Program: Public Policy Minor - Eastern Oregon University

Apr 02, 2025

2023-2024 Academic Catalog

A minimum of 30 graded credit hours

At least 20 credit hours must be upper division

A minimum grade of “C-” is required in all courses counting toward the minor and a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required to complete the minor.

A minimum of 10 graded credit hours counting toward the minor must be completed at Eastern Oregon University. S/U courses may not be elected for program requirements.

Program Required Courses: 21 credits

POLS 101 - American National Government*SSC Credits: 5
POLS 350 - Public Policy*SSC Credits: 5
POLS 352 - Budgetary Politics & Process Credits: 5
POLS 409 - Field Placement Credits: 1-15
POLS 450 - Applied Policy Analysis Credits: 5

Electives: 9 credits

Choose 9 credits from the following upper division Political Science courses: [Non-Political Science courses may be counted with prior program approval]

POLS 310 - Selected Topics Credits: 1-6
POLS 314 - State & Local Government Credits: 5
POLS 315 - Globalization and Beer Credits: 2
POLS 316 - Politics and Beer Credits: 2
POLS 317 - Beer and Tourism Credits: 2
POLS 318 - The American Dream Credits: 2
POLS 320 - The Presidency Credits: 5
POLS 340 - Politics and Media*SSC Credits: 5
POLS 353 - Rural Governance Credits: 5
POLS 354 - Public Personnel Management Credits: 5
POLS 381 - Jurisprudence Credits: 5
POLS 382 - Constitutional Law Credits: 5
POLS 383 - Civil Liberties Credits: 5
POLS 384 - Administrative Law and Process Credits: 3
POLS 402 - Selected Topics Credits: 1-5
POLS 410 - Selected Topics Credits: 1-5
POLS 451 - Applied Public Administration*SSC Credits: 5
POLS 477 - Gambling Policy Credits: 5

Note

Students pursuing a combination of Public Policy, Political Science, Pre-Law, and Public Administration minors may apply POLS 101 to more than one minor. No other courses can overlap and apply to more than one minor.

Students pursuing a combination of Public Policy, Political Science, Pre-Law and Public Administration minors must take POLS 409 multiple times, once for each minor. No more than 5 credits of POLS 409 can be counted towards any of the above minors.

Total credits required for minor: 30

If the requirements for the minor are not met at the time of graduation, the minor will not be awarded

Last EPCC update - October 2021

Previous EPCC Checksheet January 2015 update (summer 2015 to spring 2022)