Applied
public policy is an increasingly important element of any modern
education. The Minor in Public Affairs
complements a liberal arts or science major through a systematic
examination of a broad range of public policy issues, mainly
through the analysis of specific social, political and economic
problems addressed by each of the three departments in the School
of Public Affairs: Social Welfare, Urban Planning, and Public
Policy. The underlying questions examined in our classes range
from how to design cities to reduce traffic problems, to the
devil in the details of the legislative process, to the problems
and challenges of eldercare, among many others.
The Public Affairs
Minor requires the completion of seven (4 unit) classes. As
shown in more detail below, the requirements for the minor
have four parts meant to be taken in more or less this order:
- An introductory course
in public policy,
- an applied course
focused on a specific policy issue,
- 4 upper division
electives, and
- a final “capstone” seminar.
While the minor draws
on all three departments, you are encouraged to use the 4 electives
to “specialize” in one of these departments.
Admission to
the Public Affairs Minor:
Prerequisite: Public
Policy 10A is the only prerequisite for admission to the minor.
Students must earn a B in PP 10A. Students are also strongly
encouraged to take a lower division course in statistics and
another in microeconomics.
Students must earn
at least the University minimum requirement of a C (2.0) average
in courses taken for the minor Introductory Policy Requirement
(1 course): This is a broad overview of theoretical and applied
approaches to public policy analysis, including a critical
discussion of how policies are designed and implemented.
Introduction to Public
Policy (PP 10A) Applied Policy Analysis Requirement (1 course):
The purpose of this requirement is to build on PP 10A by focusing
on one policy topic in more detail.
Choose one course
from the following:
California Policy
Issues (PP 10B)
Community and Labor
Development from the Ground up (Honors Collegium 82)
Drug Abuse Control Policy (PP C101)
Rational Policies,
Irrational People (PP 102)
Environmental and Resource Economics and Policy (PP C115)
Nuclear Weapons: Critical
Decisions (PP M116)
Crime Control Policy
(PP C119)
Rights and Wrongs
of Affirmative Action (PP C125)
Labor Markets and Public Policy (PP C142)
Upper Division
Requirement (4 courses):
4 upper division courses
to be selected from Urban Planning, Public Policy, or Social
Welfare.
(Notes: Independent study courses – i.e., 197s,
and internship classes do NOT count unless approved by the Public AffairsMinor Office.
You can petition to have applied policy courses from outside Public Affairs
count for up to two of these electives. Finally, Social Welfare 130A & B
do NOT apply toward the Upper Division Requirement.)
Capstone (1
course):
Choose one course
from the following:
Public Policy 187, Research
Seminar in Public Policy, or CAPPP or Political
Science M197W
Public Policy C117, Crisis Decision
Making in U.S. Foreign Policy
Political Science M191 DC, CAPPP, Washington, D.C. Internship
Program Civic Engagement 105-SL, Community-Based Program Evaluation
Additional classes may
be added and will be posted in the event that a course is added
meeting the CAPSTONE requirement.
Contact information:
Room 3357H, Public Affairs Building Telephone: 310-206-8966 Email: paul@spa.ucla.edu
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