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2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin 
  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin

PLSI - 3413 Policy Analysis and the Policymaking Process


Description
An examination of public policy from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students study public policies from a historical, theoretical, institutional, political, and social perspective; they study how “problems” are identified and which problems government responds to and why; and they learn how to examine the role of race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and other differences when policies are analyzed, created, and implemented.

Credits: 4
Course Level: Upper Division
Academic Level: Undergraduate