| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
POLICY STATEMENT
Number: 81-10
File: Public Policy Minor
SUBJECT: INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN PUBLIC POLICY
The following policy statement, recommended by the Academic Senate
in its meeting of December 18, 1980, and approved by the President
on January 10, 1981, 1981 is as follows:
INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN PUBLIC POLICY
The purpose of this program is to enable persons majoring in field
related to Public Policy to gain a broader understanding of the
substance of public policies, the underlying social, economic and
political factors related to policy alternatives, the dynamics of
the public policy decision-making process, the values implicit in
these decisions, and methods by which these aspects of public policy
may be analyzed.
The minor consists of 21 units including a core curriculum of 12
units and 9 units of electives:
1. Core Curriculum:
(12 units required)
A. Introduction to Public Policy. 3 units
chosen from among the following courses: Economics 436 - Urban Economic
Problems
Geography 466 - Urban Geography
Political Science 328 - Introduction to Public Policy
Psychology 375 - Community Psychology
Sociology 349 - Social Conflict and Public Policy
Urban Studies 401 - The Changing Urban Region B.
Public Policy 350 - The Policy Making Process (3 units)
C. Public Policy 400 - Program Evaluation and Policy
Analysis (3 units)
D. Public Policy 450 - Public Values and Public
Policy (3 units)
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that students
take the core curriculum courses in sequence, the first two during
the Junior year and the second two during the senior year.
2. Electives: (9 units)
At least six units
of nine elective units must be taken in one of the policy area concentrations
outlined below. The remaining three units may be taken from
among any of the elective courses approved for the minor. Policy Area
Concentration: Community Relations and Social Services,
Health Care, Housing and Recreation, Education, Economic Regulation,
Justice and Law, Land Use and Ecology, Computational Skills for Public
Policy, Foreign Policy and International Relations, Values and Public
Policy, Government Processes and Policy. The minor will be governed
by an interdisciplinary advisory board, composed of not less than
five, nor more than fifteen, tenure-track faculty members of the School
of Social and Behavioral Sciences and appointed by the Dean.
A Director of the program will be appointed by the Dean upon the recommendation
of the Advisory Board.
Effective: Fall
1981
JRB:lm
04/14/81
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