BA in Public Policy

There are no prerequisites in order to declare the Public Policy Studies major. However, there is a flow to the major requirements and advance planning is important.

All courses, with the exception of PUBPOL 155, must be taken on a letter grade basis in order to qualify for the major.

5 CORE COURSES

  1. PUBPOL 155D: Introduction to Policy Analysis -- This course is a prerequisite for all of the the core courses except STATS 199L and PUBPOL 303. This is the gateway course for the major.
  2. PUBPOL 301: Political Analysis for Public Policy
  3. PUBPOL 302: Policy Choice as Value Conflict or PUBPOL 330/GLHLTH 210 Global Health Ethics
  4. PUBPOL 303: Microeconomic Policy Tools or ECON 201D: Intermediate Microeconomics I -- Note: students who have taken Econ 201D cannot take PUBPOL 303.
  5. STA 199L Introduction to Data Science and Statistical Thinking -- STA 198L, STA 101L, STA 102L, STA 104L, STA 111L, STA 130L, or ECON 104 may substitute for STATS 199L.

2 REQUIRED COURSES

  1. PUBPOL 304: Economics of the Public Sector
  2. History Elective – Choose an elective from this list. -- Note: the history elective must be taken on campus at Duke; it cannot be a transfer or study abroad course.

4 ELECTIVES