Public Policy
The choices of governments, including legal, fiscal and regulatory structures, shape the opportunities and life prospects of citizens as well as the broader trajectories of economies and the global environment. Students in the Public Policy concentration will acquire skills in both quantitative analysis and normative critique, preparing them to be effective public servants and informed participants in shaping the policy choices of the future.
To complete the concentration in Public Policy, at least six of the thirteen courses a student takes to complete the PPL major must come from the list of Public Policy classes below. At least one of these Public Policy classes must be from the Quantitative Analysis list. In addition, the student must take an eligible statistics course (the statistics course will normally satisfy the “M” general education requirement).
A guide to completing the concentration can be found here: [PDF Guide]
Coursework
List of Quantitative Analysis Courses:
ECON 160: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 162: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 314: Econ of Developing Countries
ECON 381E: Working with Data in Economics
ECON 433: Natural Resource Economics
ECON 436: International Trade
ECON 437: International Monetary Economics
ECON 443: Economics of Labor
ECON 445: Public Expenditure and Public Choice
ECON 447: Collective Decisions
ENVI 460: Environmental Policy Analysis
PLSC 341: Political Analysis
PLSC 384: Topics in Policy Analysis (of any letter/title)
PLSC 435: Politics of Development
PLSC 441: Political Economy
And other courses at the discretion of the PPL Director or the PPL Committee. Note that upper-division ECON courses may be restricted to ECON majors/minors only.
List of statistics courses for the Public Policy concentration:
MATH 147 or 147A
ANTH 200
BSW 240
HARP/DIDA 130
And other statistics courses at the discretion of the PPL Director or the PPL Committee.
Philosophy Courses:
PHIL 147: Markets, Ethics and Law
PHIL 148: Medical Ethics
PHIL 149: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 150: Technology, Ethics, and Policy
PHIL 380J: Human Rights & Development
PHIL 455: Advanced Philosophy of Law
PHIL 456A: The Ethics of AI
PHIL 456D: Morality & Legality of Death
PHIL 456F: Issues in Climate Justice
PHIL 456G: Access to Essential Medicines
PHIL 456H: Reparations for Historical Injustice
PHIL 456R: Trust and Technology
PHIL 456S: Free Speech & Freedom of the Press
PHIL 457C: Art and the Law
PHIL 457E: Justice & Gender
PHIL 457G: Sustainability
PHIL 480: (of any letter/title)
Political Science Courses:
PLSC 100: Human Rights
PLSC 111: Introduction to American Politics
PLSC 282A: Intro to Environmental Policy
PLSC 301: Comparative Politics of Healthcare
PLSC 325: Ethics & US Foreign Policy
PLSC 326: American State Politics
PLSC 327: American Foreign Policy
PLSC 331: Constitutional Law and Politics
PLSC 333: Civil Rights and Liberties
PLSC 342: Urban Politics
PLSC 348: Human Rights
PLSC 366: US Labor Politics, Policy and Law
PLSC 384: Topics in Policy Analysis (of any letter/title)
PLSC 426: Voting Rights
PLSC 435: Politics of Development
PLSC 441: Political Economy
PLSC 481C: Electoral Reform
PLSC 481G: Policy Analysis
History Courses:
HIST 104: Modern American Civilization
HIST 180A: Mapping American Prejudice
HIST 237: World Environmental History
HIST 263: Sex in American History
HIST 264: Immigration and Ethnicity in the U.S.
HIST 266: U.S. Women since 1874
HIST 267A: Asian American History
HIST 268: Native American Culture and History
HIST 280C: History of Social Movements in the Modern US
HIST 280H: African American History since 1825
HIST 284H: Environment and Empire, 1750 – 1950
HIST 285F: U.S. & Middle East
HIST 286E: Modern U.S. War and Society
HIST 286H: World Climate Catastrophes
HIST 311: Race and Racism in Modern Europe
HIST 312: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe
HIST 333: Human Rights Since 1945
HIST 341: China and the West
HIST 350: Revolution and the Founding
HIST 354: Civil War America
HIST 355: Race & Sex in American History
HIST 356: American Legal History
HIST 357: U.S. Diplomatic History
HIST 358: U.S. Legal History to 1890
HIST 359: U.S. Legal History since 1890
HIST 360: Law, Race and Social Change in US History
HIST 362: US in the Depression and World War II
HIST 363: War and Race in Early US
HIST 364: The American West
HIST 365: US in the Depression & WWII
HIST 380: Special Topics in U.S. History (of any letter/title)
HIST 386C: Human Trafficking in History
HIST 386E: Sex Trafficking in Modern Europe
HIST 386F: Gender, Genocide & Humanitarian Aid
HIST 386J: History of Public Health
HIST 432: Latin America and the U.S.
HIST 480: Senior Seminar in U.S. History (of any letter/title)
HIST 482B: Latin American Immigration
HIST 484R: Race & American Citizenship
HIST 486L: US Empire in the Pacific
Cognate Courses:
BE 304: Intellectual Property Law
ECON 144: Poverty and Discrimination
ECON 160: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 162: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 331: Environmental Economics [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 338: Food Policy Health & Security
ECON 343: Intro. to Labor Economics and IR [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 345: Economics of Public Programs [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 350: U.S. Financial System: Markets and Institutions [ECON majors only]
ECON 381: (of any letter/title)
ECON 415: Gender & Economic Development
ECON 433: Natural Resource Economics
ECON 436: International Trade [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 437: International Monetary Economics [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 443: Economics of Labor
ECON 445: Public Expenditure and Public Choice [ECON majors/minors only]
ECON 447: Collective Decisions
ENVI 230: Intro to Environmental Policy
ENVI 239: Environmental Planning Policy
ENVI 312: Environmental Law and Policy
ENVI 415: Environmental Planning
ENVI 460: Environmental Policy Analysis
ENVI 481: Ethics and Policy Seminar (of any letter/title)
GMAP 480: Essentials of GMAP
GMAP 483B: Transitional Justice
PPL 280A: Philanthropy & Civil Society
PPL 280B: Foundations of Civic Engagement
SOC 236: Intro to Criminal and Social Justice
SOC 240: Women of Color in the U.S.
SOC 260: Social Problems in the United States
SOC 262: Gender and Society
SOC 324: Gender and Work
SOC 340: Women and Criminal Justice
SOC 342: Sexual Trafficking, Sexual Trsm
SOC 370: Social Inequality
SOC 375: Economic Sociology
SOC 378: Law and Society
SOC 380C: Ending Mass Incarceration
SOC 380D: Labor Politics in Contemporary America
SOC 380F: Drugs and Society
SOC 380G: Work and Power
SOC 380I: US War on Drugs & Latin American
SOC 380R: Climate Justice
SOC 480Q: Immigration & American Society
WGSS 282F: Activism, Feminism, & Social Justice
WGSS 381B: Legal History of Sexuality
WGSS 481C: Queer Critical Legal Theory and Law
