Public Policy Minor

The Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute offers a minor in public policy to prepare students for career paths in public, private and non-profit sectors and for graduate students in public policy and other disciplines. The public policy minor includes two required courses (six credit hours) and three elective courses (nine credit hours).

Minor Requirements

A Public Policy minor consists of the following courses:

POL 310	Public Policy	3
POL 420	Methods of Social Research	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

And three electives courses selected from the following:

KIN 324	Ethics & Policy in Health Science	3
CSD 324	Ethics & Policy in Health Sciences	3
NUR 452WI	Nursing Leadership and Health	3
POL 303	Political Parties & Politics	3
POL 309	Constitutional LawPolitics	3
POL 312	Public Administration	3
POL 314	National Security Policy	3
POL 401	Political Theory	3
POL 403	American Foreign Policy	3
POL 425	Public Opinion & Survey Research Methods	3
PHIL 212	Ethics	3
PHIL 215	Environmental Ethics	3
SUST 215	Environmental Ethics	3
PHIL 311	Political Philosophy	3
POL 401	Political Theory	3
PHIL 412	Biomedical Ethics	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

NOTE:

Credit received for POL 420 (three credit hours) and one other approved minor in Public Policy course (three credit hours) may count toward the student’s declared major and the Public Policy minor. For all other courses, credit may be applied to only the major OR the Public Policy minor.

Total Credit Hours: 15