Planning on going to grad school? The Public Policy & Administration Certificate will help you prepare. In the program, you’ll study American government, statistics, technical communication and economics. You’ll gain an understanding of the institutional, political, legal and economic processes of the United States. You’ll also learn about the public policies of the U.S., how they are created and how they are carried out.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Pre-requisites: POLI 100.
This course examines the role of the President in the government of the United States and in international relations. It considers the dynamics of presidential power in the U.S. government as well as relations between the President and other branches of government as well as with the people.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201.
Satisfies: a BACR for humanities and arts.
In this course, students learn to create a well-crafted text as determined by the conventions of technical writing. This includes clarifying the purpose of documents, conveying meaning clearly and concisely in documents, organizing documents logically, and making choices concerning style, tone, and degree of complexity based on the target audience. Students create a variety of documents including memos, professional emails, proposals, instructions, reports, and oral presentations.
Pre-requisites: ECON 100 and ECON 200; or ECON 100 and ECON 201; or ECON 200 and ECON 201; or instructor permission.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
Interaction of national economics and the problems arising there from, particularly trade and payments problems and the development of regional and international economic institutions.
Pre-requisites: graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
Offers an examination of the policy making process, including the development and formulation policy agendas, the use of rational decision-making techniques, and the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches to policy analysis. Analytical tools include political and economic modeling.