Program checklist · Minor

Politics and Public Policy

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · University Park, PA

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Program

Award: Minor
Credits (computed from items): 18-19
Catalog edition: 2026
Checklist type: degree-program

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 214777
CourseShelf checklist: CK_214777_a0998359
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Program Requirements

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Prescribed Courses

0 items

Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

1 item

PLSC 1
American Politics: Principles, Processes and Powers
Not resolved to a course
3

Additional Courses

0 items

Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

5 items

PLSC 202
American Public Policy
Not resolved to a course
or: PUBPL 304 Public Policy Analysis
3
Select 3-4 credits from the following:
Not resolved to a course
3-4
PLSC 309
Quantitative Political Analysis
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 309H
Quantitative Political Analysis
Not resolved to a course
STAT 200
Elementary Statistics
Not resolved to a course

Supporting Courses and Related Areas

0 items

Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better

158 items

Select 9 credits from the following (at least 6 credits must be at the 400-level or above):
Not resolved to a course
9
AFAM 416
Race, Gender and Science
3
AFAM 431
Black Liberation and American Foreign Policy
3
AFAM 435N
Black Ecologies
3
AFAM 445Y
Politics of Affirmative Action
Not resolved to a course
AFAM 465
The Post-World War II Civil Rights Movement
3
AFAM 492
Identities, Power and Perceptual Pedagogies in Teaching and Learning
3
AFR 305
Introduction to Global Health Issues
3
AFR 310
Language Rights, Policy, and Planning
3
AFR 440
Globalization and Its Implications
3
AFR 479
History of Imperialism and Nationalism in Africa
3
AGBM 430
U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy
3
APLNG 230N
Language and Social Justice
Not resolved to a course
APLNG 310
Language Rights, Policy, and Planning
Not resolved to a course
ARCH 311W
Architectural and Planning Theories
Not resolved to a course
ARCH 316
Analysis of Human Settlements: Cities
Not resolved to a course
ARCH 412
Integrative Energy and Environmental Design
Not resolved to a course
BIOL 418
Biology of Human Infectious Diseases
Not resolved to a course
BIOL 419
Ecological and Environmental Problem Solving
Not resolved to a course
BRS 350
Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
Not resolved to a course
BRS 402
Foundations of Sustainable Business
Not resolved to a course
BRS 422
Energy Analysis in Agricultural and Biorenewable Systems
Not resolved to a course
BRS 426
Safety and Health in Agriculture and Biorenewable Industries
Not resolved to a course
CAS 375
Rhetoric and Public Controversy
Not resolved to a course
CED 201
Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics
Not resolved to a course
CED 309
Land Economics and Policy
Not resolved to a course
CED 375
Community, Local Knowledge, and Democracy
Not resolved to a course
CED 409
Land Use Planning and Procedure
Not resolved to a course
CED 417
Power, Conflict, and Community Decision Making
Not resolved to a course
CED 430W
Principles of Community Economic Development
Not resolved to a course
CED 431W
Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies
Not resolved to a course
CED 460W
Policy, Politics and Perspectives on Social & Environmental Responsibility
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 415
Drug Control Policy in Comparative Perspective
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 416
The Death Penalty
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 417
Hate Crime, Extremism, and Terrorism
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 435
Border Security
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 441
The Juvenile Justice System
Not resolved to a course
CRIMJ 469
Drugs and Drug Policy in the United States
Not resolved to a course
CYBER 262
Cyber-Defense Studio
Not resolved to a course
CYBER 342W
Cyber Incident Handling and Response
Not resolved to a course
EBF 402
Energy Law and Contracts
Not resolved to a course
EBF 473
Risk Management in Energy Industries
Not resolved to a course
ECON 102
Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
Not resolved to a course
ECON 104
Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 115
Education in American Society
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 115S
Competing Rights: Issues in American Education
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 200
Reform, Advocacy, and Transformation in Education
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 420
Shaping Education: Policy Development and Impact
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 426
Economic Impact and Education Policy
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 427
Intelligence and Educational Policy
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 430
History of Education in the United States
Not resolved to a course
EDTHP 447
Ethnic Minorities and Schools in the United States
Not resolved to a course
ENVE 424
Not resolved to a course
ENVE 425
Not resolved to a course
ENVE 430
Sustainable Engineering
3
ENVE 460
Not resolved to a course
ENVE 470
Air Quality
3
ENVSC 297
Special Topics in Environmental Science
Not resolved to a course
ENVSC 400W
Case Studies in Environmental Analysis and Problem-Solving
Not resolved to a course
ENVSE 450
Environmental Health and Safety
3
ERM 402
Foundations of Sustainable Business
3
ERM 411
Legal Aspects of Resource Management
3
ERM 429
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Issues and Careers in Complex Environmental Problem Solving
3
ERM 430
Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
3
ERM 449
