Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours:  39

New students are no longer being admitted to this program. Interested students are encouraged to pursue the B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Public Policy. Existing Lewis students may follow their original catalog requirements or opt-in to the Fall 2024 catalog year requirements in the B.A. in Political Science.

The Public Policy major is offered through the Political Science Department.  This is an interdisciplinary major in which students take a core of mostly Political Science courses and select electives based on their career interests: Environmental Policy; Gender, Sexuality, and the Family; International and Foreign Policy; Society and the Legal System; and Transportation Policy.  Students preparing for careers in government, law, non-profits, or business learn about how the public policy-making process works at the local, state, national, and international levels of government. All Public Policy majors take an internship in their senior year.

Majors in Public Policy may not double major or minor in Political Science.