A GUIDE TO THE POLICY STUDIES MAJOR
“Policy Studies helped me grasp the impact of politics and technology on business and society. Overall, the program off e r e d a n applicable education that I continually use in life aft er college.”
JUSTIN KAMINE ‘11 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF KDC SOLAR AND BOARD MEMBER, CALIFORNIA SAFE SOIL
Th e Policy Studies major integrates knowledge and fosters innovation as a lifelong habit. Th emes of Concentration Available to Policy Studies Majors
ARTS AND CORPORATE & PUBLIC ECONOMIC POLICY & SCIENCE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY FINANCE HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY POLICY
A&S 245 ECON 218 A&S 233 BIOL 234 A&S 204 Students work with Mass Communications and Financial Accounting and Anthropology of the City Environmental Biology European Communities an advisor to select Society Reporting A&S 235 BIOL 235 A&S 213 A&S 255 ECON 319 Business and Society Evolutionary Biology Introduction to Legal Anthro four elective courses Contemporary Society and the Financial Th eory and Analysis A&S 237 BIOL 255 pology and an internship Cinema ECON 320 Th e Sociology of Consumerism Microbiology A&S 217 ASIA 270 Corporate Finance and Marketing BIOL 256 Poverty in America experience that focus Introduction to Contemporary ECON 321 ECON 255 Neurobiology A&S 221 on a particular theme Chinese Cinema Investments Multinational Business and CE 321 Social Welfare Policy and the ART 241 ECON 322 Corporate Social Responsibility Introduction to Environmental Safety Net of concentration. History, Art and Culture of Financial Markets ECON 311 Engineering A&S 227 Russia and Eastern Europe ECON 341 Causes of Financial Crises CHEM 212 Th e Family ART 242 Public Sector Economics ECON 345 Inorganic Chemistry I AFS 307 Chinese Art and Architecture ECON 342 Political Economy CHEM 221 Black Social and Political ART 341 Public Finance ECON 346 Organic Chemistry I and II Th ought Seminar in Art History EGRS 261 Economic Development CHEM 252 ECON 336 Th e chart illustrates CS 105 Engineering Economics and GOVT 310 Environmental Chemistry Experimental and Behavioral examples of pre- Digital Media Computing Management Politics, Policy, and Law in EGRS 325 Economics ECON 361 EGRS 450 American Federalism Sustainable Environmental FREN 431 approved elective Marketing Research Engineering Management GOVT 320 Management Contemporary France: Political, options. ENG 214 GOVT 331 Th e Presidency and Executive EGRS 352 Economic, & Social Institutions New Media Politics of the European Union Politics Energy Technology and the GOVT 320 ENG 231 MATH 264 GOVT 321 Modern World Th e Presidency and Executive Journalistic Writing Diff erential Equations with Congress and the Legislative GEOL 321 Politics ENG 340 Linear Algebra Process Geochemistry HIST 216 Students may create Topics in Film MATH 272 GOVT 334 GEOL 322 Human Rights: Global History an individualized GERM 311 Linear Algebra with Applica American Security Policy Environmental Geophysics HIST 219 Contemporary Society in tions GOVT 336 GOVT 321 Pan African Paris: Social Move theme of concentra- German-Speaking Countries MATH 282 International Confl ict Congress and the Legislative ments that Shaped the World tion with the approval GOVT 241 Techniques of Mathematical HIST 118 Process PSYC 219 Th e Politics of Fashion Modeling Th e Cold War HIST 215 Cross-Cultural Psychology of the Policy Studies GOVT 313 MATH 301 HIST 237 History of Technology PSYC 233 Chair. First Amendment in the United Case Studies in Mathematical Th e Story of World War II HIST 252 Child and Adolescent States: Law and Politics Modeling HIST 251 Transformation of the Ameri- Development HIST 374 MATH 306 Th e American City can Environment REL 221 Politics and the Arts: France, Operations Research HIST 262 NEUR 201 Religion in Society 1919-1945 MATH 335 History of American Foreign Introduction to Neuroscience REL 222 PHIL 240 Probability Policy (1941-2008) PHIL 236 Religion and Politics: Confl ict Philosophy of Art MATH 336 HIST 362 Philosophy of Science and Cooperation REES 241 Mathematical Statistics Terrorism and Self-Defense PHIL 245 REL 224 History, Art, and Culture of MATH 343 HIST 370 Bioethics Religious Ethics Russia and Eastern Europe Advanced Multivariable Diplomacy and Imperialism PHIL 255 SPAN 314 THTR 370 Calculus PSYC 335 Environmental Ethics Contemporary Spanish America Advanced Topics in Th eater MATH 347 Industrial Psychology PHYS 220 and Hispanics in the U.S. Please note that this list is based WGS 255 Financial Mathematics PSYC 336 Medical and Biological Physics WGS 253 on courses that have been raught Women Make Movies/Movies MATH 356 Organizational Behavior PSYC 240 Gender, Race & Environmental regularly in the college’s history Make Women Introduction to Real Analysis Health Psychology Justice and is subject to change. Skill Specializations Applicable to Policy Studies Careers
