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Minor in Public Policy

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The purpose of the Minor in Public Policy is to introduce students to the field of public policy analysis and prepare them from a wide variety of majors for careers that require public policy knowledge and skills. The field of public policy analysis identifies and evaluates solutions to public problems and prepares students to be future government executives and administrators, high-level personnel in the non-profit organizations and a rapidly expanding set of other careers in a global community. The minor complements preparation in such fields as political science, public administration, criminal justice, economics, law, business, and other social sciences. Students who plan to do graduate work in these fields would also benefit from the Public Policy minor.

21 Units

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CORE REQUIREMENTS (12 units)

ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics

POSC 315 - Politics and Policy Making in America

POSC 321 - Research in Public Management OR POSC 407 - Polls, Statistics and Political Interpretation

POSC 425 - Policy Analysis

ELECTIVES (9 units)

The remaining nine units must be from the following courses, and at least three units must be POSC

CRJU 405 - Criminal Justice Policy
CRJU 491 - Applied Policy Research 

 

ECON 330 - Comparative Economic Systems

ECON 332 - Economies of the Pacific Rim

ECON 333 - Economic Development: Analysis and Case Studies

ECON 334 - Economics of Latin America and the Caribbean

ECON 335 - The International Economy

ECON 355 - Economics of Gender and Work

ECON 361 - Urban Economics

ECON 362 - Environmental Economics

ECON 416 - Benefit Cost and Microeconomic Policy Analysis

 

POSC 305 - Introduction to State of Local Politics

POSC 309 - Introduction to Metropolitan Politics

POSC 320 - Introduction to Public Management and Policy

POSC 324 - Nonprofit Organizations

POSC 352 - American Foreign Policy

POSC 421 - Government and the Economy

POSC 424 - Health Policy

POSC 427 - Metropolitan Politics and Policymaking

POSC 456 - National Security

POSC 497 - Internship in Public Administration OR POSC 498 - Internship in Politics

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