PUBLIC POLICY

Associate Professor: Ross (Coordinator)

Assistant Professor: Williamson (Coordinator)

Students may select either the Domestic Public Policy or International Public Policy minor. 

Domestic Public Policy Minor:

Students are required to take PSCI 110; either ECON 110 or 111; and MATH 123 or MATH 214. Students intending to pursue graduate work are strongly encouraged to enroll in MATH 214 and at least one social science research methods course. 

In addition to these three core courses, students are also required to take three electives from the following list. The three electives must be from three different departments, and at least one elective course must be numbered 300 or above. Only one elective may count toward any other major or minor program of student study.

Domestic Public Policy Electives:

CJ 201 Policing and Society

CJ 203 Correctional Systems

CJ 341 Crime Prevention

ECON 224 Urban Problems

ECON 225 Environmental Economics

ECON 337 Public Finance

HIST 230 African American History

HIST 247 Organized Crime

HIST 335 U.S. Since 1945

PHIL 334 Contemporary Political Philosophy

PSCI 211 State and Local Government

PSCI 213 Congressional Politics

PSCI 335 Law and Society

SOC 210 Mental Health and Illness

SOC 220 Sociology of Family

SOC 228 Aging and Society

SOC 300 Criminology

SOC 310 Medical Sociology

SOC 334 Race and Multicultural Relations

International Public Policy Minor:

Students are required to take PSCI 110; either ECON 110 or 111; and MATH 123 or MATH 214. Students intending to pursue graduate work are strongly encouraged to enroll in MATH 214 and at least one social science research methods course. 

 

In addition to these three core courses, students are also required to take three electivesfrom the following list. The three electives must be from at least two differentdepartments and at least one elective course must be numbered 300 or above. Only oneelective may count toward any other major or minor program of student study.

International Public Policy Electives:

       ECON 323       International Trade

       HIST 219         Contemporary Europe

       HIST 232         Rise of Islam

       HIST 240         Modern China

       PHIL 334         Contemporary Political Philosophy

       PSCI 221         Comparative Politics and Geography

       PSCI 225         International Relations

       PSCI 439         American Foreign Policy