The following document provides a representative list of the additional and supporting courses that can be taken to fulfill the requirements of the PPLAS minor. Please note: this list is not exhaustive.
Students may substitute the courses listed below with suitable alternatives, subject to the approval of the School of Public Policy’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. If you are interested in counting courses towards the minor that are not listed below, please reach out to Jeremy Hoffman (jdh6306@psu.edu).
Additional Courses
Select 6 credits from the following list.
Representative courses that may be taken to fulfil the additional course requirement are:
Course Code Public Policy Courses | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
PUBPL/SOC 419 | Race and Public Policy | 3 |
PUBPL 471 | Economic Inequality and Public Policy | 3 |
PUBPL 481 | Seminar in Environmental Policy | 3 |
PUBPL 482 | Seminar in Health Policy | 3 |
PUBPL 490 | Seminar in Public Policy | 3 |
Course Code Other Courses | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
AFAM 409 | Racial and Ethnic Inequality in America | 3 |
SOC 428 | Homelessness in America | 3 |
Supporting Courses
Select 6 credits from the following list.
Representative courses that may be taken to fulfill the supporting course requirement are:
Course Code Public Policy Courses | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
PUBPL 120N | State, Society, and Public Policy | 3 |
PUBPL 483 | Seminar in National Security Policy | 3 |
Course Code Other Courses | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
BIOTET 401Q | Science, Ethics, Policy, and Law | 3 |
BLAW 341 | Business Law I: Introduction to Contracts, Liability Issues,
and Intellectual Property
| 3 |
CED 155 | Science, Technology and Public Policy | 3 |
CIVCM 211N | Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement | 3 |
EDLDR 480 | Introduction to Educational Leadership | 3 |
EDSGN 100 | Cornerstone Engineering Design | 3 |
FOR 480 | Policy and Administration | 3 |
IST 110 | Information, People and Technology | 3 |
IST 432 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Information Science and Technology | 3 |
LHR 201 | Employment Relationship: Law and Policy | 3 |
METEO 133N | Ethics of Climate Change | 3 |
METEO 332N | Science and policy of global greenhouse gas emissions
and management
| 3 |
MGMT 320 | Establishing Workforce Diversity and Inclusion | 3 |
MGMT 365 | Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
MKTG 442 | Sustainable Behavior of Consumers, Firms, and Societies | 3 |
OLEAD 201 | Organizational Theory and Functions for Leaders | 3 |
OLEAD 210 | Evidence-Based Leadership | 3 |
OLEAD 409 | Leadership Development: A Life-Long Learning
Perspective
| 3 |
OLEAD 464 | Communication Skills for Leaders in Groups and
Organizations
| 3 |
OLEAD 465 | Collective Decision Making | 3 |
PLSC 202 | American Public Policy | 3 |
PLSC 404 | Analyzing Public Policy in the American States | 3 |
PLSC 438 | National Security Policies | 3 |
PLSC 490 | Policy Making and Evaluation | 3 |