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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Core

Course Title Quarter Hours
PPS 101INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY4
PPS 203PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN ISSUES4
or PPS 250 ISSUES IN HOUSING POLICY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
PPS 346ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING4
PSC 120THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM4
Choose one from:4
PPS 208
INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
PPS 231
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
PPS 251
URBAN POVERTY
PPS 260
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
PPS 278
DISABILITY RIGHTS AND POLICY
Choose one from:4
PSC 212
LATINO POLITICS
PSC 217
WOMEN AND POLITICS
PSC 218
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS
PSC 312
LGBTQ POLITICS
ECO 105PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS4
GEO 242GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS 14

 Elective PPS Courses

Students choose five elective courses (twenty credit hours) from the list below. Up to eight credit hours (two courses) may come from Approved Courses outside of PPS. PPS courses not listed here can be substituted with the consent of an advisor (PPSAdvising@depaul.edu). Optional required courses that were not taken in the core may be taken as electives.

Course Title Quarter Hours
PPS 203
PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN ISSUES 2
PPS 205
PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
PPS 208
INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 2
PPS 231
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 2
PPS 250
ISSUES IN HOUSING POLICY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT 2
PPS 251
URBAN POVERTY 2
PPS 260
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY 2
PPS 278
DISABILITY RIGHTS AND POLICY 2
PPS 318
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
PPS 319
FUNDRAISING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
PPS 322
FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PPS 329
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
PPS 330
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PPS 333
GREEN CITIES
PPS 353
INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY
PPS 354
PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
PPS 358
SPECIAL TOPICS IN NONPROFIT STUDIES
PPS 359
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES
PPS 364
PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
PPS 368
COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY POLICIES
PPS 369
CANNABIS POLICY IN THE USA
PPS 374
RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY
PPS 376
ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
PPS 378
URBAN RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICY
PPS 398
INTERNSHIP
1

Requires pre-requisite of PSC 201/GEO 241 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 1: Digital Mapping (MCD-CR). 

2

If not taken as a required course in the BA in Public Policy core requirements.

Approved Courses outside of PPS

Course Title Quarter Hours
CRIM 218
COMMUNITIES AND CRIME
CRIM 312
21ST CENTURY POLICING
CRIM 337
DRUGS AND SOCIETY
ECE 302
CHILD AND FAMILY IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY
ECE 327
IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON FAMILIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN
ECO 310
URBAN ECONOMICS
ECO 312
THE CHICAGO ECONOMY
ECO 335
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ECO 360
ECONOMICS OF LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
GEO 103
URBANIZATION
GEO 233
COMPARATIVE URBANISM
GEO 330
SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION
GEO 333
URBAN PLANNING
HLTH 250
HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
INT 360
TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
INT 396
TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LSE 353
THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION
PSC 349
ADVANCED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RE 350
REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS
REL 224
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES
SOC 214
POLICING THE MARGINS
SOC 232
GLOBAL CITIES
SOC 310
CRIMINALIZATION, PUNISHMENT, & RESISTANCE
SOC 317
GENDER, CRIME AND JUSTICE
SWU 331
SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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