UT Dallas 2021 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Public Policy (BS)

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)

Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)

This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop individual four-year plan.

Freshman Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
010 Core Course 3 010 Core Course 3
030 Core Course 3 030 Core Course 3
050 Core Course 3 040 Core Course 3
GOVT 2305 American National Government 2 3 GOVT 2306 State and Local Government 2 3
MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I 2 3 4 11 3 Elective Requirement 7 3
EPPS 1110 Critical Issues in the Social Sciences 1 1
UNIV 1010 Freshman Seminar 1 0
  16   15
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
HIST 1301 U.S. History Survey to Civil War 2 3 HIST 1302 U.S. History Survey from Civil War 2 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics 2 3 ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics 2 3
EPPS 2301 Research Design in the Social and Policy Sciences 2 3 4 3 PSCI 4343 Congress and Public Policy 3
EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences 2 3 4 3 PPOL Upper Level Elective 3
Minor Requirement 10 3 Minor Requirement 10 3
  15   15
Junior Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
ECON 3310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 2 3 ECON 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 2 3
PSCI 3322 Constitutional Law 2 3 PSCI 3362 The American Political Institutions 2 3
GEOG 3304 Principles of Geospatial Information Sciences 2 3 PPOL Upper Level Elective 3
PPOL Upper Level Elective 3 PPOL Upper Level Elective 3
Minor Requirement 10 3 Minor Requirement 10 3
  15   15
Senior Year
Fall Semester SCH Spring Semester SCH
PPOL 4300 Capstone in Public Policy 2 3 PPOL 4V91 Undergraduate Research in Public Policy 5 3
PSCI 3325 American Public Policy 2 3 or PPOL 4398 Internship 5
PPOL Upper Level Elective 3 PPOL Upper Level Elective 3
PPOL Upper Level Elective 3 PPOL Upper Level Elective 3
Minor Requirement 10 3 Minor Requirement 10 3
Elective Requirement 7 2
  15   14
NOTES:
1 Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.
2 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
3 A Major requirement that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
4 Prerequisite course to upper-division courses.
5 Course can be taken as a Prescribed Elective if not used as a Major Core.
6 Course can be repeated for credit.
7 At least 6 semester credit hours must come from upper-division courses.
8 PPOL 4398 can be used for Public Policy minor if it has not been used as part of the Major Core.
9 May be used to fulfill the Elective Courses requirement of the Science, Technology, and Policy minor if not used in the Required Courses component.
10 Students must complete a minor (18 semester credit hours) within these elective hours
11 Math 1314 is Prerequisite or the appropriate ALEKS Placement Score to enroll in Math 1325
Be sure to check prerequisites of Level 2 courses
120 semester credit hours required for graduation
This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising.
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