Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Public Policy and Administration Concentration

Complete 2 courses (6 credit hours) from the following:

• POLS 200 - Introduction to Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 240 - Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 249 - Introduction to Comparative Politics 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 265* - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 301* - Research Methods I 3 Credit Hours

Complete 1 course (3 credit hours) from the following

• POLS 301* - Research Methods I 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 311* - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 350 - Sources of Political Change in the Global South: Coups, Climate, and Conflict 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 366 - United States Foreign Policy Process 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 370 - Contemporary International Problems 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 470* - International Law 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 472* - Conflict Processes 3 Credit Hours

Option A - Political Issues & Society

• EEB 305* - Evolution and Society 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 306 - Ecology and Society 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 345* - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours
• PHYS 405 - Science, Technology, and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 360 - Social Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 341* - Social Inequalities 3 Credit Hours

Option B – Contemporary & Critical Issues

• EEB 305* - Evolution and Society 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 306 - Ecology and Society 3 Credit Hours
• EEPS 202* - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 252* - Contemporary Moral Problems 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 345* - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours
• PHYS 405 - Science, Technology, and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 341* - Social Inequalities 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 375* - Gender in Society 3 Credit Hours

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• WGS 383* - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours or
• GEOG 383* - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours

Option C - Professional Development

• ENGL 255* - Public Writing 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 295* - Writing in the Workplace 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 360* - Technical and Professional Writing 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 244* - Professional Responsibility 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 311* - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 320 - Motivation and Emotion 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 330 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 360 - Social Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 482 - Topics in Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• REST 309* - Religion and the Workplace 3 Credit Hours

Option D - Method & Theory

• ENGL 360* - Technical and Professional Writing 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 300 - Child Development 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 360 - Social Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 321 - Sociological Theory 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 331* - Sociological Research 3 Credit Hours
• WGS 200* - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours

Option E - Cultural Studies

• ENGL 252* - Introduction to Drama 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 339* - Children’s/Young Adult Literature 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 480 - Fairy Tale, Legend, and Myth: Folk Narrative 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics 3 Credit Hours
• REST 202* - Religion and Film 3 Credit Hours
• REST 311* - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 3 Credit Hours
• REST 319 - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in Asia 3 Credit Hours
• REST 320* - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion 3 Credit Hours
• REST 381* - Judaism 3 Credit Hours
• SOCI 375* - Gender in Society 3 Credit Hours

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• SOCI 419 - Sociology, Science Fiction Film, and Artificial Intelligence 3 Credit Hours or
• CNST 419 - Sociology, Science Fiction Film, and Artificial Intelligence 3 Credit Hours

Electives in Major (9 credit hours)

Choose up to 3 courses from a second Secondary Emphasis Area (must be distinct from the courses used for the Primary and Secondary Emphasis). Can replace up to 2 courses with up to 6 credit hours of INPG 492 - Off-Campus Study .

These are not part of the major but will be part of the 60-hour requirement and used to meet the Connections Requirement.