Analytical Competency
The analytical competency helps prepare students for the design and execution of professional policy analyses. A minimum of six credit hours is required, drawn from one or more courses from sections A, B, or C. Other courses may be deemed appropriate with the Director's approval.
A. Policy Analysis and Public Administration
PPPA 6051: Governmental Budgeting
PPPA 6053: Financial Management in the Public Sector
PPPA 6016: Public and Nonprofit Program Evaluation
PPPA 6002: Research Methods and Applied Statistics
B. Economic Theory and Concepts
ECON 6217: Survey of Microeconomics
ECON 6218: Survey of Macroeconomics
Other relevant courses offered by the Economic Department (e.g. microeconomics, industrial organization, environmental economics, regional economics)
C. Research Methods
STAT 1053: Introduction to Statistics in Social Science
STAT 1111: Business and Economics Statistics I
STAT 2112: Business and Economics Statistics II
STAT 2118: Regression Analysis
STAT 2183: Intermediate Statistical Laboratory: Statistical Computing Packages
PPPA 6013: Research Methods in Policy Analysis
PPPA 6014: Economics in Policy Analysis
PSC 6103: Approaches to Public Policy Analysis
In instances where proficiency in a foreign language can be shown to be integral to a student's program of study, it may be used to meet the analytical competency requirement. Students must petition for approval from the Program Director. Courses taken to demonstrate language proficiency may not be included in the 40 credit hours required for the degree.