Program checklist · Minor

Public Policy

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

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Program

Award: Minor
Total credits (published): 15
Catalog edition: 2026-2027 Academic Catalog
Checklist type: degree-program

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 199120
CourseShelf checklist: CK_199120_2b4aa10d
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

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Requirements

8 items

Students must complete at least four of the following core courses:
Not resolved to a course
12
PLCY 210
Policy Innovation and Analysis
As published: “Policy Innovation and Analysis H”
3
PLCY 220
The Politics of Public Policy
As published: “The Politics of Public Policy H”
3
PLCY 340
Justice in Public Policy
As published: “Justice in Public Policy H”
3
PLCY 460
Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy
As published: “Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy H”
4
PLCY 581
Research Design for Public Policy
As published: “Research Design for Public Policy H”
3
PLCY 310
Microeconomic Foundations of Public Policy
As published: “Microeconomic Foundations of Public Policy 1”
or: ECON 410 Intermediate Microeconomics
3
One elective course selected from the following options:
Not resolved to a course
3

Any PLCY course at the 100 level or above (not including PLCY 130, PLCY 291, or PLCY 293)

0 items

A course from the approved list in the major (see below)

major core · 0 items

Public Policy Elective Course List

electives · 0 items

Any PLCY course at the 100 level or above, except PLCY 130, PLCY 291, PLCY 293, PLCY 393, or PLCY 394

