Public Policy

Minor in Public Policy

An 18-credit undergraduate minor in public policy is open to students in all disciplines. In addition to the Core Requirements, students need to take one course in each of the four basic skill areas (political, economic, quantitative and normative analysis).

• Core Requirements

• PUPOL 10000 - Introduction to Public Policy
• PUPOL 40000 - Capstone Seminar

• One Course in American Government and Politics

• POLSC 11000 - American Government: A Historical Introduction (W)

• One Course in Economic Analysis

• ECO 20000 - Principles of Microeconomics

• One Course in Quantitative Analysis

• ECO 22100 - Economic Statistics
• POLSC 20600 - Research Design in Political Science (W)
• SOC 24000 - Introduction to Research Methods
• STAT 21300 (STEM) - Introduction to Applied Statistics

• One Course in Normative, Ethical, and Value Analysis. Such courses include but are not limited to:

• PHILO 10600 - Philosophy, Politics and Society
• PHILO 24400 - Moral Philosophy (W)
• PHILO 10400 - Introduction to Ethics
• SOC 21800 - Social Inequality
• POLSC 31100 - Utopian Theory (W)
• POLSC 30500 - Democratic Theory (W)

Certificate in Public Policy: Substantive Policy Specialization

For the Public Policy Certificate each student will take the 6 core courses (18 credits) for the Minor and will be required to declare a substantive area of specialization comprised of 3 courses (9 credits) of additional course work. These may be grounded in a particular discipline or disciplines and should be at the 300-level or by permission of the program director. Or a student may use the substantive specialization to take advantage of clusters of expertise that exist across several Hunter departments. Examples of the latter include (but are not limited to) immigration, health, aging, gender studies, macroeconomics, public finance, economic development, social welfare, public law, human rights, ethics, international relations, international trade, education, urban affairs, environmental studies, and labor. Courses designated for the substantive specialization need approval by the director of the program.

Additional Opportunities

The Public Policy Program offers other unique opportunities to its students in the form of conferences, lectures, brown bag seminars, internships and travel. These options are designed to enrich and supplement the students’ experiences at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute.