May 20, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

History and Public Policy, B.A./B.S.

The degree program in History and Public Policy prepares students for lives and careers dedicated to discerning the public good, particularly as it pertains to policy in public institutions. Students will study both the theory and practice of public policy from a wide array of global, historical perspectives, acquiring qualitative skills with some exposure to quantitative reasoning. Being a history degree, this course of study has the liberal arts at its core, but combines that focus with exposure to professional programs specifically dedicated to public work. History and Public Policy students seek to understand change across time, exploring how public policy emerged in different contexts, while considering how it came to be what it is today. Students will learn how structures of power and influence work in the competition for resources among different, diverse populations enmeshed in public institutions. In studying these processes, students will consider both the human beings who make decisions and those who are the recipients of public resources, including the overlapping, complex relationships between the two.

BELL Core Requirements: 53 Hours (minimum)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Technical Requirements:

Technical Requirements are courses identified by the program as required courses and will count in the BELL Core or as General Electives.

DSC 1010 Introduction to Data Science 3 Hours
ECO 2210 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Hours
HIS 2010 The American Experience to Reconstruction 3 Hours
or
HIS 2020 The American Experience Since Reconstruction 3 Hours

Major Requirements: 33 Hours

HIS 2050 is prerequisite for all courses number 3000 and above for the History and Public Policy Major

History and Public Policy Core: 9 Hours

Electives from American History Courses: 9 Hours

Select 3 of the following electives:

HIS 3110 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 Hours
HIS 3340 American in Depression and War 3 Hours
HIS 3410 History of American Political Thought 3 Hours
HIS 4120 Revolution, Nation Making and the “Age of Jackson” 3 Hours
HIS 4320 Seminar in The American West 3 Hours

Electives from Non-U.S. History Courses: 6 Hours

Select two of the following electives:

HIS 3500 History of the Russian Empire 3 Hours
HIS 3510 Russia and the Soviet Union Since 1900 3 Hours
HIS 3540 Modern China 3 Hours
HIS 3560 France Since 1870 3 Hours
HIS 3720 Islamic Social and Religious Thought 3 Hours
HIS 3800 Latin America : The National Period 3 Hours
HIS 3850 Africa Since 1890 3 Hours
HIS 4500 Europe in the Age of the World Wars 3 Hours
HIS 4710 Ecology, Technology, and Geography in World History 3 Hours
HIS 4820 History of Modern Japan 3 Hours

Interdisciplinary Electives: 9 Hours

Select three of the following electives (one course per subjuect prefix):

BPH 2010 Social Determinants of Health 3 Hours
COM 2040 Public Advocacy 3 Hours
PRL 3380 Social Media Measurement & Analytics 3 Hours
PSC 3340 National Security Policy and Process 3 Hours
PSC 3710 International Political Economy 3 Hours
SWK 3810 Social Welfare Policy Issues and Services I 3 Hours

Minor requirements: 18 Hours

General Electives: 24 Hours (minimum)

Total Required for the Program: 128 Hours