Public Policy and Governance

This is a theme for students interested in institutions of governance, including law and social norms.

Choosing Courses

When choosing course to develop your theme, please keep the following in mind:

  • The five thematic courses you choose should coherently work together. Your five theme classes must create a cohesive story and will need to be approved by the PPE Associate Director.
  • No more than two classes from outside the School of Arts and Scineces can count towards your PPE major.
  • You may take more than one capstone seminar, counting the additional capstones towards your theme courses.
  • Theme courses are your advanced courses in the major. Consult with the PPE Associate Director if you think a lower level class is appropriate for the development of your theme.
  • You are encouraged to look for classes outside of the sample course list in order to tailor your theme to your specific interests. Some departments we recommend looking for courses in are: ANTH, BIBB, COMM, ECON, HIST, HSSC, MKTG, PSCI, PSYC, and SOCI.

Thematic Concentration Course Proposal Form

In order to have a course approved to use towards your theme, you will need to submit a request using the thematic concentration course proposal form. All requests will be reviewed by the PPE Associate Director. You are encouraged to search for courses outside the sample course list in order to refine your theme.

 

Sample classes for Public Policy & Governance:

These courses are just a sample of those that may be a good fit for a Public Policy and Governance concentration. This is not a list of pre-approved courses, as all courses used for your theme will need approval from the PPE Associate Director. You are encouraged to look for courses outside this list, as well.

