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Public Policy

Associate Professor: Payne (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, PSCI 220, 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 four 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:
CJCR 201  Policing and Society
CJCR 203  Correctional Systems
CJCR 300  Criminology
CJCR 341  Crime Prevention
ECON 224  Urban Economics
ECON 225  Environmental Economics
ECON 337  Public Finance
HIST 230  African American History
HIST 338  Rights, Reform, and Protest
HIST 404  Modern America
PHIL 334  Contemporary Political Philosophy
PSCI 211  State and Local Government
PSCI 231  Law in America
PSCI 316  Public Opinion and Polling
SOC 210  Sociology of Mental Health
SOC 220  Sociology of Family
SOC 228  Aging and Society
SOC 310  Medical Sociology
SOC 334  American Immigration

International Public Policy Minor

Students are required to take PSCI 140 or PSCI 160, PSCI 261, ECON 110, 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 four core courses, students are also required to take three electives from the following list. The three electives must be from three different departments. Only one elective may count toward any other major or minor program of student study.

International Public Policy Electives:
ANTH 103  Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 230  Anthropology of Latin America
ANTH 232  Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 334  Economic Anthropology
ECON 343  International Trade
HIST 217  20th Century Europe
HIST 232  Rise of Islam
HIST 243  Asia in a Global Context
HIST 246  Africa and the World
PHIL 334  Contemporary Political Philosophy
PSCI 242  Human Rights
PSCI 245  Latin American Politics
PSCI 341  Women and the Law
PSCI 342  Civil Conflict