Public Policy for Transfer Students (Direct Admit to EJBSPPP)
This
program is designed to accommodate the needs of transfer and
nontraditional students. For admissions requirements and academic
policies, please visit the professional schools site http://ucc.rutgers.edu/professional-schools (opens in a PDF format) and click on Academic
Policies.
The public policy major prepares students for entry-level jobs in government, politics, and public affairs within public, nonprofit, or private sectors or for graduate education in law, public administration, public affairs, and public policy.
The major introduces students in the use of analytical techniques to better understand public problems and evaluate alternative solutions to those problems. Examples include income inequality, health care reform, climate change, and immigration policy. The major leads to the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree awarded by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Students seeking the public policy major must have at least 30
credits before applying to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy. Successful applicants will have completed the prerequisite
courses with a grade of C or better, and have achieved an overall GPA of at
least 2.5. Rutgers
students seeking a school-to-school transfer apply here. Non-Rutgers students apply here. Contact undergrad@ejb.rutgers.edu for more information.
Only courses with C or better may be counted
toward the major requirements. Upon
completing the major, all general education requirements, and 120 credits in
good academic standing, the student will receive the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree from the Bloustein School.
PUBLIC POLICY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisites (12 credits) Expository Writing (3)
A 200-level or higher basic statistics course (3)
American Government (3)
Microeconomics (3)
Major requirements (43 credits)
Core (31 credits) 10:762:101 Introduction to
Planning, Policy and Health (3)
10:833:210 Principles of Public Policy (3)
10:833:215 Writing, Reasoning, and Public Policy (3)
10:833:220
Public Economic Policy (3)
10:833:300 Writing for Professionals (3)
One
of the following (3):
10:833:360
Principles of Public Management
10:833:361
Managing People and Organizations
10:833:362
Nonprofit Management
10:833:395 Research Methods (4) Open to majors only 10:833:400 Professional Practice Internship* (6) Open to majors only 10:833:450 Leadership Seminar (3) Open to majors only
Electives(12 credits in one of the following concentrations)**
Poverty
and Inequality 10:833:230 Global Poverty (3)
10:833:225 U.S. Education Policy (3)
10:833:231 Poverty in the United States (3)
10:833:310 U.S. Housing Policy (3)
10:833:324 Social Movements (3)
10:833:331 U.S. Social Policy (3)
10:833:335 Gender, Family, and Public Policy (3)
10:833:419 Immigration Policy (3)
10:762:307 Community Development (3)
Health and Environment 10:833:302 Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy (3)
10:833:338 Health and Public Policy (3)
10:833:340 Aging and Public Policy (3)
10:833:416 Mental Health and Society (3)
10:832:212 Health Disparities (3)
10:832:235 Urban Health (3)
10:832:320 Protecting Public Health and the Environment (3)
10:832:350 Drugs, Culture, and Society (3)
10:832:405 Cancer and Society (3)
Public Management The following three courses (one fulfills the core
requirement and the other two fulfill the concentration): 10:833:360 Principles of Public Management (3) 10:833:361 Managing People and Organizations (3) 10:833:362 Nonprofit Management (3) 762:317 Urban Municipal Management (3) 833:480 Ethics, Planning, and Public Policy (3)
*Students
qualifying for departmental honors may replace 833:400 with 833:495,496 Public Policy Honors Thesis I and II (3,3) or 10:833:497, 498 Bloustein Honors Research (3, 3). **Students may create
their own public policy concentration (such as military policy, science policy,
or technology policy) with written pre-approval from the undergraduate
director.
General Education Requirements (24 credits)
Course
| Credits
| Note
| Expositor Writing or Equivalent | 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite | An intensive writing course | 3
| Fulfilled within the major
| College-level math | 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite | Science
| 3
|
| Science
| 3
|
| Arts and Humanities
| 3
|
| Arts and Humanities
| 3
|
| History
| 3
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Articulated 3-1-1 Program (B.S./M.P.P.)
Exceptional, well-prepared
students who wish to pursue graduate studies in public policy are encouraged to
seek advising about the 3-1-1 master of public policy (M.P.P.)
program.
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