Jul 27, 2025

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Public Leadership Minor

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To qualify for a minor in Public Leadership, students must complete a minimum of 15 approved POLC credit hours in the Hobby School, where at least nine of the 15 hours must be advanced (3000 and 4000 level). Students must take at least a minimum of 9 semester credit hours in residence (6 of them advanced), and earn a 2.0 minimum cumulative grade point average in all minor courses attempted at the Hobby School.

POLC 4390 Public Policy Internship can be taken up to three times to count towards the minor requirements. In addition, students may also petition the Hobby School to have POLC courses not included in the list below to count towards their minor requirements

Minor Course List:

POLC 1311 - Public Policy Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
POLC 2312 - Introduction to Economics and Policy Analysis Credit Hours: 3
POLC 3313 - Contemporary Political Philosophy and Policy Credit Hours: 3
POLC 3314 - Leadership and Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
POLC 3315 - Policy Research Methods: Statistics and Regression Analysis Credit Hours: 3
POLC 3322 - Public Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3
POLC 3341 - State Authority and Freedom Credit Hours: 3
POLC 4342 - Political Economy and Ethics of Market Processes Credit Hours: 3
POLC 4344 - Policy and Global Justice Credit Hours: 3
POLC 4349 - Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Ethics on Leadership Seminar Credit Hours: 3
POLC 4390 - Public Policy Internship Credit Hours: 3
POLC 4398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information:

Students must maintain a GPA of 2.0 or better in their minor courses.