elective (3 credits)
- AEC 3414 Leadership Development
- AEC 4417 Leadership for Personal and Organizational Change
- AEC 4465 Global Leadership