  • AFRC/LGST 2180 Diversity and the Law (formerly AFRC/LGST 218)
  • BEPP 2010 Public Finance and Policy (formerly BEPP 201)
  • BEPP/FNCE/REAL 2300 Urban Fiscal Policy (formerly BEPP/FNCE/REAL 230)
  • BEPP/LGST 2120 Economic Analysis of Law (formerly BEPP/LGST 212)
  • BIOE 5560 Evidence in Bioethics and Health Policy (formerly BIOE 556)
  • BIOE 5750 Health Care Reform and the Future of the American Health Care System (formerly BIOE 575)
  • COMM 2100 Quantitative Research Methods in Communication (formerly COMM 210)
  • COMM 3100 The Communication Research Experience (formerly COMM 310)
  • COMM 3670 Communication in the Networked Age (formerly COMM 367)
  • COMM 3950 Communication and the Presidency (formerly COMM 395)
  • COMM 3970 New Media and Politics (formerly COMM 397)
  • COMM 4040 / PSCI 4208 Media and Politics (formerly COMM / PSCI 404)
  • COMM 4230 Communication and Social Influence Laboratory (formerly COMM 423)
  • COMM 4360 Data Literacy in the Algorithmic Society (formerly COMM 436)
  • COMM 4590 Social Networks and the Spread of Behavior (formerly COMM 459)
  • CPLN 5090 Law of Planning and Urban Development (formerly CPLN 509)
  • CRIM 2030 Law and Criminal Justice (formerly CRIM 300)
  • CRIM 2070 Biopsychosocial Criminology (formerly CRIM 270)
  • CRIM 4002 Criminal Justice Data Analytics (formerly CRIM 402)
  • ECON 0390 / HCMG 2020 The Economics and Financing of Health Care Delivery (formerly ECON 039 / HCMG 202)
  • ECON 0410 Public Policy Analysis  (formerly ECON 030)
  • ECON 0420 Political Economy (formerly ECON 032)
  • ECON 0440 Law and Economics (formerly ECON 036)
  • ECON 0450 Industrial Organization (formerly ECON 035)
  • ECON 4200 Economic Growth (formerly ECON 241)
  • ECON 4410 Public Finance (formerly ECON 231)
  • ECON 4440 Law and Economics (formerly ECON 234)
  • ECON 4460 Health Economics (formerly ECON 236)
  • ECON 4470 Urban Fiscal Policy (formerly ECON 237)
  • EDUC 5780 American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice (formerly EDUC 548)
  • ENVS 1625 Community Based Environmental Health (formerly ENVS 406)
  • GAFL 5150 Public Finance Leadership in the New Fiscal Reality (formerly GAFL 515)
  • GAFL 5170 Quantitative Tools for Consulting (formerly GAFL 517)
  • GAFL 5690 The Politics of Housing and Community Development (formerly GAFL 569)
  • GAFL 6210 Public Economics (formerly GAFL 621)
  • GAFL 6310 Policy Making & Public Institutions (formerly GAFL 631)
  • GSWS 2490 / PHIL 2560 Philosophy of Education (formerly GSWS/PHIL 249)
  • GSWS/NURS 5880 The Politics of Women's Health Care (formerly GSWS/NURS 588)
  • HCMG 2040 Comparative Health Care Systems (formerly HCMG 204)
  • HCMG 2500 Health Care Reform and the Future of the American Health Care System (formerly HCMG 250)
  • HIST 2152 Work and Workers in America (formerly HIST 204)
  • HSOC 1411 American Health Policy (formerly HSOC 150)
  • HSOC 2312 / PSCI 2203 Healthy Schools (formerly HSOC/PSCI 335)
  • HSOC 2511 Foundations of Public Health (HSOC 251)
  • HSOC 4375 Medicine and Development (formerly HSOC 421)
  • INTR 2500 Political Risk Analysis (formerly INTR  250)
  • LGST 2050 Innovation, Marketing Strategy, and Antitrust (formerly LGST 205)
  • LGST 2160 Emerging Economies (formerly LGST 216)
  • LGST 2190 Law and Policy in International Business (formerly LGST 219)
  • LGST 2230 Securities Regulation (formerly LGST 223)
  • LGST 2260 Markets, Morality & the Future of Capitalism (formerly LGST 226)
  • LGST 2990 Seminar in Law and Society (formerly LGST 299)
  • LGST/OIDD 2220 Internet Law, Privacy, and Cybersecurity (formerly LGST/OIDD 222)
  • MGMT 2760 Cultivating Judgment Skills: Forecasting in Business Politics (formerly MGMT 276)
  • PHIL 1450 Philosophy of Law (formerly PHIL 077)
  • PHIL 2450 Justice, Law and Morality (formerly PHIL 277)
  • PHIL 2510 Philosophy of Race (formerly PHIL 291)
  • PHIL 2851 Philosophy of Economics (formerly PHIL 233)
  • PSCI 1101 The Politics of Slow Moving Crises (formerly PSCI 220)
  • PSCI 1204 Religion and US Public Policy (formerly PSCI 240)
  • PSCI 1207 / URBS 3200 Who Gets Elected and Why? The Science of Politics (formerly PSCI/URBS 320)
  • PSCI 1403 International Law & Institutions (formerly PSCI 153)
  • PSCI 1801 Statistical Methods (formerly PSCI 338)
  • PSCI 2200 Preparing for Policy Work in Washington (formerly PSCI 330)
  • PSCI 2204 Congress, Elections and American Democracy (formerly PSCI 336)
  • PSCI 2206 Race, Ethnicity and Constitutional Law (formerly PSCI 380)
  • PSCI 3991 Selected Topics in Political Science (formerly PSCI 398)
  • PSCI 4991 Selected Topics in Political Science  (formerly PSCI 498)
  • PSYC 2355 Introduction to Political Psychology  (formerly PSYC 275)
  • PSYC 3443 Psychology and Law Seminar (formerly PSYC 470)
  • REES 1630  Soviet and Post-Soviet Economy (formerly REES 189)
  • SOCI 3210 Sample Survey Methods (formerly SOCI 221)
  • URBS 2040 Urban Law (formerly URBS 204)
  • URBS 2500 Urban Public Policy: Philadelphia -- A Case Study (formerly URBS 250)
  • URBS 3300 GIS Applications in Social Science (formerly URBS 330)
  • URBS 4510 The Politics of Housing and Urban Development (formerly URBS 451)
  • URBS 4520 Community Economic Development (formerly URBS 452)
  • URBS 4540 City Limits: The Impact of Urban Policy (formerly URBS 454)
  • URBS 5060 Public Environment of Cities: An Introduction to the Urban Landscape (formerly URBS 506)

The following links provide easy access to courses offered in some related disciplines:

 

Any course you use towards your thematic concentration will need to be approved--even if it comes from the sample course list. Requests for course approval can be submitted through this form. All requests will be reviewed by the PPE Associate Director.