Jan 30, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Public Policy and Service Concentration

Note: Students must be admitted to the Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and service to pursue this concentration.

Requirements for Concentration in Public Policy and Service

Five and one-half to Six and One-half Units Including the Following:

PBSV 101: Introduction to Public Service (1 Unit) (Required for first year.)
PLSC 101: Politics of American Democracy (1 Unit)
PBSV 397: Senior Colloquium (1/2 Unit)
(to be taken during spring of senior year, or junior year with permission of instructor)
Internship (zero, one-half, or one unit)

At Least One Unit Selected Skills Focused Courses From:

COMM 241: Public Speaking (1 Unit)
ENGL 203W: Advanced Writing: College and Beyond 1 unit
ENGL 207W: Multimedia Journalism 1 unit
ENGL 208W: Professional Writing 1 unit
ENGL 215W: Introductory Creative Writing 1 unit
ENGL 306W: Science, Technical, and Medical Writing 1 unit
ENGL 309W: Writing for the Non-Profit Sector 1 unit
E&M 101: Principles of Microeconomics (1 Unit)
GEOL 111: Geography and Geographic Information Systems (1 Unit)
MATH 209: An Introduction to Statistics (1 Unit)
PHIL 107: Logic and Critical Reasoning (1 Unit)
PSYC 204: Research Methods and Statistics I (1 Unit)
One semester of modern language at the 200-level or above

At Least One Unit Selected Ethics Focused Course From:

PHIL 201: Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 202: Social Philosophy (1 Unit)
PHIL 206: Contemporary Moral Problems (1 Unit)
PHIL 301: Environmental Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 302: Leadership Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 303: Business Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 304: Ethics and Public Policy (1 Unit)
PHIL 308: Biomedical Ethics (1 Unit)
PHIL 309: International Ethics and Global Development (1 Unit)
PHIL 335: Philosophical Issues in the Law (1 Unit)
RS 242: Christian Ethics (1 Unit)

At Least One Unit Selected Policy Focused Course From:

ANTH 256: Native North America (1 Unit)
ARTH 311: Art as Political Action (1 Unit)
E&M 371: Issues in Modern Political Economy (1 Unit)
EDUC 195: Education Foundations: Access, Equity and Advocacy 1 Unit
ENVN 220: Economics, Politics, and Environmental Policy (1 Unit)
PHYS 102: The Physics of Urban and Environmental Problems (1 Unit)
PLSC 207: Transitional Justice (1 Unit)
PLSC 224: Constitutional Law and Politics (1 Unit)
PLSC 235: American Foreign Policy (1 Unit)
PLSC 256: Human Rights (1 Unit)
PLSC 310: State and Local Government (1 Unit)
PLSC 322: Crime, Politics and Punishment (1 Unit)
PLSC 324: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (1 Unit)
SOC 225: Criminology (1 Unit)

Other requirements

Be in good standing with the Ford Institute.
All courses for the concentration must be taken for a numerical grade, except those offered only on a credit/no credit basis.