The Public Policy Minor requirements include a research methods prerequisite and six courses: the policymaking course, two courses in public policy methods, two courses in a policy track of a student's design, and one public policy seminar relating to the student's policy track. Students who wish to pursue the minor must officially sign up for it no later than the third term prior to graduation and are encouraged to enroll during their sophomore or junior year. The six courses required for the minor may not count toward a student's major or another minor.
One course conveying quantitative research methods. Options include: Public Policy 10, Economics 10, Government 10, Mathematics 10, Psychology 10, Sociology 10, Mathematics and Social Sciences 15, Geography 11, Geography 50, Sociology 11, or Education 11. The Rockfeller Center offers one of these options:
PBPL 10: Statistical Analysis for Public Policy (12S, 13S)
PBPL 5: Introduction to Public Policy (12W, 13W)
ECON 20: Econometrics (All Terms)
PBPL 40: Economics of Public Policymaking (12X, 13X)
PBPL 41: Writing and Speaking Public Policy (12S, 13S)
PBPL 42: Ethics and Public Policy (12F)
PBPL 45: Introduction to Public Policy Research (12F, 13F)
PBPL 47: Foundations of Leadership and Followership (12S, 13S)
PBPL 48: Policy Analysis and Local Governance (12W, 13W)
You must complete three courses relating to a policy theme, including at least one seminar. Possible tracks include:
An asterisk (*) denote seminars that may not be offered in the future but may be replaced by other seminars.
ECON 27: Labor Economics (10S, 11S)
ECON 28: Public Economics (09F, 10X, 10F)
ECON 39: International Trade (09F, 10W, 10S, 10F, 11W, 11S)
GOVT 38: Government and Business (10W, 10F)
HIST 30: American Economic and Business History (11S)
SOCY 66: Markets and Management (11W)
PBPL 81.5/SOCY 55: Poverty and Public Policy in the United States (11W)
PBPL 81.9/GOVT 83.02: Politics and Markets (11W)
PBPL 82.7: Consumer Debt, Bankruptcy, and Economic Policy (10S)*
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
EDUC 29: Policy and Politics in American Education (10W, 11W)
EDUC 54: Moral Development and Moral Education (09F, 10F)
EDUC 60: Learning and Education Across Cultures (10S, 11S)
SOCY 58: Education and Inequality (10S)
PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy (11W)
PBPL 81.8: Public Education Policy (09S)*
PBPL 82.6: Law, Rights, and Public Policy in Education (10S)*
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
AAAS 50/ENVS 45/HIST 75: Colonialism, Development and the Environment in Asia and Africa (10S)
ECON 55/ENVS 55: Natural Resource and Ecological Economics (10W, 11W)
ECON 56/ENVS 56: Environmental Economics, Policy and Management (10S)
ENVS 12: Energy and the Environment (10W, 11W)
ENVS 28: Global Environmental Health (10S, 11S)
ENVS 39: Natural Resources, Development, and the Environment (10X, 11X)
ENVS 44/GEOG 44: Environment and Politics in Southeast Asia (09F, 10F)
ENVS 60: Environmental Law (09F, 10F)
ENVS 65: International Environmental Issues (10W, 11W)
GEOG 13: Population, Culture, and Environment (10S, 11S)
GOVT 30: Topics in American Government: Law and Politics of the Environment (11W)
ENVS 50: Environmental Problem Analysis and Policy Formulation (10S, 11S)
GOVT 83.03: Environmental Politics (11S)
PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy (11S)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
ENGS 6: Technology and Biosecurity (10S, 11S)
GOVT 34: The Influence of Domestic Politics in US Foreign Policy (12S)
GOVT 47: The Arab-Israeli Conflict (09F, 10F)
GOVT 50: Topics in International Relations
GOVT 53: International Security (11F)
GOVT 54: United States Foreign Policy (09F, 10W, 11W)
GOVT 58: International Political Economy (09F, 10S, 12W)
GOVT 59: Foreign Policy and Decision Making (09F, 10F)
SOCY 25: Democracy and Democratization in Developing Countries (10S, 11S)
GOVT 84.23: Politics of Peace in the Middle East (11W, 12W)
GOVT 85.12/PBPL 82.1: Military Statecraft in International Relations (11F)
GOVT 85.16: The Causes and Prevention of Genocide and Mass Killing (10F)
GOVT 85.20: The Psychology of International Relations (10F)
GOVT 85.22: Techniques of Statecraft (11W)
GOVT 85.23: Unipolarity and US Security (12W)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
ANTH 17: The Anthropology of Health and Illness (10W, 11S)
ANTH 45: Asian Medical Systems (10S, 11S)
ANTH 55: Anthropology of International Health (10S)
ENGS 5: Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century (10S, 11S)
ENGS 13: Virtual Medicine and Cybercare (09F, 10F)
ENVS 28: Global Environmental Health (10S, 11S)
HIST 36: Health Care in American Society (09F, 10W)
SOCY 28: Health Care and Health Care Policy (11W)
SOCY 68: Global Health Systems (11F)
PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy (09F, 11W)
