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BSPP Curriculum

Public Policy and Law Track

Required Track Courses
(28 units: 20 required, 8 electives)

  • PPD 357 – Government and Business – 4-units (fall, spring) (pre-requisite, ECON 203)
    or
    LAW 200w – Law and Society – 4-units
  • PPD 313 – Finance of the Public Sector – 4-units (fall) (pre-requisite, PPD 203)
  • PPD 314 – Public Policy and Law – 4-units (fall, spring)
  • PPD 342 – Crime and Public Policy – 4-units (fall, spring)
  • LAW 300 – Concepts in American Law – 4-units
    or
    POSC 340 – Constitutional Law – 4-units

Track Electives (Select 2)

  • PPD 360 – Urban Transportation Planning and Policy – 4-units (fall)
  • PPD 361 – Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning – 4-units (fall, spring)
  • PPD 371 – The Nonprofit Sector and the Public Interest – 4-units (fall, spring)
  • PPD 382 – International Development – 4-units (every other spring)
  • PPD 404 – Empirical Methods for Public Policy – 4-units (every other fall) (pre-requisite, PPD 303)
  • PPD 410 – Comparative Urban Development – 4-units (spring)
  • PPD 414 – Community Health Policy and Planning – 4-units (spring)
  • PPD 439 – Housing and Community Development – 4-units (fall)
  • PPD 478 – Social Innovation – 4-units (spring)
  • PPD 485m – U.S. Immigration Policy – 4-units (irregular)
  • ECON 434 – Economic Analysis of Law – 4-units
  • LAW 310w – Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide – 4-units
  • LAW 403 – Mental Health Law – 4-units
  • LAW 404 – Law and Psychology: Examining the Criminal Justice Process – 4-units
  • POSC 444 – Civil and Political Rights and Liberties – 4-units