Sustainable Water Management: Economics and Policy
Not resolved to a course
ERM 497
Special Topics
1-9
FDSYS 490
From Agriculture to Culture: Perspectives on your food from seed to plate
Not resolved to a course
FOR 450W
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Not resolved to a course
FOR 480
Policy and Administration
Not resolved to a course
HPA 401
Comparative Health Systems
3
HPA 440
Principles of Epidemiology
3
HPA 444
Aging Policy in the United States
3
HPA 447
Financing Health Care
3
IST 432
Legal and Regulatory Environment of Information Science and Technology
3
IST 445
Globalization Trends and World Issues
3
IST 452
Legal and Regulatory Environment of Privacy and Security
3
IST 453
Legal, Regulatory, Policy Environment of Cyber Forensics
3
LER 445Y
Politics of Affirmative Action
Not resolved to a course
LHR 400
Comparative Employment Relations Systems
3
LHR 401
The Law of Labor-Management Relations
3
LHR 410
Employment Strategies for People with Disabilities
3
LHR 434
Advanced Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration
3
LHR 435
Labor Relations in the Public Sector
3
LHR 458Y
History of Work in America
3
LHR 466
Labor Union Structure, Administration and Governance
3
LHR 468
American Labor Unions
3
LHR 475H
Labor in the Global Economy
3
NUCE 420
Radiological Safety
Not resolved to a course
NUCE 442
Nuclear Security System Design
Not resolved to a course
NUCE 446
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 120N
State, Society, and Public Policy
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 177N
Politics and Government in Washington DC
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 223N
Ethnic and Racial Politics
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 297
Special Topics
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 403
The Legislative Process
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 404
Analyzing Public Policy in the American States
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 405
The American Presidency
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 419
The Bureaucratic State
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 425
Government and Politics of the American States
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 426
Political Parties and Interest Groups
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 438
National Security Policies
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 442
American Foreign Policy
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 444
Government and the Economy
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 460
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 473
American Judicial Behavior
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 476
Empirical Legal Studies
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 477
Sex, Race, & Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court and Equality
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 482
American State and Urban Politics
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 488
Comparative Public Policy
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 489
Public Administration
Not resolved to a course
PLSC 490
Policy Making and Evaluation
Not resolved to a course
PUBPL 305
Leadership Studies
3
PUBPL 306
Introduction to Crisis and Emergency Management
3
PUBPL 419
Race and Public Policy
3
PUBPL 475
Critical Infrastructure Protection
3
PUBPL 476
Homeland Security Intelligence
3
PUBPL 481
Seminar in Environmental Policy
3
PUBPL 482
Seminar in Health Policy
3
PUBPL 483
Seminar in National Security Policy
3
PUBPL 490
Seminar in Public Policy
3
PUBPL 495
Internship
1-12
PUBPL 496
Independent Studies
1-18
PUBPL 497
Special Topics
1-9
SOC 201
Presumed Innocent? Social Science of Wrongful Conviction
3
SOC 210Z
Social Determinants of Health
Not resolved to a course
SOC 269
Intercultural Dialogue Concepts and Practice
1-4
SOC 409
Racial and Ethnic Inequality in America
3
SOC 428
Homelessness in America
3
SOC 440
Family Policy
3
SOC 445
U.S. Immigration
3
SOC 447
Ethnic Minorities and Schools in the United States
3
SOC 450
Justice and the Environment
3
SOC 451
Health, Disease & Society
3
SOC 452
Not resolved to a course
SOC 454
Not resolved to a course
SOC 459
Communities and Crime
3
SOILS 422
Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability
Not resolved to a course
STS 233Z
Ethics and the Design of Technology
Not resolved to a course
STS 416
Race, Gender and Science
3
STS 420
Energy and Modern Society
3
STS 460
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
3
SUST 150N
The Science of Sustainable Development
3
SUST 325N
Health and Environmental Sustainability
3
WFS 209N
Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation
3
WFS 430
Conservation Biology
3
WFS 450
Wetland Science and Sustainability
3
WMNST 103
Racism and Sexism
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 116N
Family and Gender Roles in Modern History
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 120
Sex, Gender, and the Body
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 136
Race, Gender, and Employment
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 420W
Gender and International Development
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 423
Sexual and Domestic Violence
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 424
Women and Sport
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 428
Gender and Politics
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 453
Women and the Criminal Justice System
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 456
Gender, Occupations, and Professions
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 458
Critical Feminist Issues in Reproduction
Not resolved to a course
WMNST 472
Work-Life Practices and Policies
Not resolved to a course

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