Public Policy (BA)

Breadth Requirements:

Coursework used toward this requirement may simultaneously satisfy other major requirements. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy Breadth Requirements.

• GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities (Nine credits of courses representing at least two subject areas, including cross-lists)
  
• GROUP B: History and Cultural Change (Nine credits of courses representing at least two subject areas, including cross-lists)
  
• GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences (Nine credits of courses representing at least two subject areas, including cross-lists)
  
• GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (Ten credits of courses representing at least two subject areas, including cross-lists and including a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory)
  

*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement, but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a category has been taken in one
subject area, a course cross-listed with that subject area will not satisfy the
distribution requirement.

Foreign Language:

• Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in one of the following subject areas: ASLC, ARAB, CHIN, FREN, GREK, GRMN, HEBR, ITAL, JAPN, KORE, LATN, LLCU, RUSS, SPAN with minimum grades of D-.  Coursework used toward this requirement may simultaneously satisfy other major requirements.
  
  • The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language. 
    • Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Mathematics:

The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the Biden School with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.

Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed. Coursework used toward this requirement may simultaneously satisfy other major requirements.

Policy Core:

Minimum grade of C- required in all policy core courses.

Analytic Skills:

6 credits.

• ECON 100 - Economic Issues and Policies Credit(s): 3

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• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics Credit(s): 3

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• STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice Credit(s): 3

• or

• UAPP 333 - Research Methods for Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3

Professional Skills:

9 credits.

• COMM 212 - Public Speaking & Professional Presentation Credit(s): 3 or
• LEAD 209 - Presentation Strategies Credit(s): 3

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• LEAD 100 - Leadership, Integrity and Change Credit(s): 3
• LEAD 400 - Leadership for the Common Good Credit(s): 3

Understanding Contemporary Society:

12 credits.

• PSYC 100 - General Psychology Credit(s): 3
• SOCI 201 - Introduction to Sociology Credit(s): 3
• CRJU 324 - American Constitutional History Credit(s): 3

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• PHIL 201 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit(s): 3 or
• PHIL 202 - Contemporary Moral Problems Credit(s): 3 or
• SOCI 312 - Theories of Society Credit(s): 3