Admission into the Minor
Students are expected to formally declare a minor by completing the Change of Major/Minor Application online under the Student tab of myBama.
| Code and Title | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Courses | ||
| PSC 370 | American Public Policy | 3 |
| Political Context of Public Policy | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Intro American Politics | ||
| State & Local Govt | ||
| Amer Legislative Syst | ||
| Fiscal Policy & Budget | ||
| Comparative Pub Policy | ||
| Economic Analysis | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Honors Prin of Microeconomics | ||
| Intermediate Microeconomics | ||
| Honors Intermediate Microecon | ||
| Research Methods or Data Analysis | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Educational Statistics | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Engineering Statistics I | ||
| Intro Geographic Info Systems | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| Biostatistics | ||
| Political Science Methods | ||
| Statistical Data Analysis | ||
| Research Social Work Practice | ||
| Public Policy | ||
| Select two or three of the following: | 6-9 | |
| Economic Policy: | ||
| Law And Economics | ||
| Econ Forecasting & Analysis | ||
| Public Finance | ||
| Econ of Environment | ||
| Health Care Economics | ||
| Education Policy: | ||
| Politics of Education | ||
| Environmental Policy: | ||
| Sustainable Earth | ||
| World Regional Geography | ||
| Forest Ecosystem Restoration | ||
| Environ Decision Making | ||
| Environment & Society | ||
| Coastal Zone Management | ||
| Environmental Policy | ||
| International Social Work | ||
| Foreign Policy: | ||
| Relation US Latin Amer | ||
| Amer Foreign Policy | ||
| Foreign Policy Decisionmaking | ||
| Internatl Polit Econom | ||
| Humanitarianism | ||
| Health Care Policy: | ||
| Pop., Health & Human Origins | ||
| Health Inequities | ||
| Culture, Health, and Healing | ||
| Life & Health Insurance | ||
| Basic Epidemiology | ||
| The Politics of Health Policy | ||
| Rural Envir/Occup Health | ||
| National Security Policy: | ||
| War & Religion in the West | ||
| Authoritarianism | ||
| War And Peace | ||
| Terrorism and Political Islam | ||
| Internatl Conflict | ||
| International Organizations | ||
| Political Economy of Security | ||
| Social Welfare Policy and Services: | ||
| The Politics of Poverty | ||
| History Social Welfare US | ||
| Hon Hist. Social Welfare--US | ||
| Growing Old In America | ||
| Juvenile Delinquency | ||
| Family & Child Welfare | ||
| Anti-Oppression Social Justice | ||
| Soc Wel Policy & Services | ||
| Hon Soc Wel Pol & Serv | ||
| SW Practice with Communities | ||
| Trade Policy: | ||
| Monetary Theory & Policy | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Monetary Theory & Policy | ||
| Urban Policy: | ||
| Commun Facil Planning | ||
| Land Use Regulations | ||
| Urban Planning And Analysis | ||
| Geography of Automobility | ||
| Inpendent Study (Optional) | ||
| Independent project under the direction of a faculty member, as approved by the minor advisor. | 0-6 | |
| Total Hours | 18-27 | |
Grade Point Average
A 2.0 grade point average in the minor is required. Please see the Grades and Grade Points section of this catalog for an explanation on grade point average calculations.
Upper-level Residency
A minimum of six hours of 300- and 400-level courses in the minor must be earned on this campus.
Ancillary Courses
This minor does not require ancillary courses.
Additional Minor Requirements
The public policy studies minor requires a minimum of 18 hours. Students must take three hours from each of the following four areas for a total of 12 hours:
- Introduction to Public Policy
- The Political Context of Public Policy
- Economic Analysis
- Research Methods or Data Analysis
- If research or statistics course has been taken as part of your major, a substitution of this requirement is available. Please see the Director of the Public Policy Studies minor.
Specific sections of topics courses (PSC 320 Special Studies In PSC, PSC 321 Special Topics In PSC, PSC 322 Topics in American Politics, PSC 323 Topics in Comparative Politics, PSC 324 Topics in IR, PSC 325 Topics in Political Theory, PSC 326 Topics in PA/Policy, PSC 421 Seminar in Political Science and PSC 422 Seminar Political Science) may be appropriate to fulfill the field requirements. Additional credits, earned through transfer credit and/or education abroad, may also fulfill field requirements - please see the Director of the Public Policy Studies minor.
The remaining six hours may be completed by taking courses in public policy or independent study sections as outlined above.
Prerequisites
Public policy studies is an interdisciplinary minor, which pulls courses from various academic departments on campus. The prerequisite rules outlined in the course descriptions apply to all those included in the minor curriculum.