Minor in Public Policy

Core Requirements

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).

• PUPOL 10000 Introduction to Public Policy 
• PUPOL 40000 Capstone Seminar  
• POLSC 11000 American Government: A Historical Introduction (W)  
• ECO 20000 Principles of Microeconomics  
• Choose one course in Quantitative Analysis:  ECO 22100 Economic Statistics  -or- POLSC 20600 Research Design in Political Science (W)   -or- SOC 21800 Social Inequality   -or- STAT 21300 (STEM) Introduction to Applied Statistics  
• Choose one course in Normative, Ethical, and Value Analysis. Such courses include but are not limited to: PHILO 10400 Introduction to Ethics and Moral Judgment  -or- PHILO 10600 Philosophy, Politics and Society  -or-PHILO 24400 Moral Philosophy (W)   -or-  SOC 21800 Social Inequality  -or- POLSC 30500 Democratic Theory (W)  -or- POLSC 31100 Utopian Theory (W)