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Sample Schedule: Public Policy and Public Service, BA (124 Semester Hours)


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

WSC 001 - Composition  

3

WSC 002 - Composition  

3

Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Courses  

3

Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Natural Science (NS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Foreign Language Course

3

Foreign Language Course

3

PPPS Core Elective (Social Sciences)

3

PPPS Core Elective Course

3

 

 

Elective Course

1

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

16


 

SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PPPS Statistics Elective Course

4

PPPS 001 - (IS) Introduction to Public Policy and Public Service  

3

PPPS Core Elective Course (Social Sciences)

3

PPPS Core Elective Course

3

Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Courses ​ 

3

Foreign Language Course

3

 History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Courses  

3

PPPS Internship Credit(s)

1-3

Elective Course

1

Total Semester Hours

17

Total Semester Hours

16


 

THIRD-YEAR 
Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.

Click here for more information on Study Abroad Options.

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PPPS Concentration Course

3

PPPS Methodology  Course

3-4

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Courses 

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

PPPS Internship Credit(s)

3

PPPS Concentration Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15-16


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PPPS Concentration Course

3

PPPS Concentration Course

3

PPPS Concentration Course

3

PPPS Concentration Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Liberal Arts Elective Course

3

Elective Course

1

Elective Course

1

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

16

Program Total

124

 

For more information, visit the PPPS Program website at 

https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/gov-policy-international/public-policy/index.html

NOTES

  • You are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You can complete your degree of 124 credits with five 3-credit courses every semester, one internship credit per semester for three semesters, and one additional credit in a semester.

  • The PPPS Program strongly encourages the study of a foreign language beyond Level 3.

  • In addition to studying abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for the entire academic year in their third year, a semester in their second or fourth years, or a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.

  • Students are encouraged to consider a minor or a double major.  PPPS majors often complete a double major in another Kalikow School Department (Anthropology, Economics, Global Studies and Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion). Double majors with other schools, such as Business, Communication, Education, and more, are possible. 

  • PPPS students have numerous opportunities for local, state, and national internships, including semester programs in Albany, NY, and Washington, D.C. and internships on Long Island and in New York City. Internship possibilities are discussed with the PPPS Executive Dean and the Career Center.