Public Policy and Service, BS

The interdisciplinary public policy and service major integrates coursework from public policy/administration and nonprofit studies. Courses in the major focus on the development, implementation, analysis and evaluation of policies that are relevant to the public good, including policies related to justice, equity and quality of life. Our unique interdisciplinary approach encourages students to specialize in a particular area of policy, through taking electives in environmental science, criminology and sociology, health administration, and more. The Public Policy and Service program is purposively designed to prepare students for careers in public policy, public administration, and non-profits.

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Public Policy and Service Curriculum

	*Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course*	*Fall Cr.*	Spr. Cr
First Year
MAJOR	PS 120 - (S) U.S. Politics: Principles & Citizenship — PS 121 - (S) U.S. Politics: Institutions & Policy OR PS 135 - (S) State and Local Government	3	3
GE ELECT	GE ELECT — Free Electives		6
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE EP	PS 110 - (FYOC, FYDT) Scranton and the World ¹	3
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition	3
GE T/RS - PHIL	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible — PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy	3	3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar^*
		15	15
Second Year
MAJOR	PS 232 - Public Administration — PS 234 - Policy Analysis	3	3
MAJOR	PS 210 - (Q, EPW) Political Science Research	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL 210 - Ethics — T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Elective in Political Science²		3
		15	15
Third Year
MAJOR	PS 336 - Organizational Theory and Behavior	3
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Electives in Political Science²	3	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Electives	3	3
COGNATE	PS 337 - Politics, Religion and Public Service or T/RS 213 - (P) American Catholic Thought or T/RS 231 - (P) God and the Good Society or T/RS 232 - (P) Catholic Social Thought or T/RS 234 - (P, D) Peacemakers or T/RS 236 - (P) God and Money or T/RS 244 - (P, D) The Catholic Church and American Culture or T/RS 342 - (P) Science and the Common Good	3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives³	3	3
GE PHIL or T/RS	PHIL ELECT - Philosophy Elective⁴ or T/RS ELECT - Theology Elective⁴		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective		3
		15	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	PPS ELECT - PPS Elective in Political Science²	3
MAJOR	PS 480 - Political Science Internship I /PS 481 - Political Science Internship II or PS 482 or PS 483 Independent Study or PS 331 - (EPW) The European Union or an approved Community-Based Learning course⁵	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	9	15
		15	15
	Total: 120 Credits

¹The Department recommends that students enroll in PS 110 in order to satisfy First Year Oral Communication and First Year Digital Technology requirements.

²Select PPS electives from the following: PS 110 , PS 135 , PS 216 , PS 231 , PS 241 , PS 318 , PS 319 , PS 325 , PS 330 , PS 331 , PS 333 , PS 337 , and PS 339 .

³With approval from the PPS Director, students select two non-Political Science courses tailored to their particular interest. Select two from the following approved courses (we recommend but do not require that the two courses come from the same area): CJ 110 , CJ 310 , S/CJ 210 , S/CJ 218 , S/CJ 219 , S/CJ 220 , S/CJ 221 , SOC 110 , SOC 212 , SOC 212 , SOC 222 , SOC 224 , SOC 315 /WOMN 215 , SOC 317 , SOC 331 , HADM 110 , HADM 111 , HADM 112 , HADM 211 , HADM 212 , HADM 216 , HADM 312 , ECO 101 , ECO 153 , ECO 154 , ACC 251 , ACC 252 , ACC 253 , ACC 254 , BIOL 141 , BIOL 142 , CHEM 112 , CHEM 113 , CHS 112 , CHS 335 , and HPRO 210 .

⁴A student who takes one of the T/RS courses listed in the Third Year Fall Semester (above) will replace this GE Phil or T/RS with a free elective.

*The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with an advisor in the Advising Center if you have any questions.

⁵Students may also apply PS 331 as the experimental learning requirement or as an elective.

Public Policy and Service, BS

Public Policy and Service Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 Credits