Page 153 of Saint Anselm College 2001 - 2002 Catalog by Saint Anselm College Manchester New Hampshire

153 implementation; cost-benefit analysis; and ethical analysis of public policy. Microeconomics: Principles of Economics: Micro (EC02). A course in microeconomics the study of individual units within a national economy, such as business firms is indispensable for students of public policy. Statistical Analysis: Students are required to take one course from the following: Social Statistics (SO12), Statistical Techniques for Criminal Justice (CJ27), Statistics (EC04), Biostatistics (BI45), Behavioral Statistics (PY15). Organizational Studies: An introduction to public policy would not be complete without an introduction to the study of organizations. The study of the behavior of organizations whether they be government agencies, interest groups, or business firms provides a key to the understanding of policy formulation and implementation. Students are required to take one course from the following: Criminal Justice Organization and Administration (CJ26), Economics of Industrial Organization (EC15), Public Finance (EC16), United States Labor History (HI53), History of Medicine (HI72), Philosophy of Law (PH35), Public Administration and Bureaucracy (PO45), Organizational Psychology (PY20), Political Sociology (SO44), Social Welfare: Poverty and Public Policy (SO55), Christian Social Ethics (TH31). Capstone: Selected Topics in American Politics (PO 46). This course, a capstone for students seeking to acquire the certificate, will only be taken after all other certificate requirements have been satisfied. (A student may take the capstone course simultaneously with another course or courses required to finish the certificate, if the students course schedule necessitates this.) This will enable certificate students from different majors to take a course together, as a culmination of their studies. This course will be open to students not in the certificate program, but students in the certificate program will be given first priority in registration. This course will be run as a seminar, with a focus on one particular issue-area in public policy (for example, health care, Social Security, education, taxation, transportation, technology, or business regulation). The requirements for the Public Policy Studies Certificate Program are: 1. Students from any major may register for the Public Policy Studies Certificate Program. A student must register for a certificate by the beginning of the junior year, and no later than the beginning of the senior year. 2. To enroll, a student must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.33 (C+) at the time of registration.

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