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Our Public Policy Major
Excited to make your world a better place? Start here.
Public policy makers change the world.
Your studies integrate a number of disciplines—all designed to help you analyze, explain and contribute to the development and implementation of policies to solve problems.
You'll be prepared to compete for jobs in the public and private sectors, or advance into graduate school after gaining valuable, relevant and practical experience outside the classroom.
Real-life experience
Forget essays; write policy memos and briefs, just like you'll do in your career. Take grant—and technical—writing classes. Learn cost management and organizational behavior. Intern with governments, hospitals and other institutions designed to serve the public.
Three separate tracks—domestic, international and public administration—let you focus on what's most important to you. From there you can dive further into topics such as health care, education, environmental policy and more. Whatever you decide to do, you'll get the skills and relevant experience to succeed from day one in many jobs.
From here to anywhere
Develop international policy in a foreign country. Fight for stricter environmental law. Coordinate emergency management with a large Boston hospital. These are the things our graduates and interns do.
Or be better prepared than your peers to go to graduate school by winning fellowships and presenting at conferences as an undergraduate.
Our nationally-recognized Global Opportunities program supports you as you travel to experience other cultures, and build competence which looks great on resumes.
Nicholas J. Clark, Ph.D.
Department: Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science
clarkn@susqu.edu
570-372-4726
Andrea M. Lopez, Ph.D.
Department: Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science
lopez@susqu.edu
570-372-4179
Rolfe D. Peterson
Department: Political Science
Assistant Professor of Political Science
peterson@susqu.edu
570-372-4170
Matthew C. Rousu, Ph.D.
Department: Sigmund Weis Sch. of Business
Dean of the SWSB
rousu@susqu.edu
570-372-4455
Katarina R. Keller, Ph.D.
Department: Economics
Associate Professor of Economics
keller@susqu.edu
570-372-4542
John J. Bodinger de Uriarte
Department: Sociology/Anthropology
Associate Professor of Anthropology
bodinger@susqu.edu
570-372-4759
Dave Ramsaran, Ph.D.
Department: Provost
Provost & Dean of the Faculty
ramsaran@susqu.edu
570-372-4127
Shari Jacobson, Ph.D.
Department: Sociology/Anthropology
Associate Professor of Anthropology
jacobson@susqu.edu
570-372-4754
Michael Smyth, Ph.D.
Department: Sociology/Anthropology
Associate Professor of Sociology
smyth@susqu.edu
570-372-4694
Jan Reichard-Brown, Ph.D.
Department: Biology
Associate Professor of Biology
reichardbrown@susqu.edu
570-372-4031
Kathy Straub, Ph.D.
Department: Earth & Environmental Sciences
Professor Earth & Environmental Science
straubk@susqu.edu
570-372-4318
Valerie A. Allison, Ph.D.
Department: Education
Associate Professor of Education
allisonv@susqu.edu
570-372-4240
Kirk Harris
Department: Political Science
Assistant Professor of Political Science
harrisk@susqu.edu
570-372-4371
Public Policy Major. Students must complete 44 semester hours - 20 semester hours in the Core Curriculum and 24 semester hours in one of the tracks below -- all with grades of C- or higher.
Double-counting restriction: students majoring in public policy may double-count a maximum of 12 semester hours toward another major or minor. In no instance can a capstone from another major or minor be double-counted.
Minor in Public Policy. Students pursuing the public policy minor must complete 24 semester hours with a grade of C- or higher. The minor is comprised of POLI-212 Introduction to Public Policy, either ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON-202 Principles of Microeconomics, and 16 semester hours from a chosen track. No more than 8 semester hours for the minor may be taken at the 100 level, and at least 4 semester hours must be taken at the 300 level or higher.
Double-counting restriction for interdisciplinary minors: only 8 semester hours of this minor may be double-counted toward the student's major.
Contact Us
Phone & Email
Nick Clark, director
570-372-4726
clarkn@susqu.edu