This is an unofficial listing. Consult the General Announcements or the Policy Studies Program website for more information. The Policy Studies advisor is Dr. Don Ostdiek (dho@rice.edu).

Policy Studies Requirements

• Policy Analysis (POLI 338). This course includes applied analytical techniques, theoretical notions of public goods and externalities, and an introduction to general governmental issues such regulation and political feasibility. POLI 338 is cross-listed as SOSC/POST 301.
• Principles of Economics I or II (ECON 211 or 212). Economic analysis is fundamental to the study of policy.
  
• Social Science and Public Policy (SOSC/POST 300). This is an interdisciplinary public policy course covering different academic disciplines' approaches to policy problems, touching on the nature of knowledge, different analytical paradigms, etc. Depending on availability,POLI 337 (Bureaucracy and Public Policy) or POLI 436 (Regulation) may substitute for this requirement.
  
• One advanced analysis course that provides students more depth in discipline-specific approaches. Such a course should focus on the craft or nature of inquiry within a discipline. Most likely, students will choose such a course in their first major. Students are required to get approval from the policy studies advisor for credit in this area.
  

Environmental Policy Track

In addition to the standard Policy Studies requirements, a student wishing to complete the Policy Studies major with the Environmental Policy specialization must fullfill the following requirements:

Core Courses (Choose at least 3)

• Environmental and Energy Economics I (ECON 480)
• Global Environmental Law and Sustainable Development (ENVI 306)
• Introduction to Environmental Law (ENVI 406)
• Environmental Politics and Policy (POLI 331)
• Environmental Sociology (SOCI 367)
  

Electives (Choose up to 3)

• Sustainable Architecture (ARCH 313)
• Atmosphere Weather and Clumate (ASTR 203)
• Global Ecosystem Dynamics (BIOS 322)
• Wetland Ecosystems (BIOS 324)
• Ecology (BIOS 325)
• Literature and the Environment (ENGL 478)
• Introduction to Environmental Systems (ENVI 201)
• Atmospheric Science (ENVI 443)
• Natural Environmental Factors (ENVI 445)
• Introduction to the Environment: Environmental History and Literature (ENST 301/UNIV 300)
• Environmental Issues: Rice into the Future (ENST 301/UNIV 303)
• Earth System Evolutions and Cycles (ESCI 221)
• The Oceans (ESCI 341)
• Geology of National Parks (ESCI 345)
  
• Politics of Regulation (POLI 336)
• Religion, Ethics and Ecology (RELI 362)