Courses - Summer 2026
PLCY
Public Policy
PLCY301
Sustainability
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: AGNR301, GFPL373.
Credit only granted for: AGNR301, GFPL373, or PLCY301.
Designed for students whose academic majors would be enhanced by the complementary study of a widely shared but hard-to-operationalize aspiration: that present choices should preserve or improve future options rather than foreclose or degrade them. How should we understand sustainability? How might we achieve it? How would we know if we had achieved it? And how could sustainability activists of a rising generation lead by example?
PLCY309
Internship in Public and Nonprofit Institutions
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
PLCY610
Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in PLCY-School of Public Policy; or permission of PLCY-School of Public Policy.
Credit only granted for: PLCY610 or PUAF610.
Formerly: PUAF610.
Introduces statistical methods needed for evaluating and choosing among policy options. Topics include probability; decision-making under uncertainty; the organization, interpretation, and visual display of complex data; prediction and inferences about causality; hypothesis testing; and linear and multiple regression. Develops analytical skills and the ability to apply theory to complex, real-world problems.
PLCY689Y
Public Policy Topics; Nonprofit Fundraising
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
PLCY698D
Selected Topics in Public Affairs; Social Entrepreneurship
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
PLCY798A
Readings in Public Policy
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
PLCY898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg, S-F
PLCY899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
S-F
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