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Course Descriptions

Course Numbering System

The following lists include all courses normally offered at Albion College. However, not all courses are offered every year. When possible, courses offered in alternate years are designated. For details, students should consult the Class Schedule for each semester, available online at: www.albion.edu/registrar. The College reserves the right to add or withdraw courses without prior announcement, as conditions may require.

Unless otherwise stated, 100 level courses are intended for freshmen, 200 level for sophomores, 300 and 400 level for juniors and seniors.

A list of courses which meet the core and category requirements, organized by departments, is available online at www.albion.edu/registrar.

Further information may be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building.
 

Public Policy and Service
  

  • PBSV 101: Introduction to Public Service

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Membership in the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service.
    Introduces new Ford Institute students to public policy and public service issues. Examines a broad range of themes including ethics, civic engagement, the history of public service in the United States and contemporary public policy concerns. Offered in the fall. McLean.
  

  • PBSV 331: Urban Leadership

    (.25 Unit)
    Prerequisites: sophomore status and must be nominated by a member of the faculty
    This course introduces students to leadership in an urban setting primarily through a week spent in a major city. Students learn from leaders in the areas of business, government, the nonprofit sector, journalism and academia and work in teams to address challenges faced by cities. Students should have sophomore status and be nominated by a faculty member.
  

  • PBSV 391: Internship

    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. McLean.
  

  • PBSV 392: Internship

    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. McLean.
  

  • PBSV 397: Senior Colloquium

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Analysis of selected public policy issues. Colloquium includes discussion of the economics, politics, social and ethical factors that go into the making of public policy. Offered in the spring. McLean.
  

  • PBSV 401: Seminar

    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    McLean.
  

  • PBSV 402: Seminar

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    McLean.
  

  • PBSV 411: Directed Study

    (1/2 Unit)
    McLean.
  

  • PBSV 412: Directed Study

    (1 Unit)
    McLean.