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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Policy Minor

Political Science Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 24 credits from eight courses including one foundations course, one statistics course, one economics course, and five area electives.

Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor.

Course Requirements

Foundations Course (3 Credits)

POLSCI 203 Public Policy (A) 3 Credit(s)

Statistics Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

ECON 205 Statistical Methods 3 Credit(s)
or
PSYCH 370 Statistics 3 Credit(s)
or
SOCIOL 350 Elements of Social Statistics 3 Credit(s)

Economics Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
or
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)

Area Electives (15 Credits)

Take five courses from the list below.

At least one course must be from the Area I: Ethics and Public Policy and at least two other areas must be used.

At least two courses used for this requirement must be at the 300-level or higher.

Area I: Ethics and Public Policy

ANTH 352 Applied Social Anthropology 3 Credits
PHIL 215 Philosophical Foundations of Public Policy 3 Credits
PHIL 222 Moral Issues in Medicine 3 Credits

Area II: Urban and Regional Policy

ANTH 353 Urban Anthropology 3 Credits
AFRSTY 320 Problems in Urban Education 3 Credits
AFRSTY 410 African-American Urban Politics 3 Credits
ECON 318 The Economics of State and Local Governments 3 Credits
ENVSCI 340 Planning and Land Use Law 3 Credits
ENVSCI 375 Urban Planning 3 Credits
POLSCI 340 Boston: Cooperation and Conflict in the Urban Environment (A) 3 Credits
POLSCI 344 Problems of Urban Politics (A) 3 Credits

Area III: Environmental Policy

ECON 345L Natural Resources & Sustainable Development 3 Credits
ECON 349L Economic Approaches to Environmental Problems 3 Credits
ENVSCI 324 Coastal Zone Management 3 Credits
ENVSCI 340 Planning and Land Use Law 3 Credits
PHIL 220 Environmental Ethics 3 Credits

Area IV: Social Welfare Policy

ANTH 301L Childhood in America 3 Credits
ANTH 352 Applied Social Anthropology 3 Credits
ANTH 353 Urban Anthropology 3 Credits
ECON 380 Health Economics 3 Credits
ECON 420 Gender and Economics 3 Credits
ECON 395 The Economics of Social Welfare 3 Credits
POLSCI 322 Politics of Poverty and U.S. Social Welfare Policy 3 Credits
POLSCI 335 Law and Public Policy (A) 3 Credits
SOCIOL 160 Social Problems 3 Credits
WGS 260 Women’s Health Care 3 Credits

Area V: Public Administration Management

ANTH 615 Public Archaeology 3 Credits (see graduate catalog)
ECON 417 Public Finance 3 Credits
POLSCI 311 Political Parties (A) 3 Credits
POLSCI 318 The Legislative Process (A) 3 Credits
POLSCI 324 The American Presidency (A) 3 Credits
POLSCI 325 Public Administration (A) 3 Credits