极乐禁地

bachelors-policy-politics-and-international-affairs

Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2022 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.

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General Education Requirements (38 credits)

DEGREE Requirements (42 credits)

 

  • PPIA 201 American Government 

  • PPIA 210 Intro to Global Affairs

  • one course in economics or PPIA 315 Public Policy Analysis

  • PPIA 324 American Public Policy

  • PPIA 408 Methods in Government and Public Policy

  • PPIA 499 Capstone in Public Service

Complete eight courses approved by a faculty adviser; students who have a career interest in public policy and administration, public law, international affairs or applied politics should take at least 9 credits in one of the first four areas below. Students who wish to take courses other than those listed below must seek pre-approval from their adviser.

 

Public Policy and Administration

  • PPIA 315 Public Policy Analysis 

  • PPIA 320 Intro to Public Service

  • PPIA 322 Bureaucracy and Public Policy 

  • PPIA 326 Urban Politics and Public Policy 

  • PPIA 423 Public Budgeting and Human Resource Management

  • PPIA 425 Administrative Law and Processes

  • HSMG 373 Health Policy and Politics 

Public Law and American Constitutional Systems

  • PPIA 340 Constitutional Law 
  • PPIA 341 Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights 
  • PPIA 344 American Presidency 
  • PPIA 345 The Legislative Process 
  • PPIA 348 State and Local Government 
  • PPIA 381 American Political Thought 
  • PPIA 426 Foundations of Democracy I 

Applied Politics

  • PPIA 360 Parties, Campaigns and Elections 
  • PPIA 362 Media and Government 
  • PPIA 461 Maryland Government Processes and Politics 
  • PPIA 463 Interest Group Politics and Lobbying 

International Affairs

  • PPIA 279 Special Topics in International Affairs
  • PPIA 385 Theories of International Relations
  • PPIA 386 American Foreign Policy
  • PPIA 479 Special Topics in International Studies
  • PPIA 481 Human Rights
  • PPIA 484 International Political Economy
  • PPIA 485 The Far East in World Affairs
  • PPIA 486 The Middle East
  • PPIA 487 Western Europe
  • PPIA 488 The Commonwealth of Independent States and China in World Affairs
  • PPIA 489 International Organizations

Other Major Electives

  • PPIA 284 Politics in Comparative Perspective
  • PPIA 297 Topics in Politics and Policy
  • PPIA 321 Leadership: An Experiential Approach
  • PPIA 382 Political Ideologies
  • PPIA 384 Comparative Government
  • PPIA 470/471 Individual Research
  • PPIA 479 Special Topics in International Studies
  • PPIA 480 Environmental Politics and Policy
  • PPIA 482 Topics in Political Theory
  • PPIA 490 Internship
  • PPIA 491 Internship II
  • PPIA 493 Honors Seminar
  • PPIA 497 Topics in Government and Public Policy
  • IDIS 101 First Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning 

freshmen only; transfer students replace this with a different elective

Meet the UBalt Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

  • INFO 110 Introduction to Information Literacy 

  • PPIA 408 Methods in Government and Public Policy 

Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

 as of fall 2022