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Program Minimum Units
30 Units
University Minimum Units
18 Units
Interests
Ethics, Government, Politics & Current Events, Human Rights, Public Health
Academic Areas
Social Sciences

Overview

The Public Policy Program offers a minor that is intended to provide undergraduates in other majors with interdisciplinary training in applied social sciences.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Requirements Overview

Students who pursue the minor are required to take the courses listed below.  Because University rules prohibit double-counting non-introductory courses, the requirements for a minor differ according to the student's major requirements. All students must take, without double counting, at least six courses for five units each toward the minor for a total of 30 units. It is required that students review their course plans with a program administrator. Note: Students are permitted to double-count ECON 1 Principles of Economics. Students with a Major in Economics will not take PUBLPOL50 opens in a new tab and must make up the units with another course.

Public Policy students are never required to take a course that duplicates material they have already mastered. Students may, by petition, substitute a different course for a requirement whose material would be duplicative. This flexibility does not reduce the number of units required for the minor.

At most, 10 units of course work may be taken as credit/no credit. Between ECON 102A and ECON 102B, no more than 5 units can be taken for credit/no credit.

Minor Core Courses

Complete all of the following requirements:
Minor Core Courses
Complete all of the following course(s):
ECON 1

Principles of Economics

5 Units
ECON 102A

Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists

5 Units
ECON 102B

Applied Econometrics

5 Units
PUBLPOL 104

Economic Policy Analysis

5 Units
and
Minor Core Courses
Complete any of the following course(s):
PUBLPOL 50

Intermediate Microeconomics for Public Policy

5 Units
ECON 50

Economic Analysis I

5 Units

Elective Courses

Select one or more of the following depending on major requirements.

Complete at least 1 of the following courses:
PUBLPOL 101

American Politics and Policy: In Defense of Democracy

5 Units
PUBLPOL 105

Empirical Methods in Public Policy

5 Units
ECON 102C

Advanced Topics in Econometrics

5 Units
PUBLPOL 134

Ethics on the Edge: Business, Non-Profit Organizations, Government, and Individuals

3-4 Units
and
PUBLPOL 103F

Ethics of Truth in a Post-Truth World

3 Units
PUBLPOL 103C

Justice

4-5 Units
PUBLPOL 154

Politics and Policy in California

5 Units
PUBLPOL 156

Health Care Policy and Reform

5 Units