BA in Public Policy

Planning for Success

There are no prerequisites in order to declare the Public Policy Studies major. However, there is a flow to the major requirements and advance planning is important. 

All courses, with the exception of PUBPOL 155, must be taken on a letter grade basis in order to qualify for the major.

5 CORE COURSES 

1. PUBPOL 155D: Introduction to Policy Analysis -- This course is a prerequisite for all of the the core courses except STATS 199L and PUBPOL 303.  This is the gateway course for the major.
2. PUBPOL 301: Political Analysis for Public Policy
3. PUBPOL 302: Policy Choice as Value Conflict or PUBPOL 330/GLHLTH 210 Global Health Ethics
4. PUBPOL 303: Microeconomic Policy Tools or ECON 201D: Intermediate Microeconomics I -- Note: students who have taken Econ 201D cannot take PUBPOL 303.
5. STA 199L Introduction to Data Science and Statistical Thinking -- STA 198L, STA 101L, STA 102L, STA 104L, STA 111L, STA 130L, or ECON 104 may substitute for STATS 199L.

2 REQUIRED COURSES

1. PUBPOL 304: Economics of the Public Sector 
2. History Elective – Choose an elective from this list. -- Note: the history elective must be taken on campus at Duke; it cannot be a transfer or study abroad course.

4 ELECTIVES

• 4 PUBPOL Electives at the 160-699 level (one of which MUST be a 401-699 level course)

INTERNSHIP

• Internship