Minor in Public Service
The Public Service Minor is a Liberal Arts Minor with a focus on civic engagement and making a positive impact in the world. This minor offers courses across academic disciplines that help prepare students for lifelong service in a variety of forms – including volunteering, activism, or a career working to advance the public well-being.
To declare the minor, students need to file the Minor Declaration Form with the Registrar’s Office.
Required Course
- PAF 3006 Public Service and Why it Matters
Electives (choose one)
- PAF 3005 Public Service in New York City
- PAF 3020 Ethics and Civic Engagement
- PAF 3021 Civic Engagement with Participatory Budgeting
- PAF 3110 Advocacy and Protest in Social Movements
- PAF 3115 Innovation and Change for Social Impact
- BLS/LTS 3020 Climate Justice
- COM 3020 Advocacy Communication
- COM 3070 Persuasion
- JRN 3050 Journalistic Reporting and Writing
- JRN 3202 Covering Wealth and Poverty
- JRN 3530 Journalistic Podcasting
- JRN 3800 Covering Climate Change
- LAW3400 Sustainability and the Law
- PHI/POL 3235 Truth and Politics
- PHI 3200 Ethics, the Environment, and Public Policy
- PHI 3055 Art and Public Policy
- POL 3005 Social Welfare Policy
- POL 3220 State and Local Government
- POL 3318 Immigration and Integration in the United States
- POL 3422 Urban Public Policy
Capstone Course
- PAF 4403/ POL 4403 Public Service Capstone/Capstone in Public Service
Contact
To request information on the minor in Public Service, please email mspia.bspa@baruch.cuny.edu
