The minor "Government and Business" is designed to expose students to the practical problems of organizing and running human society with a particular focus on the interactions between government and business. The minor offers students a condensed exploration of the political world with a focus on the relationship between politics and political activity on the one hand and economic activity and social outcomes on the other. Government policy influences business decisions while business decisions and government policy influence individual human development choices and outcomes.

Students pursuing the Government and Business minor are expected to develop the ability to read and listen critically, to reason analytically concerning questions of public policy (especially economic policy), to engage in thoughtful moral judgment, and to write and speak clearly. The minor offers a coherent overview of the field of political science, including theories of human self-government, policy processes, decision-making, and institutional structures. Students completing the minor will have developed a greater understanding of the policy making process and the impact that government and business decisions together have in shaping "who gets what, when, and how".

Learning Goals:
At the end of this program students will be able to:

Identify key theoretical factors in evaluating the moral foundations of individual behavior and the legitimacy of regulations about that behavior.

Explain the process through which decisions about the public regulation of individual and group behavior are made.

Critique boundaries between private market forces and public regulation.

The minor comprises 18 credits of course work drawn from the wider political science undergraduate curriculum. Students pursuing this minor may not also pursue a minor in political science and may not pursue a major in political science.

The following courses are required:

01:790:101 Nature of Politics
01:790:338 Government and Business

Students must take four additional three credit courses, drawn from the following list. No more than one may be at the introductory (100- or 200-) level.
01:790:102 Introduction to International Relations
01:790:103 Comparative Politics
01:790:104 American Government
01:790:106 Law & Politics
01:790:304 Congressional Politics
01:790:305 Public Policy Formation
01:790:306 American Presidency
01:790:308 New Jersey Politics
01:790:318 Comparative Public Policy
01:790:320 Politics and Social Policy: Lessons from Europe
01:790:327 International Political Economy
01:790:330 Interest Groups
01:790:332 Money and Modern America
01:790:335 Women and American Politics
01:790:338 Government and Business
01:790:341 Public Administration: American Bureaucracy
01:790:347 Political Representation
01:790:350 Environmental Politics-United States and International
01:790:356: Organizing for Social Change
01:790:357 Comparative Political Economy
01:790:362 International Law
01:790:481 Internship in Political Science
01:790:482 Internship in Political Science
01:790:488 Field Internships in Political Science