Minor

The Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good interdisciplinary minor is a structured 18 credit program centered on one of three social impact focus areas:

  • Digital Economy, Social Innovation and Citizenship
  • Economic Development, Equality and Enterprise
  • Environmental and Economic Sustainability

Students must take the two required courses 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 Managing for Social Impact Program Directors prior to enrolling in the course.

Requests are reviewed during the Fall and Spring semesters. There is no guarantee that requests will be granted.

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.

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.

Pre-travel approval requests are reviewed during the Fall and Spring of the Academic year. There is no guarantee that requests will be granted.

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.