Minor
The Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good interdisciplinary minor is a structured 18 credit program.
Students must take the two required courses (Managing for Social Impact and Leading for Social Impact) described below and earn at least 12 additional credits by taking elective courses. No more than three credits in this minor may be applied to fulfilling the requirements for another major or minor or Core requirement.
Elective credit will only be granted for courses taken from the approved electives list available below. Students who would like to inquire about the possibility of receiving elective credit for a course that does not appear on the electives list must submit a course pre-approval form to initiate a request with the Program Director prior to enrolling in the course. To count for an elective, the course must primarily aim to analyze and address a contemporary moral, political or social problem.
Required Foundation Course
Managing for Social Impact (BSLW 3345) is offered in the fall and spring.
Required Senior Seminar
Leading for Social Impact (BSLW 6001) must be taken in the spring of the student's senior year and includes an off-site practicum.
Required Electives
Students must also complete 12 credits from a basket of approved elective courses that span across the university. See link below for the current elective offerings.
Study Abroad
One elective towards the minor can be taken abroad if the course content is comparable to that of a Boston College elective for the student’s focus area. Credit for study abroad requires pre-travel approval and post-travel course approval from the Directors of the Managing for Social Impact program. Students must submit a course pre-approval form to initiate a request and begin the pre-travel approval process before going abroad and enrolling in the course. If pre-travel approval is granted, credit for courses taken abroad will only be granted upon the student’s return from the program, based on the graded work completed for the course.