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and Sciences. Open to all
undergraduate students, the minor offers both a studio
and a liberal arts concentration.
Legal Studies and History
The History Department of the
College of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton
School’s Legal Studies Department jointly sponsor
this University minor. As an academic subject, law
stands at a disciplinary crossroads where many of the
liberal arts and social sciences intersect. This minor
seeks to expose students to multiple points of view
about law and public policy as general preparation for
careers or graduate studies in law, government,
journalism, health care, business, international
affairs, or the nonprofit sector. Additional
information about the minor can be viewed online at http://lgst.wharton.upenn.
edu/Programs_concentrations& minors_minor_req.htm.
Nursing and Health Services
Management
With the rise of managed care in
the United States, it is important for health
professionals and those associated with health care
delivery to understand not only the clinical factors
that affect patients, but also the business environment
in which health care institutions function.
Recognizing this fact, the School of Nursing, the
Wharton School, and the College of Arts and Sciences
offer the University Minor in Nursing and Health
Services Management. The minor consists of eight
courses which allow students from throughout the
University to understand the nature of the economic and
managerial constraints that face health care
organizations and how these constraints can be
effectively managed to provide the best possible health
care for patients. Additional information about
the minor can be found in the School of Nursing
Undergraduate Student Handbook, available online at http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/ students/handbooks/.
Nutrition
Because nutrition plays an
integral role in so many aspects of human existence,
Penn's University Minor in Nutrition is designed to
cross academic disciplines and break traditional
academic boundaries. Jointly sponsored by the
School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Nursing,
the Nutrition minor presents a broad view of the field,
and illustrates the pervasiveness of nutrition-related
issues in such diverse disciplines as anthropology,
economics, folklore, history, physiology, health care
and public policy. The University Minor in Nutrition is
designed to give each student flexibility in his or her
course selection. An advising program encourages
students to take maximum advantage of this flexibility
by helping them select the courses that best complement
their career goals. Additional information about
the minor is available at www.nursing.upenn.edu/nutrition/.
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Organizations and Environmental
Management
The Earth and Environmental
Science Department, in cooperation with the Wharton
School and the School of Engineering, offers a
University Minor in Organizations and Environmental
Management, to address the growing importance of the
environment as a factor in organizational
decision-making. It allows students both to understand
the nature of the environmental constraints that face
organizations and individuals in the modern world, and
to understand how these constraints can effectively be
considered as part of the decision-making process in
organizations. The minor consists of six courses
designed to give students broad exposure to an
interdisciplinary approach to the study of the
environment. All students must take at least two
Wharton courses to fulfill the requirements for the minor. Additional information is available online at http: //environment.wharton.upenn.edu/Courses _undergrad_minor.htm.
Urban Education
The crisis in American education
continues to confound major sectors of American life.
National attention has engaged various constituencies
– business organizations, local, state and
federal governments, teacher’s unions and
associations, and universities – in trying to
understand and ameliorate public education. At Penn,
students and faculty have become deeply involved in
local schools through community service, research, and
academically-based service learning. In response to
student interest in community and education issues, the
College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of
Education offer an interdisciplinary minor in Urban
Education. This seven-course undergraduate minor offers
students a unique opportunity to bridge learning
between the classroom and the community. Additional
information is available online at http://www.sas.upenn.edu/urban
/minor-education.html.
Urban Real Estate and Development
The University Minor in Urban
Real Estate and Development, sponsored by the Real
Estate Department (the Wharton School) and the Urban
Studies Department (College of Arts and Sciences) is
designed to enable students to combine an interest in
urban public policy issues with an understanding of
real estate development. Additional information is
available online at www.sas.upenn.edu/urban.
JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS
Computer and Cognitive Science
This program combines either the
Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) or the Bachelor of
Science in Engineering (BSE) from Penn Engineering with
a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the College of Arts and
Sciences in
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