Public Policy and Management (Minor)

Program Description

In an age of increasing public-private cooperation, with the traditional lines between government, business, and the nonprofit sectors blurred, NYU Wagner and the NYU Stern School of Business offer a collaborative undergraduate minor in Public Policy and Management.

Recognizing that many students will move fluidly between public and private realms in their professional work, this joint minor is designed to offer broad exposure to and preparation in both. Students electing this minor may choose from a carefully selected range of Wagner and Stern policy, management, and business courses. Among the first collaboration of its kind among US universities, this genuinely interdisciplinary program showcases both the business/management acumen and public service passion of these leading NYU professional schools.

Minor Declaration

Students can apply for the minor via NYU Albert in the My Academics section of the Student Center.

Program Requirements

A minimum 14 total credits comprising from four courses is required from the list below (8 credits from Wagner and 6-8 credits from Stern). 

Note: Stern students cannot double count required core or major courses toward this minor.

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Minor Requirements
Select one of the following introductory courses:		4
MGMT-UB 1	Management and Organizations
UPADM-GP 101	The Politics of Public Policy
UPADM-GP 103	Introduction to Managing Public Service Organizations
Stern Electives
Choose one 3-4 credit course at Stern (two if intro course is from Wagner)		3-8
ACCT-UB 1	Prin of Financial Acctg 1
BSPA-UB 43	Economic Inequality: Perspectives & Practices
BSPA-UB 68	Sustainability for Competitive Advantage
BSPA-UB 103	Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; Fall only)
BSPA-UB 2000	Social Entrepreneurship Ghana (SEG) (Spring only)
ECON-UB 216	Business and Public Policy
ECON-UB 225	Business and The Environment
MGMT-UB 1	Management and Organizations (if not taken as the core course) 1
MGMT-UB 7	Managing People & Teams at Work
MGMT-UB 18	Strategic Analysis
MGMT-UB 21	Managerial Skills
MGMT-UB 25	Managing Change
MGMT-UB 30	Negotiation & Consensus Building
MGMT-UB 66	Power & Politics
MKTG-UB 1	Intro to Marketing 1
Wagner Electives 2
Choose one of the following 4 credit courses at Wagner (two if intro course is from Stern):		4-8
UPADM-GP 102	Introduction to Social Impact
UPADM-GP 140	The Economics of Public Policy
UPADM-GP 209	The American Presidency
UPADM-GP 215	The Politics of New York
UPADM-GP 219	Segregation and Public Policy in the American City
UPADM-GP 226	Leadership: Women and Public Policy
UPADM-GP 236	Topics in Health: Policy, Politics and Power
UPADM-GP 242	The Business of Nonprofit Management
UPADM-GP 269	How to Change the World: Advocacy Movements and Social Innovation
UPADM-GP 275	Contemporary Global Crises & Humanitarian Politics
UPADM-GP 282	Moving NYC: Travel Behavior and Policy in New York City
UPADM-GP 430	Intelligence and National Security Policymaking
Total Credits		14

¹

This course may not be taken by Stern students to satisfy minor requirements.

²

See Public Policy & Management Minor for detailed course descriptions and prerequisites.

Policies

Program Policies

Minor Policies

1. Credit toward the minors is not given for courses completed with a grade of less than C, or for courses taken on a pass/fail basis. 
2. Students can count one course in a minor towards the requirements of another major or minor. Students intending to double count any courses would also need to contact the other major or minor’s department to ask if, and to what extent, that department permits overlapping courses.

Students who have declared interdisciplinary minors in partnership with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service follow the academic policies set forth by the home school.

See Undergraduate for schools and policies.

NYU Policies

University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.

Stern Policies

Additional academic policies can be found on the Stern Undergraduate academic policies page.