PBPL 84.2: Health Policy Reform (10S)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
AAAS 25/SOCY 46/WGST 33.1: Constructing Black Womanhood (11W)
AAAS 40/WGST 34.2: Gender Identities and Politics in Africa (10W)
AMEL 18: Language and Society in Asia and the Middle East (12W, 12X)
GEOG 26/WGST 30: Women, Gender and Development (10W, 11W)
GEOG 28/LACS 40/SOCY 64: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity (12W)
GOVT 30: Women in the American Political System (11S)
GOVT 49.04/LACS 52/WGST 32: Gender and Politics in Latin America (11S)
GOVT 68/WGST 32: Gender and the Law (11F)
PHIL 50/WGST 19.2: Sexuality, Identity, and Legal Theory (09S, 12S)
SOCY 47: Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. (10X)
WGST 16: Contemporary Issues in Feminism: Theory and Practice (10S, 11S)
WGST 19.2: Queer Marriage, Hate Crimes, and Will & Grace (09F)
WGST 31: Women, Gender and Politics (10S, 11W)
WGST 41.2: Gender and Geopolitics of South Asia (10S, 11W)
WGST 46: Philosophy and Gender (10W, 11S)
WGST 61.2: Plagues and Politics: The Impact of AIDS on US Society (12W)
GOVT 84.12: Gender and American Politics (12S)
GOVT 86.19: Race, Law, and Identity (12S)
PBPL 81.7/ANTH 16: Secrecy and Lying in Politics, Law, and Society (11X)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
ECON 25: Industrial Organization and Public Policy (10W, 11W)
GOVT 30: Topics in American Government: American Political Institutions (11F)
GOVT 38: Government and Business (10W, 10F)
HIST 30: American Economic and Business History (11S)
SOCY 21: Introduction to Political Sociology (09F, 10F)
SOCY 27: Organizations in Society (10F)
GOVT 83.20: Law and Political Institutions (11W)
GOVT 85.21: International Law and Institutions (11W)
PBPL 81.7/ANTH 16: Secrecy and Lying in Politics, Law, and Society (11X)
PBPL 81.9/GOVT 83.02: Politics and Markets (11W, 11F)
PBPL 82.2/SOCY 79: Ideas, Politics, and Crisis (10W)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
AAAS 50/ENVS 45/HIST 75: Colonialism, Development and the Environment in Asia and Africa (10S)
ECON 24: Development Economics (09F, 10S, 10F, 11W)
ECON 44: Topics in Developing Economies (10W, 11W)
ENVS 39: Natural Resources, Development, and the Environment (10X, 11X)
GEOG 16: Moral Economies of Development (11S)
GEOG 17: Geopolitics and Third World Development (09F)
GOVT 20: Development in Emerging Economies (10X, 12W)
GOVT 25: Problems of Political Development: India, South Africa and China (11W, 12W)
GOVT 40: Globalization and Global Development (10X, 12W)
SOCY 22: The Sociology of International Development (10S, 11S)
GOVT 81.3: Economic Growth and Reform in the Emerging Economies (10W)*
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
ENVS 60: Environmental Law (09F)
GOVT 30: Topics in American Government: Law and Politics of the Environment (10W), The American Legal System (10S, 11S)
GOVT 60: Topics in Political Theory or Public Law (09F, 10W, 10S, 10X, 10F, 11W, 11S)
GOVT 61: Jurisprudence (10W, 12W)
GOVT 66: Constitutional Law, Development, and Theory (10W, 10F)
GOVT 67: Civil Liberties: Legal and Normative Approaches (10S, 11S)
GOVT 68/WGST 32: Gender and the Law (11F)
GOVT 69/NAS 50: Native Americans and the Law (10S, 11S)
NAS 36: Indigenous Nationalism: Native Rights and Sovereignty (09F, 10F)
PHIL 24: Philosophy of Law (10W, 11W)
PHIL 50/WGST 19.2: Sexuality, Identity, and Legal Theory (09S, 12S)
SOCY 50: Sociology of Law (11W)
GOVT 83.20: Law and Political Institutions (11W)
GOVT 84.25: Canada and the United States: Individualism, paternalism, and the evolution of legal rights and government power (11W)
GOVT 85.21: International Law and Institutions (11W)
GOVT 85.26: International Law (11W, 12W)
GOVT 86.26: Great Trials in History (12W)
PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy (09F, 11W, 11F)
PBPL 81.7/ANTH 16: Secrecy and Lying in Politics, Law, and Society (11X)
PBPL 81.9/GOVT 83.02: Politics and Markets (11W)
PBPL 82.1/PHIL 9: The Policy of Crime and Punishment (maybe in the future)
PBPL 82.5: International Law and Transnational Policymaking (09S)*
PBPL 82.6: Law, Rights, and Public Policy in Education (10S)*
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
PHIL 50: Special Topics in Philosophy: Crime and Punishment (10S)*
PBPL 51: Leadership in Civil Society (12S, 13S)
PBPL 52: Leadership in Political Institutions (12W, 12F)
PBPL 85: Global Policy Leadership (TBD)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (All Terms Arrange)
ECON 38: Urban and Land Use Economics (09F, 10S, 10F, 11S)
GEOG 22: Urban Geography (10W, 11W)
GEOG 25: Social Justice and the City (11S)
GEOG 52: Urban Applications of GIS (10S, 11S)
PBPL 48: Policy Analysis and Local Governance (10W, 11W)
PBPL 81.3: Urban Politics and Public Policymaking (not offered 09F-11S)
PBPL 81.3/GEOG 46: Urban Politics and Policies: Transatlantic Perspectives (not offered 09F-11S)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
