Eleven courses plus an internship for academic credit are required for the Public Policy major.
Foundational Required Courses
- PP 221 Introduction to Public Policy
- PP 251 Research Design
- POL 101, 103, or 104
- ECON 103 or 105
Advanced Required Courses
- PP 305 Advanced Public Policy Analysis & Communication
- PP 306 The Public & Its Problems
Ethics and Values (choose one)
- PP/REL 227 Ethics, Religion, and Society
- PP/PHIL 230 Ethics
- PHIL 232 Environmental Philosophy
- PP/SOC 237 Health, Medicine, and Society
- PP/SOC 247 Environment, Society, and Justice
- PP/REL 327 Ethics, Religion, and Society
- PP/REL 362 Violence/Non-Violence
- MGMT 396 Social Justice, Ethics, and Business
Societal-Level Policy Analysis (choose one)
- ECON 104
- POL 242 US Foreign Policy
- PP/SOC 247 Environment, Society, and Justice
- PP/ECON 258 Energy and Security
- PP/ECON 265 Financial Regulation Policy
- PP/ECON 270 Health Economics and Health Care Policy
- PP/SOC 318 Theories of Capitalism (***pre-req does not apply to PP majors***)
- PP/HS/PHP 323 Social Determinants of Health
- PP/ES 333 Environmental Policy
- PP/ECON 341 Environmental Economics
- PP/ECON 343 Energy Economics and Public Policy
- PP/ECON 346 Economics and Science and Innovation Policy
Two Public Policy Electives (choose from the following pre-approved courses or seek approval of electives through your adviser)
Any courses listed above that are not being used to satisfy a requirement, any courses offered in the Public Policy or Public Health Policy Departments, or any courses approved by your Public Policy faculty adviser. Pre-approved courses include those listed above, plus:
| ES 196 Environmental Science and Society |
| PP 201 (rotating topics courses |
| POL/WGS 213 Women, War, and Peace |
| PP 219 Global Media Industries |
| PP/PHP 222 Health Organizations and Policy |
| PP/POL 225 U.S. Constitutional Law I (powers & constraints) |
| PP/SOC 262 Social Development of Latin America |
| PP/SOC 276 Social and Political Problems: The Case of Mexico |
| PP/POL 299 Judicial Process & Policy |
| PP 301 (rotating topics course) |
| MGT 303 Systems Thinking |
| ES 309 Marine and Freshwater Fisheries |
| PP/POL 322 U.S. Constitutional Law II (civil rights & liberties) |
| PP 344 National Security Policy |
| PP/POL 375 Constitutional Police Procedure |
| PP 377 Education Policy |
| POL 399 First Amendment Politics & Policy |
| POL 499 Legal Analysis |
Internship Experience
- PP 470 Individualized Study – Internship (enrollment through Center for Career Engagement or Center for Global Education, depending on nature of internship)
Capstone
- PP 401 Capstone