Policy Studies 

The Policy Studies program serves as the administrative home of two majors at Dickinson:  the Policy Management major (formerly the Policy Studies major) and the Law and Policy major (formerly the Law and Public Service certificate program).  Both majors are designed to help students to develop complex problem solving skills in an interdisciplinary context so that they can address contemporary policy problems that are framed by ethical norms. See: http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/law/policy/

 

Policy Management major                                                                        

Policy Management majors develop and learn to apply complex problem solving skills across a wide variety of institutional contexts (in the public sector, in the private sector, and in international settings). Policy Management majors also take an ethics elective and an internship which must be approved by the student's policy studies advisor.   


 

Category

Courses

 

Pre-Requisites

POLSC 120 (Introduction to American Government)

ECON 111 (Introduction to Microeconomics)

Foundation

LPPM 200 (Foundations in Policy Studies; this is a 2-credit course)

Leadership

LPPM 300 (Policy and Leadership)

 

Professionalism

LPPM 301 (Gateway)

 

Ethics elective

(choose 1)

RELGN 314 (Religion + Soc. Ethics)

POLSC 271 (Ethics + World Politics)

IB+M 300: (Comp. Business Ethics)

PHILO 112 (Ethics)

PHILO 113 (Envi., Culture + Values) 

PHILO 261 (Bio-Ethics)

PM 290 (Biomedical Ethics)

Empirical Social Analysis elective

(choose 1)

MATH 121 (Statistics)

POLSC 239 (Research Methods)

POLSC 244 (Public Opinion)

PSYCH 202 (Analysis of Psych Data)

ECON 214 (Econ. Analysis of Policy)

SOCIO 241 (Quant. Data Analysis)

SOCIO 241 (Measurement + Quant.)

ANTHR 241 (Measurement + Quant.)

Domestic Public Policy (choose 1)

POLSC 222 (Policy Analysis)

POLSC 231 (Public Administration) 

POLSC 246 (Legislative Process) 

POLSC 247 (American Presidency)

POLSC 249 (American Federalism)

ECON 214 (Econ. Analysis of Policy)

Private Sector Policy (choose 1)

IB+M 100 (Fund. of Business)

IB+M 230 (Organizational Behavior)  

IB+M 240 (Marketing)

IB+M 300 (topics; see advisor)

ECON 214 (topics; see advisor)

ECON 222 (Envi. Economics)

ECON 223 (American Capitalism)

ECON 225 (Poor in America)

International Policy (choose 1)

POLSC 256 (The City)

POLSC 280 (Amer. For. Policy 1945)

POLSC 281 (U.S. Nat. Security Pol.)

POLSC 290 (Law, Pol., Soc. - E. Asia)

ECON 236 (Latin American Econ.)

Unrestricted Policy elective

Chose any one of the policy courses listed above.  

Policy internship

Must be approved by your policy studies advisor.

Capstone

PM 401 (Policy Management Senior Seminar)

 

Law and Policy major

Law and Policy majors develop and learn to apply complex problem solving skills in areas where law and policy intersect. Majors study the structure (POLSC 248: The Judiciary) and philosophical underpinnings of the legal system (LP/PHILO 255: Philosophy of Law) while also taking two law electives, one policy elective, and a law-related internship which must be approved by the student's policy studies advisor.  


 

Category

Courses

 

Pre-Requisites

POLSC 120 (Introduction to American Government)

ECON 111 (Introduction to Microeconomics)

Foundation

LPPM 200 (Foundations in Policy Studies; this is a 2-credit course)

Leadership

LPPM 300(Policy and Leadership)

 

Professionalism

LPPM 301 (Gateway)

 

Ethics

LP/PHILO 255 (Philosophy of Law)

 

Empirical Social 

Analysis elective

(choose 1)

MATH 121 (Statistics)

POLSC 239 (Research Methods)

POLSC 244 (Public Opinion)

PSYCH 202 (Analysis of Psych Data)

ECON 214 (Econ. Analysis of Policy)

SOCIO 241 (Quant. Data Analysis)

SOCIO 241 (Measurement + Quant.)

ANTHR 241 (Measurement + Quant.)

Legal Structure

POLSC 248: The Judiciary

 

Law 

electives 

(choose 2)

POLSC 220 (Con Law I)

POLSC 221 (Con Law II)

POLSC 290 (Law, Pol., Soc. - E. Asia)

SOCIO 228 (Criminology)

ECON 244 (Law and Economics)

LP 210 (Legal Ethics)

LP 230 (Negotiation + Advocacy)

LP 240 (Criminal Procedure)

LP 250 (Juvenile Justice)

IB+M 300 (Law of Business Org.)

Policy 

Elective

(choose 1)

POLSC 222 (Policy Analysis)

POLSC 231 (Public Administration)

POLSC 246 (Legislative Process)

POLSC 247 (American Presidency)

POLSC 249 (American Federalism)

POLSC 256 (The City)

POLSC 280 (Amer. For. Policy 1945) 

POLSC 281 (U.S. Nat. Security Policy)

POLSC 290 (Law, Pol., Soc. - E. Asia)

ECON 214 (Econ. Analysis of Policy); 

ECON 214 (topics course; see advisor)

ECON 222 (Environmental Economics)

ECON 223 (American Capitalism)

ECON 225 (Poor in America)

ECON 236 (Latin American Economies)

IB+M 100 (Fundamentals of Business)

IB+M 230 (Organizational Behavior)

IB+M 240 (Marketing)

IB+M 300 (topics course; see advisor)

Law internship

Must be approved by your policy studies advisor.

Capstone

LP 400  (Law and Policy Senior Seminar)

 

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Updated June 21, 2005