Graduate
Minor Education in Public Policy
The
Department offers a Master's Certificate (formal minor) for students enrolled
in policy-related programs at UNC-CH, including City and Regional Planning,
Public Administration (MPA), Social Work, Education, Health Policy Analysis
and Administration, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Journalism and
Mass Communication, Law, and other social science fields. Interested students
should apply for admission to the relevant department, and once enrolled can
arrange to complete the minor program.
The
purpose of the minor is to bring students from various programs
across campus into closer contact with other students and faculty
with policy analysis interests. The Department of Public Policy
will award a Certificate to all minors who complete the requirements.
Certificates may be useful for students seeking jobs that require
formal training in public policy analysis. As an officially recognized
minor in the Graduate School, the rules of the Graduate School
for graduate minors apply.
Students
who qualify for the minor are required to complete a course of study developed
with the Director of the Graduate Studies of the Department (or his/her designee)
and the student's home department advisor which must include a minimum of
16 hours of approved coursework in public policy analysis (not counting prerequisites).
The prerequisite courses are intermediate microeconomics and probability and
statistics. All students are required to take a course in Public Policy Analysis
(3 hours) and the Seminar in Public Policy Analysis (1 hour). Sample tracks
include:
Sample
Track I
(for
students in social science disciplines other than economics, or in the School
of Public Health):
Economic Analysis and Public Policy I and II (2 courses)
Ethics and Formal Decision Analysis I
American Political Institutions OR Politics of the Administrative Process
Sample
Track 2
(for
economics department students and others who have taken advanced economics
courses):
Ethics and Formal Decision Analysis I and II (2 courses)
American Political Institutions OR Politics of the Administrative Process
One other course approved by advisor (e.g., Government Budgeting, Analysis
for Risk Management, or Advanced Research Design)
Sample
Track 3
(for
students in professional schools, law students, and others):
Public Sector Economics
American Political Institutions OR Politics of the Administrative Process
Values and Ethical Perspectives on Public Policy
One other course approved by advisor (e.g., Government Budgeting, Analysis
for Risk Management)
Other
courses are possible with permission of advisor(s). Students must also complete
their home department's quantitative methods course, or, if their home department
has no requirement, must take such a course in another department or fulfill
the requirement by examination.
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