ARTS AND CORPORATE & PUBLIC ECONOMIC POLICY & SCIENCE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY FINANCE HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY POLICY
Rapid changes in Rising demand for Continuing empha- Innovations Domestic and global RATIONALE global communica- analytically trained sis on economic, and modifi ca- trends towards an tions and the need individuals who preparedness, and tion of policies of increasing focus for policy savvy understand the security issues in the governing climate, on social issues, individuals who interplay between public and private waste, energy, space education, and public are conversant with fi nancial market sectors exploration, biotech- health multi-media technol- performance, risk, nology, and telecom- ogy and the arts and policy munications
• Public and external • Financial • Analyst at CIA, DHS, • Federal and state • Public Policy TYPICAL CAREER aff airs manager management and DoD, FEMA, or con- government management and PATHS/JOB TITLES • Government investing sulting fi rms, agencies leadership in NGOs relations profes- • Industry analyst defense contractors, • Legislative commit- and advocacy sional • Development banks or think tanks tee staff s or organizations • Management and • Risk management • Economist at cen- legislator staff s • Policy analyst in leadership of professions in tral banks, fi nance • Research and policy international, fed not-for-profi t orga private and public ministries, and trea- expert for corpora- eral, state, or local nizations and cul- organizations sury departments tions, trade and agencies, or think tural institutions • Budget analyst • Foreign Service professional tanks • Art promotion and Offi cer, U.S. State associations, or • Government preservation Department think tanks relations profes sional Students seeking Students interested Students interested Students seeking Primarily directed TARGET careers in private or in careers related to in careers related to careers in biotech, towards students AUDIENCE public art organiza- fi nancial markets, applied economic nanotech, health care, interested in health tions, media policy, industry research, analysis, emergency science ethics, space, care, poverty, con- journalism, or and risk manage- preparedness, or telecom, and sumer protection, associated professions ment in the public or security in the private environmental policy and education policy, private sectors and public sectors and civil and human rights “Students need to possess integrated skills, not segmented skills for whatever they choose to do. Th e marketplace is looking for individuals who possess multidisciplinary skills and insights. Th is program supports and typifi es this new reality and marketplace demand.”
CHRIS CAINE ‘78, President and CEO, Mercator XXI
COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR IN POLICY STUDIES PREREQUISITES: HIST 105 Development of the Modern World ECON 101 Principles of Economics ECON 251 Intermediate Microeconomics ECON 253 Fundamentals of Econometrics MATH 141 Diff erential Calculus and Economic Modeling MATH 186 Applied Statistics One of: GOVT 101 Introduction to U.S. Politics GOVT 102 Introduction to International Politics, or GOVT 103 Introduction to Comparative Politics CORE COURSES: PSTD 251 Introduction to Policy Studies PSTD 300 Industry, Strategy & Policy PSTD 400 Policy Internship & Seminar PSTD 495/6 Honors Th esis (for eligible students) ELECTIVE COURSES: Students work with an advisor to structure four elective courses from an approved list and related to one of the following six themes of concentration: Arts and Media Policy Corporate and Public Finance Economic Policy and Homeland Security Science Policy Social Policy Individualized Th eme of Concentration with Approval In addition to the A.B. Common Course of Study .
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