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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Core

Course Title Quarter Hours
PPS 101INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY4
PPS 205PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS4
PPS 300APPLIED URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS4
PPS 301PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS4
PPS 336QUANTITATIVE PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS4

 Elective PPS Courses

Students choose eight elective courses (thirty-two credit hours) from the list below. Of those thirty-two credit hours, five courses (twenty credit hours) are required at the 300 level. 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).

Course Title Quarter Hours
PPS 201
PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN ISSUES
PPS 208
INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
PPS 231
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
PPS 250
ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
PPS 251
URBAN POVERTY
PPS 255
CITIES, GLOBALIZATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
PPS 260
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
PPS 278
DISABILITY RIGHTS AND POLICY
PPS 302
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
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 332
NATIONAL PARKS POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
PPS 333
GREEN CITIES
PPS 334
SUSTAINABLE LAND REVITALIZATION AND BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
PPS 346
ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING
PPS 350
ISSUES IN URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
PPS 351
THE POLICY AND POLITICS OF URBAN HOUSING
PPS 352
ISSUES IN URBAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY
PPS 353
INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY
PPS 358
SPECIAL TOPICS IN NONPROFIT STUDIES
PPS 359
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES
PPS 360
GREAT LAKES GOVERNANCE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
PPS 361
PUBLIC SPACES AND SOCIAL CONTROL
PPS 368
ENVIRONMENTALISM AND DISABILITY
PPS 376
ENERGY POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
PPS 378
URBAN RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICY
PPS 393
CAPSTONE: GENTRIFICATION 1
PPS 394
CAPSTONE: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 1
PPS 398
INTERNSHIP
1

If not taken as the PPS Capstone requirement/LSP Senior Year Capstone requirement.

Approved Courses outside of PPS

Course Title Quarter Hours
ECE 302
CHILD AND FAMILY IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY
ECE 327
IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON FAMILIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN
ECO 335
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ECO 359
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECO 360
ECONOMICS OF LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
GEO 103
URBANIZATION
GEO 233
COMPARATIVE URBANISM
GEO 242
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS
GEO 310
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
GEO 330
SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION
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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