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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Public Policy Minor
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Minor Requirements
Complete 18 credits from six courses including one foundations course, one statistics course, one economics course, and three area electives.
GPA: A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for all courses in the minor.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least three courses applied toward the minor must be completed at UMass Boston
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor. At least two courses applied toward the minor must be at the 300-level or higher.
Course limits: No more than four courses from the same department may be applied toward the minor.
Foundations Course (3 Credits)
Statistics Course (3 Credits)
Take one course from the list below.
Economics Course (3 Credits)
Area Electives (9 Credits)
Take three courses from the list below.
Courses applied toward this requirement must be from at least two areas.
Area I: Ethics and Public Policy
- ANTH 352 - Applied Social Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
- PHIL 108 - Moral and Social Problems 3 Credit(s)
- PHIL 215 - Philosophical Foundations of Public Policy 3 Credit(s)
- PHIL 222 - Moral Issues in Medicine 3 Credit(s)
Area II: Urban and Regional Policy
- ANTH 353 - Urban Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
- AFRSTY 320 - Problems in Urban Education 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 318 - The Economics of State and Local Governments 3 Credit(s)
- ENVSCI 340L - Planning and Land Use Law 3 Credit(s)
- ENVSCI 375L - Urban Planning 3 Credit(s)
- POLSCI 340 - Boston: Cooperation and Conflict in the Urban Environment (A) 3 Credit(s)
- POLSCI 344 - Problems of Urban Politics (A) 3 Credit(s)
Area III: Environmental Policy
- ECON 345L - Natural Resources and Sustainability 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 349L - Economic Approaches to Environmental Problems 3 Credit(s)
- PHIL 220 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit(s)
Area IV: Social Welfare Policy
- ANTH 301L - Childhood in America 3 Credit(s)
- 3 Credit(s)
- 3 Credits
- ECON 480 - Health Economics 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 395 - The Economics of Social Welfare 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 420 - Gender and Economics 3 Credit(s)
- POLSCI 335 - Law and Public Policy (A) 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 160 - Social Problems 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 260 - Gender, Sexuality, and Health: Feminist Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
- POLSCI 325 - Public Administration (A) 3 Credit(s)
Area VI: Comparative and International Public Policy
- ANTH 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
- ANTH 346 - Culture, Globalization, and the Environment 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 334 - International Trade 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 335 - International Finance 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 336 - Economic Development 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 337 - Emerging Economies in Asia 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 338 - The Latin American Economy 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 339 - Political Economy of International Migration 3 Credit(s)
- ECON 372 - Comparative Economic Systems 3 Credit(s)
- ENVSCI 260 - Global Environmental Change 3 Credit(s)
- HIST 290G - Globalization in Historical Perspective 3 Credit(s)
- POLSCI 265L - World War II Internment of Japanese Americans (A) 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
- SOCIOL 372 - Globalization and Social Change 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
Internships: Students pursuing an internship with a public policy dimension may receive up to six credits toward the area requirement by enrolling in POLSCI 488, 495, or 499. To do so, students must meet with the department internship coordinator in advance of the semester in which the credit is sought and agree on an assignment plan. Students must also obtain approval from the director of the public policy minor to determine what area the internship falls under.
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