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27th January 2017, 05:54 PM
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Public Policy SMU
I want to get the details of the Public Policy Major program in Southern Methodist University so can you provide me?
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27th January 2017, 06:16 PM
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Re: Public Policy SMU
The Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences of Southern Methodist University offers Major program in Public Policy. Major program in Public Policy The public policy major is an interdisciplinary program in economics and political science designed to provide students with the analytical skills and historical context to understand and address contemporary policy issues. The B.A. degree in public policy requires at least 15 hours of advanced courses selected from the electives, with no fewer than six hours in economics and six hours in political science or public policy. Students must receive at least a C- in all classes counting toward the major. A maximum of 12 hours of (preapproved) advanced-level courses in SMU-approved study abroad programs may be counted toward the major. Twenty-four (24) semester hours of Required Core Courses ECO 1311 Principles of Microeconomics ECO 1312 Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 3301 Price Theory (Intermediate Microeconomics) MATH 1309 Intro to Calculus for Business/Social Science or MATH 1337 Calculus I PLSC 1320 Intro to American Government and Politics PLSC 1340 Introduction to Comparative Government or PLSC 1380 Introduction to International Relations PLSC 3320 Principles of Public Policy STAT 2301 Statistics for Modern Business Decisions or STAT 2331 Introduction to Statistical Methods or STAT 4340 Statistical Methods for Engineers and Applied Scientists Fifteen (15) semester hours of Electives Quantitative Methods (one from the following): ECO 5341 Strategic Behavior ECO 5350 Introductory Econometrics ECO 5370 Cost-Benefit Analysis Two courses from any two of the following groups: Political Economy ECO 4371 Theory of Industrial Structure ECO 4382 Economics of Regulated Industries ECO 4385 Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy ECO 5361 Natural Resources and Energy Economics ECO 5365 Public Finance ECO 5366 Economics of the Public Sector PLSC 3329 Bureaucracy and Regulatory Politics PLSC 3355 The Political Economy of the Welfare State PLSC 3382 International Organizations: Global and Regional PLSC 3389 International Political Economy* PLSC 3390 Negotiating International Trade PLSC 4329 The Politics of Economic Policy PLSC 4333 Policy, Politics and the Budget PLSC 4356 Latin American Political Economy* Law and Social Policy ECO 4351 Labor Economics ECO 4361 Economics of Education ECO 5320 Health Economics ECO 5353 Law and Economics ECO 5357 Economics of Human Resources PLSC 3321 Congress and the Legislative Process PLSC 3327 Texas Politics PLSC 3330 Law, Politics, and the Supreme Court PLSC 3333 Environmental Policy PLSC 3335 Judicial Process PLSC 3370 Women and Politics PLSC 4321 Basic Issues in American Democracy PLSC 4334 Politics and Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement PLSC 4335 Constitutional Law PLSC 4336 Civil Liberties: First Amendment and Privacy PLSC 4337 Civil Rights PLSC 4338 Criminal Process Rights PLSC 4339 Women and the Law PLSC 4341 Comparative Rights and Representation PLSC 4371 Jurisprudence PP 3310 Environmental Policy International Politics and Policy ECO 4357 International Trade ECO 4358 International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy ECO 5360 Economic Development: Macroeconomic Perspectives FINA 4329 International Finance (Cox double majors only) PLSC 3340 Western European Politics PLSC 3345 Governments and Politics of the Middle East PLSC 3346 Japanese Politics and Society PLSC 3347 Governments and Politics of Africa PLSC 3348 Governments and Politics of Latin America PLSC 3352 Chinese Politics PLSC 3358 Government and Politics of Russia PLSC 3383 The American Foreign Policy Process PLSC 3389 International Political Economy* PLSC 4342 Why Nations Revolt PLSC 4356 Latin American Political Economy* PLSC 4381 National Security Policy PLSC 4382 Politics of Military Force PLSC 4384 American-Russian Relationship PLSC 4386 International Relations of East Asia PLSC 4391 NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas PLSC 4398 Nuclear Weapons and World Politics STRA 5370 Strategic Management in a Global Economy (Cox double majors only) * PLSC 3389 and PLSC 4356 count as either Political Economy or International Politics and Policy. Contact- Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences PO Box 750235 | Dallas, Texas | 75275-0235 | 214-768-2440 Southern Methodist University |