A minor in Public Policy, consisting of 18-20 units, is available for those who desire to learn some of the skills and content that will enhance their ability to understand public policy and engage with policy advocacy and change.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will understand key concepts of public policy and the public policy process.
2. Students will demonstrate basic competence with critical tools of policy analysis.
3. Students will acquire deeper familiarity with real-world policy questions and issues of applied public policy, advocacy, and change.

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Lower-Division Requirements
POL 1090	The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender (GE)	4
POL 2070	Scope and Methods of Political Science	4
Upper-Division Requirements
POL 4041	Issues in Public Policy	4
Choose a minimum of eight (8) units from the following:		8
NSG 4060	Nursing of Communities: Community Health Focus
POL 3041	Campaigns and Elections
POL 3060	Urban Politics
POL 4020	United States Foreign Policy
POL 4055	Protest and Social Movements in World Politics
POL 4060	Internship in Political Science
SOC 4035	Environmental Sociology
SOC 4070	Medical Sociology
SOC 4075	Sociology of Education
SWK 3030	Social Welfare Policy
Total Units		20