Taken in the new Scrivner Public Policy Institute in Korbel, public policy courses help students develop an understanding of policies concerning the world's most significant challenges, and learn how to make a positive impact through public policy. As part of our public policy program, you will pursue a second major in conjunction with your public policy studies, allowing you to focus on an area of interest while gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation for policy in that area. Students can choose from programs such as history, international studies, sociology, economics and journalism.
Gain insight into the procedures and decision-making processes of local, state and federal governments and how to positively affect those processes. Graduates have gone on to enroll in some of the best graduate and law schools in the U.S., apply their studies to the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and work as legislative aides for the U.S. Congress or as staff assistants for various branches of government.
Program Requirements
Double Major
Public policy majors also complete a second major. Popular choices include political science, economics, history, sociology, international studies and communications/journalism. With that being said, you are welcome to combine your public policy degree with any other major at DU.
Core Courses
Analysis and Action
An analytical introduction to how American public policy is actually made.
Analytical and Critical Skills
Analyze competing points of view using empirical techniques and statistical inference.
Federal Budgetary Policy
Gain knowledge of the basics of government fiscal planning through a simulation of the federal budget process.
Evidence and Logic in Public Policy
Access the actual decision-making process within the executive and legislative branches of the federal government.
Power and Policy
Learn about the historical development of American 20th-century policy trends.
Economics for Policy
Core topics include consumer choice, choices in the public and private sector, the role of private self-interest and more.
The Supreme Court and Public Policy
Examine the policy-making role of the Supreme Court.
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