225 items

AAAD 307
21st-Century Scramble for Africa
3
AAAD/POLI 333
Race and Public Policy in the United States
Not resolved to a course
3
AAAD 488
Human Rights and Democracy in African Diaspora Communities
3
AAAD 485
Transnational Black Feminist Thought and Practice
3
AMST 390
Seminar in American Studies
3
AMST 486
The Jewish South: Race, Region, and Religion
3
ANTH 312
Not resolved to a course
3
ANTH 318
Human Growth and Development
3
ANTH 319
Global Health
3
ANTH 350
Anthropology of the State, Civil Society, and Politics
3
ANTH 355
Life, Society and Work in the Globalized City
3
ANTH 360
Latin American Economy and Society
3
ANTH 377
Not resolved to a course
3
ANTH 380
Not resolved to a course
3
ANTH 422
Anthropology, Human Rights, and Humanitarianism
3
ANTH 429
Culture and Power in Southeast Asia
3
ANTH 439
Political Ecology
3
ANTH 441
The Anthropology of Gender, Health, and Illness
3
ANTH 460
Historical Ecology
3
ANTH 470
Medicine and Anthropology
3
ANTH 502
Not resolved to a course
3
ANTH 537
Gender and Performance: Constituting Identity
3
ANTH 585
Anthropology of Science
3
BUSI 404
Business Ethics
1.5
BUSI 405
Leading and Managing: An Introduction to Organizational Behavior
3
BUSI 500
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
As published: “Entrepreneurship and Business Planning H”
3
BUSI 503
Family Business I: Introduction to Family Enterprise
1.5
BUSI 504
Startup UNC
1.5
BUSI 506
Venture Capital Fundamentals
3
BUSI 512
Family Business II: Governance and Ownership
1.5
BUSI 610
Global Environment of Business
3
BUSI 611
Business and Global Development
3
COMM 312
Persuasion
3
COMM 325
Introduction to Organizational Communication
As published: “Introduction to Organizational Communication H”
3
COMM 372
The Rhetoric of Social Movements
3
COMM 375
Environmental Advocacy
3
COMM 470
Political Communication and the Public Sphere
3
COMM 521
Communication and Social Memory
3
COMM 524
Gender, Communication, and Culture
3
COMM 525
Organizational Communication
3
COMM 571
Rhetorical Theory and Practice
3
COMM 572
Public Policy Argument
3
COMM 574
War and Culture
3
COMM 575
Presidential Rhetoric
3
COMM 576
Race and Rhetoric
3
COMM 624
Hate Speech
3
COMM 625
Communication and Nonprofits in the Global Context
3
COMM 652
Media and Difference
3
ECON 320
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy
3
ECON 325
Entrepreneurship: Principles, Concepts, Frameworks, and Fluency
As published: “Entrepreneurship: Principles, Concepts, Frameworks, and Fluency H”
3
ECON 345
Public Policy Toward Business
3
ECON 380
The Economics of Labor Relations
3
ECON 423
Financial Markets and Economic Fluctuations
As published: “Financial Markets and Economic Fluctuations H”
3
ECON 440
Analysis of Public Finance
3
ECON 445
Industrial Organization
3
ECON 450
Health Economics: Problems and Policy
3
ECON 455
Environmental Economic Theory
3
ECON 460
International Economics
3
ECON 465
Economic Development
3
ECON 480
Labor Economics
3
ECON 511
Advanced Game Theory in Economics
As published: “Advanced Game Theory in Economics H”
3
EDUC 401
Childhood Development: Prenatal Birth to Age 12
3
EDUC 506
Politics, Policymaking, and America's Schools
3
EDUC 521
Schools, Cultures, and Communities I: Youth
3
EDUC 533
Social Justice in Education
3
EDUC 535
Teachers and Schools
3
EMES 314
Earth Systems in a Changing World
3
ENGL 164
Introduction to Latina/o Studies
As published: “Introduction to Latina/o Studies H”
3
ENGL 279
Migration and Globalization
3
ENEC 463
Corporate Environmental Stewardship
As published: “Corporate Environmental Stewardship H”
3
ENEC 307
Energy and Material Flows in the Environment and Society
3
ENEC 308
Environmental History
3
ENEC 309
Environmental Values and Valuation
3
ENEC 330
Principles of Sustainability
As published: “Principles of Sustainability H”
3
ENEC 350
Environmental Law and Policy
3
ENEC 351
Coastal Law and Policy
3
ENEC 352
Marine Fisheries Ecology
3
ENEC 370
Agriculture and the Environment
As published: “Agriculture and the Environment H”
3
ENEC 462
Ecosystem Management
3
ENEC 474
Sustainable Coastal Management
3
ENEC 586
Water Quality Policies and Planning
3
ENEC 685
Environmental and Resource Economics
3
ENEC 698
Capstone: Analysis and Solution of Environmental Problems
3
ENEC/ENVR 470
Environmental Risk Assessment
Not resolved to a course
3
ENEC/PHIL 368
Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics H
Not resolved to a course
3
ENVR 600
Environmental Health
3
GEOG 281
Ethnographies of Globalization: From 'Culture' to Decolonization
3
GEOG 370
Geographic Information Science
3
GEOG 391
Quantitative Methods in Geography
3
GEOG 414
Climate Change
3
GEOG 416
Applied Climatology: The Impacts of Climate and Weather on Environmental and Social Systems
3
GEOG 423
Social Geography
3
GEOG 428
Global Cities: Space, Power, and Identity in the Built Environment
3
GEOG 430
Global Migrations, Local Impacts: Urbanization and Migration in the United States
3
GEOG 435
Global Environmental Justice
3
GEOG 446
Geography of Health Care Delivery
3
GEOG 447
Not resolved to a course
3
GEOG 448
Transnational Geographies of Muslim Societies
3
GEOG/ENEC 451
Population, Development, and the Environment
Not resolved to a course
3
GEOG 457
Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources
As published: “Rural Latin America: Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources H”
3
GEOG 458
Urban Latin America: Politics, Economy, and Society
3
GEOG 460
Geographies of Economic Change
3
GEOG 470
Political Ecology: Geographical Perspectives
3
GEOG 480
Liberation Geographies
3
GEOG 491
Principles of Geographic Information Systems
3
GEOG 541
GIS in Public Health
3
GEOG 542
Neighborhoods and Health
3
GLBL 382
Latin American Migrant Perspectives: Ethnography and Action
3
GLBL 390
Current Topics in Global Studies
3
HIST 238
The American Revolution, 1763-1815
3
HIST 365
The Worker and American Life
3
HIST 385
African American Women's History
3
HIST 510
Human Rights in the Modern World
As published: “Human Rights in the Modern World H”
3
HIST 566
The History of Sexuality in America
3
HIST 568
