Public Policy B.A.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 102	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHIL 206	Ethics	3	Fall, Spring.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 355	Policy Formation Process	4	Spring.
POL 456W	Policy Analysis	4	Fall.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 111	Careers in Politics and Public Policy	1	Annually.
SOC 215	Careers and the Social Sciences	1	Annually.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 206	State and Local Government	4	Every third semester.
POL 331	Courts and Public Policy	4	Fall.
POL 354	Interest Group Politics	4	Fall (alternate years).
POL 357	The American Presidency	4	As needed.
POL 358	The American Congress	4	Every third semester.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 404	Social Data Analysis	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
COMM 201W	Writing for Strategic Communication	4	Fall, Spring.
COMM 208	Public Presentations	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 230W	Workplace Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 231W	Multimodal Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 232W	Public and Community Writing	4	Spring.

Policy Concentration Areas (Choose ONE from A, B, C, D, E or F)

 

B. Criminal Justice Policy

THREE COURSES FROM

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 207	Crime and Criminal Justice	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 340	Police and Policing	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 341	Sociology of Punishment	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 342	Women, Crime, and Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 343	Juveniles and Justice	4	As needed.
SOC 344	Race and Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 345	Victimology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 362W	Theories of Crime Seminar	4	Fall, Spring.

Or substitute a minor in Justice Studies (26-28 credits).

C. Environmental Policy

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 343	Environmental Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 347	Environmental Justice	4	Alternate years.
ECON 337	Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability	4	Annually (odd years).
	-Or-
ECON 437	Environmental Economics	4	As needed.
ENST 200W	Environmental Studies	4	Spring.
GEOG 100W	Introduction to Environmental Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
HPE 403	Environmental Health	3	Annually.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
PHIL 325	Environmental Ethics	3	Spring.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
	-Or-
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 349	Environmental Policy and Law	4	Early Spring.
SUST 200	Introduction to Sustainability	4	Annually.

Or substitute a minor in Environmental Studies (20 credits).

A. Social Policy

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
AGNG 314/NURS 314	Health and Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEND 100W	Gender and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEND 358	Gender-Based Violence	4	Alternate years.
POL 309	Gender and Politics in the U.S.	4	As needed.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 347	Political Activism and Social Justice	4	Spring (Alternate years).
SWRK 200	Introducing Social Work and Social Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
SWRK 301	Policy Analysis and Practice	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 314	The Sociology of Health and Illness	4	Annually.
SOC 320	Aging and the Law	4	Annually.
SOC 324	Immigration and Justice	4	Annually.

Or substitute a minor or CUS in Aging Studies (23-27 credits).

D. Economic Policy

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 235	Economics of Race and Gender	4	Spring.
ECON 331	Topics in Global Economics	4	Annually (even years).
MGT 341W	Business, Government, and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
	-Or-
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Or substitute a minor in Economics (22 credits), or a minor in International Business (25-38 credits).

E. Health Policy

THREE REQUIREMENTS from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 261	The Complexities of Global Health	4	Fall, Spring.
HCA 201W	Introduction to Health Care Systems	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HCA 302	Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 303W	Health Policy and Contemporary Issues	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 202W	Community/Public Health and Health Promotion	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 233	Social and Global Perspectives on Health	3	As needed.
HPE 403	Environmental Health	3	Annually.
HPE 416/GEND 416	Women’s Health	4	Annually.
NURS 314/AGNG 314	Health and Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
	-Or-
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 314	The Sociology of Health and Illness	4	Annually.

Or substitute a minor in Community and Public Health (18-20 credits), or a minor in Health Care Administration (24 credits).

F. Global/International Policy

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 331	Topics in Global Economics	4	Annually (even years).
GEND 245/POL 245	Gender and Global Politics	4	Spring (odd years).
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
GLOB 260	Global Studies and the World	4	Annually.
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
POL 103	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 267	Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity	4	Annually.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
	-Or-
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 341	Politics of Development	4	Spring.
POL 344	Human Rights	4	Spring (alternate years).
POL 345/INGO 300	International NGOs and Nonprofits	4	Fall.
POL 346	Foreign Policy	4	As needed.

Or substitute a minor in Geography (19 credits), a minor in Global Studies (22-24 credits), a minor in INGOs (19 credits) or a C.U.S. in INGOs (23-24- credits).

Total Credit Hours: 40-69