Public Policy Minor

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