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Requirements

44 semester hours major; no more than 40 semester hours can have a PPLE prefix.

Three Required Core Classes (16 semester hours)

  • PPLE210 American Politics (4)

  • PPLE220 Politics and Ethics (4)

  • PPLE480W Knowledge into Action Senior Capstone (8)

Two Courses in Public Policy (8 semester hours)

  • ENVS321 Environmental Policymaking: Politics and Process (4)

  • ENVS380W Research in Forest Management and Policy (4)

  • PPLE318 Death in America (4)

  • PPLE319 U.S. Welfare Policy (4)

  • PPLE330 Topics in Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE331 Direct Democracy: The Politics and Policy of State Ballot Measures (4)

  • PPLE334 Law and Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE358 American Exceptionalism?: Policy and Politics in Comparative Perspective (4)

  • PPLE372 American Foreign Policy (4)

  • BUS6201 Public Policy Studies (4)

One course in Public Law (4 semester hours)

  • ENVS323 Understanding Environmental Law and Regulation (4)

  • HIST308 American Legal History (4)

  • PPLE334 Law and Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE337 Constitutional Law (4)

  • LW237 Native American Law (4)

  • LW266 Election Law (4)

  • LW304 State and Local Government (3)

  • LW381 First Amendment (3)

  • LW382 U.S. Supreme Court (3)

  • LW385 Presidency and the Constitution (3)

  • LW3019 Legislation and Regulation (4)

Two courses in American Politics and/or Ethics (8 semester hours)

  • ENVS304W Politics of Environmental Ethics (4)

  • HIST221W History Workshop: The US Far Right and Its Critics (topic dependent) (4)

  • IDS330 Bodies in Public (4)

  • PHEAL301 Public Health Ethics (4)

  • PPLE314 Politics and Religion in the United States (4)

  • PPLE315 Topics in Politics (4)

  • PPLE317 Political Judgment (4)

  • PPLE331 Direct Democracy: The Politics and Policy of State Ballot Measures (4)

  • PPLE338W Reforming Criminal Justice (4)

  • PPLE351W Sex, Gender, and American Politics (4)

  • PPLE353 Parties, Elections and Campaigns (4)

  • PPLE354 The American Presidency (4)

  • PPLE355 Latinx Politics and Policy

  • PPLE360 Pacific Northwest Farmworkers (4)

  • LW304 State and Local Government (3)

One Internship/Experiential Credit (4 semester hours)

One Additional Course from the Above Lists or From the Following: (4 semester hours)

  • ANTH344 Medical Anthropology (4)

  • CCM202 Creating Persuasive Campaigns (4)

  • CCM342 Feminist Media Since 1920 (4)

  • CCM361 Citizenship and the Public Sphere (4)

  • ECON320 Discourse on Income Inequality (4)

  • ECON344 The Economics of Race & Gender (4)

  • ECON345 Environmental Economics (4)

  • ENVS328 Health and the Global Environment (4)

  • HIST239 The Social History of Health (4)

  • HIST262 Gender and Women's History in the United States (4)

  • HIST307 American Immigration History (4)

  • HIST342 Studies in American History (4)

  • HIST453W History in the Archives (4)

  • PPLE345 Topics in Politics, Policy, Law & Ethics (4)

  • PSYC360 Psychology and Law (4)

  • RHET362W Telling news: Framing Reality (4)

  • SOC355 Health and Society (4)

  • SOC321 Climate Justice Workshop (4)

  • SOC382 Human Rights Research and Advocacy (4)

Requirements for the Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics Minor (24 semester hours)

  • 4 semester hours in 3 of the following four categories (12):

Public Policy

  • ENVS321 Environmental Policymaking: Politics and Process (4)

  • ENVS380W Research in Forest Management and Policy (4)

  • PPLE318 Death in America (4)

  • PPLE319 U.S. Welfare Policy (4)

  • PPLE330 Topics in Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE331 Direct Democracy: The Politics and Policy of State Ballot Measures (4)

  • PPLE334 Law and Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE358 American Exceptionalism?: Policy and Politics in Comparative Perspective (4)

  • PPLE372 American Foreign Policy (4)

  • BUS6201 Public Policy Studies (4)

Public Law

  • ENVS323 Understanding Environmental Law and Regulation (4)

  • HIST308 American Legal History (4)

  • PPLE334 Law and Public Policy (4)

  • PPLE337 Constitutional Law (4)

  • LW237 Native American Law (4)

  • LW266 Election Law (4)

  • LW304 State and Local Government (3)

  • LW381 First Amendment (3)

  • LW382 U.S. Supreme Court (3)

  • LW385 Presidency and the Constitution (3)

  • LW3019 Legislation and Regulation (4)

American Politics and/or Ethics

  • ENVS304W Politics of Environmental Ethics (4)

  • HIST221W History Workshop: The US Far Right and Its Critics (topic dependent) (4)

  • IDS330 Bodies in Public (4)

  • PHEAL301 Public Health Ethics (4)

  • PPLE314 Politics and Religion in the United States (4)

  • PPLE315 Topics in Politics (4)

  • PPLE317 Political Judgment (4)

  • PPLE331 Direct Democracy: The Politics and Policy of State Ballot Measures (4)

  • PPLE338W Reforming Criminal Justice (4)

  • PPLE351W Sex, Gender, and American Politics (4)

  • PPLE353 Parties, Elections and Campaigns (4)

  • PPLE354 The American Presidency (4)

  • PPLE355 Latinx Politics and Policy

  • PPLE360 Pacific Northwest Farmworkers (4)

  • LW304 State and Local Government (3)

Internship/Experiential Credit

  • Four additional semester hours from the above lists or from the following: (4)

    • ANTH344 Medical Anthropology (4)

    • CCM202 Creating Persuasive Campaigns (4)

    • CCM342 Feminist Media Since 1920 (4)

    • CCM361 Citizenship and the Public Sphere (4)

    • ECON320 Discourse in Income Inequality (4)

    • ECON344 The Economics of Race and Gender (4)

    • ECON345 Environmental Economics (4)

    • ENVS328 Health and the Global Environment (4)

    • HIST239 The Social History of Health (4)

    • HIST262 Women's and Gender History in the United States (4)

    • HIST307 American Immigration History (4)

    • HIST342 Studies in American History (4)

    • HIST453W History in the Archives (4)

    • PPLE345 Topics in Politics, Policy, Law, and Ethics (4)

    • PSYC360 Psychology and the Law (4)

    • RHET362W Telling News: Framing Reality (4)

    • SOC321 Climate Justice Workshop (4)

    • SOC355 Health and Society (4)

    • SOC382 Human Rights: Research and Advocacy (4)

Note: At least 4 courses must have a PPLE prefix.

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