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PLCY 52 courses with the subject PLCY, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
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This course introduces the students to the concept of statesmanship and various models for policy analysis. Students will be introduced to the various contexts in which policy formation and implementation occur. Students will be challenged to view policy from Biblical, constitutional, and political lenses in order to understand a comprehensive approach to policy development and implementation.
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 701 Natural Law, The State & The Gospel 3
The student is introduced to Biblical principles of government and statesmanship in this course, both in terms of key governmental processes and structures, as well as practices related to statesmanship and statecraft. Concepts such as natural law, inalienable rights, covenant, sphere sovereignty, justice, and church-state relations are incorporated into course content with a particular emphasis on policy implications.
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 702 Founding Era and the Constitution 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 703 Contemporary Challenges to Constitutional Order and the Role of the State 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 704 Economics and Public Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 705 Political Actors and Institutions 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 707 Education and Public Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 710 Social Issues and Public Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 800 National Security and Public Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 801 Foreign Policy and Public Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 802 Competing Visions of Statesmanship 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 804 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 or PADM 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 805 Policy Analysis and Research Design 3
Prerequisite: ((PLCY 840 or PLCY 850 or PLCY 860 or PLCY 866 or PLCY 870 or PLCY 880) and PLCY 700 )
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 807 Program Evaluation 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 808 Game Theory and Formal Modeling 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 809 Data and Analysis for Policymakers 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 810 Quantitative Methods I 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 805
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 811 Quantitative Methods II 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 810
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 812 Qualitative Methods 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 811
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 815 Advanced Quantitative Methods I 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 816 Advanced Quantitative Methods II 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 815
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 840 Introduction to Education Policy Studies 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 841 Research Seminar in Education Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 840
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 842 Research Prospectus in Education Policy 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 841
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 850 Introduction to Social Policy Studies 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 851 Research Seminar in Social Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 850
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 852 Research Prospectus in Social Policy 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 851
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 860 Introduction to Foreign Policy Studies 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 861 Research Seminar in Foreign Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 860
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 862 Research Prospectus in Foreign Policy 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 861
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 864 Advanced Research: The Political Worldview of the People's Republic of China 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 865 Advanced Research: The Politics of the People's Republic of China 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 866 Advanced Research: Chinese Political Economy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 867 Advanced Research: The Foreign Policy of the People's Republic of China 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 868 Advanced Research: Strategic Thought in Western and Chinese Perspectives 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 869 Advanced Research: The Grand Strategy of the People’s Republic of China 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 870 Introduction to Economic Policy Studies 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 871 Research Seminar in Economic Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 870
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 872 Research Prospectus in Economic Policy 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 871
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 880 Introduction to National Security Policy Studies 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 881 Research Seminar in National Security Policy 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 880
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 882 Research Prospectus in National Security Policy 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 881
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 885 Research Concept 3
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 701 and PLCY 702 and PLCY 703 and PLCY 704 and (PLCY 800 or PLCY 801) and PLCY 802 and PLCY 804 and PLCY 805 and PLCY 810 and PLCY 811 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 3 Credits (max) 3 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 887 Capstone I 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 885
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 888 Capstone II 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 887
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 889 Capstone III 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 888
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 890 Capstone IV 0
Prerequisite: PLCY 889
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 0 Credits (max) 0 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 980 Dissertation Prospectus 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 700 and PLCY 701 and PLCY 702 and PLCY 703 and PLCY 704 and PLCY 800 and PLCY 801 and PLCY 802 and PLCY 804 and PLCY 805 and PLCY 810 and PLCY 811 and PLCY 812
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 987 Dissertation I 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 885
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 988 Dissertation II 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 987
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 989 Dissertation III 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 980 or PLCY 988
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu PLCY 990 Dissertation IV - Dissertation Defense 5
Prerequisite: PLCY 989
Subject PLCY Credits (min) 5 Credits (max) 5 Credit unit Credit Hour(s) Type course Edition 2026 Source catalog.liberty.edu Source: Liberty University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
