Public Policy Analysis Minor

As of Fall 2024, students can no longer declare the Public Policy Analysis minor and should declare the Public Policy minor instead. Students who have already declared the minor can complete it following the criteria below. 

The Public Policy Analysis minor provides students with the core skills necessary to develop an analytic framework for understanding the causes and consequences of public policies. It includes courses in the politics of the policymaking process; the economic analysis of public policies in terms of their impacts and distributive consequences; normative analysis of policy problems and means of implementation, and quantitative methods with a specific policy focus.

Minor Declaration

You can apply for the minor in NYU Albert in the My Academics section of your Student Center. 

Curriculum

The Public Policy Analysis minor consists of 4 required courses and 1 analytical elective for a total of 20 credits.

Required courses (16 credits):

ECON-UA 2, Introduction of Microeconomics (prerequisite for UPADM-GP 140)

UPADM-GP 101, The Politics of Public Policy

UPADM-GP 140, Economics of Public Policy

UPADM-GP 120, Normative Issues in Public Policy (email Adrienne Smith for a list of equivalent courses)

Choose one of the following (4 credits):

ECON-UA.227, Urban Economics

ECON-UA 233, Poverty and Income Distribution

POL-UA 315, Controversies in Public Policy: Logic and Evidence

POL-UA 842, Doing Political Economy: Approaches to Public Policy

POL-UA 844, Games, Strategy, and Politics

UPADM-GP 274, The Intuitive and Counterintuitive in Policy Analysis

For more information about the curriculum, please see our Advising and Policies page.

Authoritative curriculum information can be found exclusively in the University Bulletin. All other content, including this webpage, is for informational purposes only. You can find the curriculum for this program on this page of the Bulletin.

Contact

Adrienne Smith, Undergraduate Studies Program Advisor, NYU Wagner

For information regarding CAS course registration, please contact the CAS Minors Team.