Women in the South
3
HIST 577
United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century
3
HIST 584
The Promise of Urbanization: American Cities in the 19th and 20th Centuries
3
HIST 589
Race, Racism, and America: (United States) Law in Historical Perspective
3
HPM 310
Not resolved to a course
3
HPM 330
Not resolved to a course
3
HPM 340
Not resolved to a course
3
HPM 350
Not resolved to a course
3
HPM 351
Not resolved to a course
3
HPM 352
Not resolved to a course
3
INLS 382
Information Systems Analysis and Design
3
INLS 515
Consumer Health Information
3
MEJO 340
Introduction to Media Law: Journalism Focus
3
MEJO 441
Diversity and Communication
3
MEJO 442
Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media
3
MEJO 443
Latino Media Studies
3
MEJO 445
Media Effects on Audiences
3
MEJO 446
Global Communication and Comparative Journalism
3
MEJO 458
Southern Politics: Critical Thinking and Writing
3
MEJO 541
Reporting & Writing About the Economy
3
MEJO 560
Environmental and Science Journalism
As published: “Environmental and Science Journalism H”
3
MEJO 652
Media Economics and Emerging Technologies
As published: “Media Economics and Emerging Technologies H”
3
MNGT 345
Public Policy Toward Business
3
MNGT 365
The Worker and American Life
3
MNGT 380
The Economics of Labor Relations
3
MNGT 410
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy
3
MNGT 412
Social Stratification
3
MNGT 415
Economy and Society
3
MNGT 427
The Labor Force
3
PHIL 364
Ethics and Economics
3
PHIL 370
Authority, Freedom, and Rights: Advanced Political Philosophy
3
PHIL 384
Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
As published: “Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics H”
3
PHIL 473
American Political Philosophy
3
PHIL 480
Philosophy of Law
3
PHIL 698
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course
3
PLAN 330
Principles of Sustainability
3
PLAN 574
Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality
3
PLAN 636
Urban Transportation Planning
3
PLAN 637
Public Transportation
3
PLAN 641
Watershed Planning
3
PLAN 651
Urban Form and the Design of Cities
3
PLAN 685
Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Less Developed Countries
3
POLI 400
Executive Politics
3
POLI 401
Political Economy I: The Domestic System
3
POLI 406
State Governments: Laboratories of Democracy
3
POLI 410
American Constitutional Law I: Structures of Power
3
POLI 411
American Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Rights
As published: “American Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Rights H”
3
POLI 412
United States National Elections
As published: “United States National Elections H”
3
POLI 416
Constitutional Policies and the Judicial Process
3
POLI 418
Mass Media and American Politics
3
POLI 419H
Race and Politics in the Contemporary United
As published: “Race and Politics in the Contemporary United States”
3
POLI 420
Legislative Politics
As published: “Legislative Politics H”
3
POLI 431
African Politics
3
POLI 433
Politics of the European Union
As published: “Politics of the European Union H”
3
POLI 434
Politics of Mexico
3
POLI 438
Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe
3
POLI 442
International Political Economy
3
POLI 443
American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
3
POLI 444
Terrorism and International Peace
3
POLI 457
International Conflict Processes
3
POLI 470
Social and Political Philosophy
As published: “Social and Political Philosophy H”
3
POLI 472
Problems of Modern Democratic Theory
As published: “Problems of Modern Democratic Theory H”
3
PSYC 467
The Development of Black Children
3
PSYC 469
Evolution and Development of Biobehavioral Systems
3
PSYC 471
The Study of Adolescent Issues and Development
3
PSYC 500
Developmental Psychopathology
3
PSYC 502
Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
3
PSYC 504
Health Psychology
3
PSYC 514
Mania and Depression
3
PSYC 530
Design and Interpretation of Psychological Research
3
PSYC 531
Tests and Measurement
3
PSYC 532
Quantitative Psychology
As published: “Quantitative Psychology H”
3
PSYC 565
Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
3
PSYC 601
Psychology and Law
3
PWAD 250
Introduction to Peace and Security Studies
3
PWAD 368
U.S. War and Society to 1920
3
PWAD 416
Constitutional Policies and the Judicial Process
3
PWAD 443
American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
3
PWAD 444
Terrorism and International Peace
3
PWAD 453
Political Geography
3
PWAD 460
International Economics
3
PWAD 469
Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia
As published: “Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia H”
3
PWAD 574
War and Culture
3
PWAD 575
Presidential Rhetoric
3
PWAD 577
United States Foreign Relations in the 20th Century
3
RELI 423
Ethnicity, Race, and Religion in America
3
RELI 443
Evangelicalism in Contemporary America
As published: “Evangelicalism in Contemporary America H”
3
STOR 305
Introduction to Decision Analytics
3
STOR 358
Sample Survey Methodology
4
STOR 415
Introduction to Optimization
As published: “Introduction to Optimization H”
3
STOR 455
Methods of Data Analysis
As published: “Methods of Data Analysis H”
3
SOCI 410
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy
3
SOCI 412
Social Stratification
3
SOCI 415
Economy and Society
3
SOCI 418
Contemporary Chinese Society
3
SOCI 420
Political Sociology
3
SOCI 422
Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
3
SOCI 423
Sociology of Education, Experiential Education
3
SOCI 424
Law and Society
3
SOCI 425
Family and Society, Junior/Senior Section
3
SOCI 426
Sociology of Education
3
SOCI 427
The Labor Force
3
SOCI 431
Aging
3
SOCI 444
Race, Class, and Gender
3
SOCI 468
United States Poverty and Public Policy
3
SOCI 469
Health and Society
3
SPHG 350H
Introduction to Public Health
3
WGST 368
Women of Color in Contemporary United States Social Movements
3
WGST 388
The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
3
WGST 410
Comparative Queer Politics
3
WGST 662
Gender Issues in Planning and Development
3

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