Public Policy
Facilitators: Kenneth Faulve-Montojo and Elsa Chen, Political Science
A policy is a plan of action intended to achieve objectives. Public policy involves the laws that apply to citizens and residents and also to the organization of government. The laws include taxation, subsidies, and regulations. Policy involves ethics that provide justification of the objectives (such as equity), a political philosophy that applies to the structure of government, and implied theories of economics, sociology, and political science as applied to implementation. For example, a policy of the control of the money supply implies a belief in a theory of how the quantity of money and its control by the monetary authority affects an economy.
Associated Courses
| American Politics (GOVT) |
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| 410-001T American Govt & Politics Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Anthropology (ANTH) |
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| 152 Political Anthropology (effective 9/1/09) |
| 155 Conflict Resolution (effective 9/1/09) |
| Civil Engineering (CENG) |
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| 124 Water Law and Policy (effective Spring 2016; cross-listed with CENG 258/ENVS 124; effective 3/25/16) |
| 258 Water Law and Policy (effective Spring 2016; cross-listed with CENG/ENVS 124; effective 3/25/16) |
| Economics (ECON) |
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| *3 International Economics, Development, and Growth (effective 9/1/09) |
| *3H International Economics, Development, and Growth (effective 9/1/09) |
| *111 Economics of the Environment (effective 9/1/09) |
| 120 Economics of the Public Sector (effective 9/1/09) |
| 126 Economics and Law (effective 9/1/09) |
| *127 Public Finance: Taxation |
| *129 Economic Development (effective 9/1/16) |
| *137 World Economic History (effective 9/1/22) |
| *151 Economics of Education (effective 3/25/23) |
| *160 The Economics of Poverty and Inequality (effective 9/1/09) |
| *181 International Trade (effective 9/1/09) |
| *187 Dynamic Macroeconomics (effective 9/1/18) |
| 199L Environmental Economics (London; effective 9/1/09) |
| Environmental Studies & Sciences (ENVS) |
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| *122 Environmental Politics and Policy (cross-listed with POLI 157; effective 9/1/09) |
| 124 Water Law and Policy (effective Spring 2016; cross-listed with CENG 124/258; effective 3/25/16) |
| Ethnic Studies (ETHN) |
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| 155 Racism in the United States (effective 9/1/09) |
| Foreign Policy & International Politics (SIS) |
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| 491-001T Foreign Policy & Intl Politics Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX) |
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| *180 Women and Politics (cross-listed with POLI 154; effective 03/25/18) |
| Global Economics & Business (IBUS) |
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| 420 900T Intl Business & Trade Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| History (HIST) |
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| 82B/182B Childhood in the US (effective 3/25/25) |
| 158 Turmoil and Reform: U.S. 1877-1920 (effective 3/25/16) |
| 176 Contemporary America: 1980 to the Present (effective 04/03/17) |
| 184 American Historical Geography (effective 03/25/18) |
| Intl Environment & Development (SIS) |
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| 471-900T Intl Environment & Development Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Intl Law & Organizations (SIS) |
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| 450-900T Intl Law & Organizations Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Journalism (COMM) |
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| 450-001T Journalism Semester Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Justice & Law (JLS) |
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| 492-001T Justice Semester Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Management (MGMT) |
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| 6 Business Ethics (effective 1/1/13) |
| Peace & Conflict Resolution (SIS) |
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| 486-900T Peace & Conflict Resolution Seminar (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Philosophy (PHIL) |
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| 25 Ethics in Society (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 5) |
| 25H Ethics in Society: Honors (effective 11/25/2015; formerly PHIL 5H) |
| 26 Ethics in Business (effective 1/1/13; formerly PHIL 6) |
| 28 Ethics in Politics (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 8) |
| 28H Ethics in Politics (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 8H) |
| 29 Ethics and the Environment (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 9) |
| 29H Ethics and the Environment (effective 11/25/2015; formerly PHIL 9H) |
| Physics (PHYS) |
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| 5 Physics and Technology for Future Leaders (effective 1/1/2020) |
| Political Science (POLI) |
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| 40 Politics of US Econ Policies (effective 9/1/09) |
| 45 Criminal Justice System (effective 9/1/09) |
| 116A Model United Nations Prep (2 units; only counts after POLI 116B has been completed; if this course is used towards the pathway, additional courses may be needed to reach the 12 or 16 unit minimum; effective 9/1/09) |
| *116B Model United Nations: International Conflict Simulation (two units; if this course is used towards the pathway, additional courses may be needed to reach the 12 or 16 unit minimum; effective 9/1/09) |
| 123 Global Environmental Politics (effective 9/1/09) |
| *150 The Presidency (effective 9/1/09) |
| *150AW The Presidency (effective 9/1/09) |
| *151 The Congress (effective 9/1/09) |
| *154 Women and Politics (cross-listed with GNSX 180; effective 03/25/18) |
| 157 U.S. Environmental Policy (cross-listed with ENVS 122; effective 9/1/09) |
| *158 Housing and Homelessness Policy (effective 9/1/09) |
| *163 State and Local Politics (effective 3/25/19) |
| *167 Making Public Policy (effective 9/1/09) |
| 168 Criminal Justice Reform (this topic only, effective 9/1/23) |
| *172 Money and Politics (effective 9/1/18) |
| *195L Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Politics (formerly 195P; effective 9/1/09) |
| Psychology (PSYC) |
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| *150 Social Psychology (effective 9/1/09) |
| Religion, Theology, and Culture |
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| Religion and Society (RSOC) |
| *140 Animals, Environment & World Religion (effective 9/1/09) |
| *190 Islam: Reformation and Modernity (effective 9/1/09) |
| Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality (TESP) |
| *64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination (effective 9/1/09) |
| Sociology (SOCI) |
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| 33 Social Problems in the United States (effective 9/1/09) |
| 140 Urban Society and Social Conflict (effective 1/1/22) |
| 141 Climate Justice (effective 9/1/23) |
| The Middle East & World Affairs (SIS) |
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| 319-900T The Middle East & World Affairs Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
| Transforming Communities (GOVT) |
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| 417-001T Transforming Communities Seminar I (American University Washington Semester Program) |
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites