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Requirements for the Public Policy MAJOR

Lower-Division Requirements
The following core courses are required of all students enrolled in the public policy
major. These courses can be used to satisfy college breadth requirements.

♦ PBPL 001
♦ POSC 010 or POSC 015
♦ ECON 003
♦ PHIL 002 or PHIL 003
♦ HIST 017B or HIST 020
♦ One from: ECON 005, PSYC 011, SOC 005, STAT 040

Upper-Division Requirements
♦ Ten (10) courses between two tracks, with no more than seven (7) courses in one
track.

♦ Public Policy Seminar/Colloquia
During the junior and senior years, students will be required to enroll in
PBPL191, Seminar on Critical Issues in Public Policy, which will include
attendance at public lectures to the campus community by outside speakers –
typically policy makers, administrators and researchers – on timely and important
policy issues facing the Inland Empire, the state, the nation, and the world.

♦ Domestic or International Policy Practicum
In the third or fourth year of the program (or during the summer between the
third and fourth years), students will be required to do a policy practicum
(PBPL198I). This will consist of an internship (paid or voluntary) on a policy issue
or problem with a local, state or federal government agency, non-profit or forprofit
organization, a trade association, a labor/trade union, or a public-affairs
firm.

Select Ten (10) courses between two tracks, with no more than seven (7) courses in one track.