Public Policy

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Minor Requirements

Minor: Public Policy

Required Credits: 18

Core Courses
POLS 215Problems and Policies In American Government3
POLS 420Political Behavior-Executive-Legislative Process3
or POLS 422 State and Local Politics
or POLS 423 Public Policy Analysis
POLS 442Global Policy Issues3
or POLS 450 Politics of the Developing Countries
or POLS 452 Comparative Political Economy
Additional Public Policy Related Courses: Choose 3 classes from the following-at least one must be POLS 400 level9
Organizational Communication I
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes
Understanding Vulnerable Populations in Disasters
Social Problems
Global Social Problems
Sociology of Organizations and Work
Community Development
Social Inequality
Children, Families and Public Policy
Community Resources of Later Life
Law and Society *
Political Behavior-Executive-Legislative Process *
State and Local Politics *
Public Policy Analysis *
Crime and Public Policy *
Global Policy Issues *
Politics of the Developing Countries *
Comparative Political Economy *
Field Experience
Total Credits18

Program Notes:

  • Political Science majors cannot take courses in this minor that were used to satisfy major requirements.