Public Policy Minor Tracks
You must complete three courses relating to a policy theme, including at least one seminar. Possible tracks include:
Domestic Economic Policy
Mid-level Courses
- ECON 27: Labor Economics
- ECON 28: Public Economics
Seminars
- PBPL 81.5/SOCY 55: Poverty, the New Economy, and Employment Policy
- PBPL 81.9/GOVT 83.02: Politics and Markets
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Education & Public Policy
Mid-Level Courses
- ED 20: Contemporary Issues in American Education
- ED 29: Policy and Politics in American Education
- SOCY 24: Education and Inequality
Seminars
- PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy
- PBPL 81.8: Public Education Policy
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Environment & Public Policy
Mid-level Courses
- ECON 56: Environmental Economics, Policy and Management
- ENVS 12: Energy and the Environment
- ENVS 60: Environmental Law
- GEOG 13: Population, Culture, and Environment
Seminars
- ENVS 50: Environmental Problem Analysis and Policy Formulation
- PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy
- PBPL 84.3/ENVS 80: Valuing the Environment: Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Urban Studies
Mid-Level Courses
- ECON 38: Urban and Land Use Economics
- GEOG 18: Urbanization and the Environment
- GEOG 21: The North American City
- GEOG 22: Urban Geography
Seminars
- PBPL 81.3/GEOG 46: Urban Politics and Policies: Transatlantic Perspectives
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
International Relations
Mid-Level Courses
- ECON 74: Poverty and Developmental Policy
- GEOG 16: The Political Economy of Development
- GOVT 54: United States Foreign Policy
- GOVT 59: Foreign Policy and Decision Making
Seminars
- PBPL 81.1/GOVT 85.05: American Foreign Policy Toward Asia
- PBPL 82.2/GOVT 85.06: Economic Statecraft in International Relations
- PBPL 83.2/GOVT 85.14: Economics, Security, and US Foreign Policy
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Institutions and Organizations
Mid-Level Courses
- ECON 25: Industrial Organization and Public Policy
- GOVT 32: American State Politics
- GOVT 38: Government and Business
- HIST 30: American Economic and Business History
- SOCY 21: Introduction to Political Sociology
Seminars
- PBPL 44/FILM 46: Broadcast/Electronic Journalism and Public Policy
- PBPL 81.7/ANTH 16: Secrecy and Lying in Law, Society, and Politics
- PBPL 81.9/GOVT 83.02: Politics and Markets
- PBPL 82.3/GOVT 81.15: Rationality vs. Social Values: Bureaucratic and Organizational Behavior (formerly PBPL 17)
- PBPL 82.4/SOCY 39.1: Organizations in Public Policy
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Health Policy
Mid-Level Courses
- ENGS 5: Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century
- ENGS 13: Virtual Medicine and Cybercare
- HIST 36: Health Care in American Society
- SOCY 28: Health Care and Health Care Policy
Seminars
- PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy
- PBPL 84.2: Health Policy Reform
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Identity & Public Policy
Mid-Level Courses
- GEOG 27: Race, Identity, and Rights: Geographic Perspectives on Law
- GEOG 28: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity
- HIST 22: The Working Class in American Society
- WGST 32: Gender and the Law
Seminars
- PBPL 81.6/WGST 48: Sexuality, Identity, and the Law (currently listed as PBPL 41)
- PBPL 81.7/ANTH 16: Secrecy and Lying in Law, Society and Politics
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
Law
Mid-Level Courses
- ENVS 60: Environmental Law
- GOVT 66: The Supreme Court and Constitutional Structure
- GOVT 67: Civil Liberties and Individual Rights in the United States
- NAS 36: Indigenous Nationalism: Native Rights and Sovereignty
- NAS 50: Native Americans and the Law
- WGST 32: Women, Gender and the Law
Seminars
- ECON 72: Law and Economics
- PBPL 81.2/GOVT 81.04: Lawyers and Public Policy
- PBPL 81.6/WGST 48: Sexuality, Identity, and the Law
- PBPL 82.1/PHIL 9: The Policy of Crime and Punishment
- PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy
