2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Applied Public Policy minor

Required Credits: 32
Required GPA: 2.00

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 3010 Public Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3230 Benefit/Cost Analysis (3 credits)
• GEOG 2400 Introduction to Planning (3 credits)
• POL 1200 Introduction to American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)

II REQUIRED OPTION

SELECT 12 SEMESTER CREDITS FROM ONE OF
THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:

A.ENVR POLICY:

• GEOG 3560 Metropolitan Land Use Planning (3 credits)
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
• SOC 3050 Environmental Sociology (3 credits)
• ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
  or ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)

B. PLANNING:

• GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 3570 Public Lands Planning (3 credits)
• GEOG 3560 Metropolitan Land Use Planning (3 credits)
• GEOG 3580 Regional Development Planning (3 credits)

C. AM POL/ECON:

• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)
• ECON 3070 Labor Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3200 Economics of the Financial Sector (3 credits)
• POL 3410 Legislative and Executive Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3420 Campaigns and Elections (3 credits)

D.INT/POL/ECON:

• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)
• ECON 3400 International Trade and Finance (3 credits)
• POL 1300 Introduction to International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3170 International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3180 International Law and Organization (3 credits)
• POL 3190 International Political Economy (3 credits)

E. PUBLIC POLICY SERVICE LEARNING
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE. (1 credit per semester;
must be taken twice, but no more than 4 credits total)

• POL 3910 Directed Independent Study: Student Leadership (1 credit)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• POL 3970 Internship (3 credits)