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Syracuse University
Syracuse University
The rules vary depending on when you started at SU:
| 2022-23 or later: | see the main Requirements for the Major page |
| 2021-22 | see Requirements from the 2021-22 Catalog |
| Prior 2021-22: | see the rules below |
Note: you may want to switch to the 2022-23 rules. You'd need to take PAI 305 but you'd only need 3 electives instead of 4 and would have much more flexibility in choosing them. If you want to change, ask your A&S advisor to switch you to the Policy Studies plan from the 2022-23 Course Catalog (the latest rules).
The core of the major is 6 courses for a total of 18 credits. The list differs from the current requirements in two respects: PST 305 is not a required core course and ECN 102 was allowed as an alternative to ECN 101. Here's the list:
In addition to the core courses, students entering SU prior to the fall of 2021 are required to take 4 courses in one of the topical specializations below:
The courses below satisfy the topical specialization requirement. Other courses may be approved by petition: see the PST office to find out more.
| ECN 301 | Intermediate Microeconomics |
| ECN 302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics |
| ECN 304 | The Economics Of Social Issues |
| ECN 310 | Economics Of Education |
| ECN 311 | Intermediate Mathemat. Micro |
| ECN 410 | Topics/Econ Applications |
| ECN 422 | Intro To Stats & Econometrics |
| ECN 431 | Public Economics |
| ECN 437 | Environmental & Resource Econ |
| ECN 441 | Urban Economics |
| ECN 451 | Labor Economics |
| ECN 522 | Econometric Methods |
| EDU 310 | The American School |
| EEE 370 | Intro To EEE |
| ESP 300 | Corporations & Sustainability |
| GEO 353 | Geo Environmental Justice |
| GEO 356 | Environmental Ideas & Policy |
| GEO 372 | Political Geography |
| GEO 383 | Geographic Information Systems |
| GEO 420 | Labor Geography |
| GEO 476 | Advanced GIS |
| IRP 300 | U.S. Intelligence Community |
| IRP 400 | Follow The Money |
| LPP 457 | Law Of Commercial Transactions |
| LPP 467 | Management And Ethics |
| PAI 300 | Corporations & Sustainability |
| PAI 300 | U.S. Intelligence Community |
| PAI 305 | Policy Implementation |
| PAI 400 | Follow The Money |
| PAI 400 | Sustainability Workshop |
| PAI 500 | African Int'l Relations |
| PHP 303 | Enviromental Health |
| PHP 304 | Community Health Education |
| PHP 306 | Understanding Health Systems |
| PHP 309 | Health Disparities |
| PHP 313 | Issues Challenges Healthcare |
| PHP 318 | Dynamics Of Addiction |
| PHP 401 | Epidemiology |
| PHP 402 | Implem & Eval Health Programs |
| PHP 403 | Health Policy & Healthcare |
| PHP 408 | Addictions In Cultural Context |
| PHP 414 | Ethics And Law Healthcare Admin |
| PHP 415 | Public Health Ethics |
| PSC 300 | Policy Implementation |
| PSC 300 | U.S. Intelligence Community |
| PSC 302 | Environmental Politics & Policy |
| PSC 318 | Technology, Politics & Environment |
| PSC 324 | Constitutional Law I |
| PSC 328 | American Social Movements |
| PSC 348 | Politics And The Military |
| PSC 351 | Political Economy Of Development |
| PSC 354 | Human Rights & Global Affairs |
| PSC 357 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PSC 374 | Law And Society |
| PSC 375 | Philosophy Of Law |
| PSC 376 | Creation Of The Constitution |
| PSC 400 | Congress And The Courts |
| PST 365 | Housing Policy |
| PST 367 | Smart Cities And Urban Policy |
| PST 400 | Federal Policy Process |
| PST 400 | Intro To Intelligence Analysis |
| PST 409 | Interm Analy/Pub Policy |
| PST 410 | Advanced Policy Research |
| PST 410 | Education Policy |
| PST 410 | Gov/Non-Profit Organization |
| PST 475 | National Security And Prep |
| SOC 334 | Criminal Justice |
| SOC 343 | The Deviance Process |
| SOC 364 | Aging And Society |
| SOC 367 | Sociology Of Sport |
| SOC 397 | Criminology |
| SWK 314 | Social Welfare Policy |
| WRT 307 | Adv Studio: Professional Writing |