Certificate in Policy in Context

Overview

The certificate in Policy in Context is designed to expose students to making, application, and/or effects of governmental policies in various contexts.

Requirements

Students may earn an undergraduate certificate in Policy in Context by fulfilling the following requirements. Students majoring or minoring in Political Science cannot earn this certificate.

Students must take four of the following courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BUSN 316	Business Law II	3
BUSN 333	Banking Regulation and Compliance	3
ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
EESC 322	Environmental Policy	3
HIST 311	Indigenous History and Federal Indian Policy, 1787 - Present	3
POLS 312	Congress and the Presidency	3
POLS 335	The European Union	3
POLS 352	American Economic Policy	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Other courses with a significant government policy component can count for this certificate with the prior approval of the History and Political Science Program.

Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate familiarity with the making, application, and/or effects of government policies in various contexts.

2. Students will think critically about policy and issues involving those policies and outcomes in different contexts.