Introduction to Public Policy

CAS PO 141

  • Critical Thinking
  • Social Inquiry I

Undergraduate core course. What are public policies? Where do they come from? What are their effects? In this course, we grapple with these questions. We also examine the question: how do the politics of public policy affect racial and economic inequality? Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking.

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A1 Wittstock CGS 129 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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B1 CGS 123 F 9:05 am-9:55 am

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C1 STH B22 F 10:10 am-11:00 am

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D1 CDS 263 F 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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E1 PSY B35 F 12:20 pm-1:10 pm

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F1 PRB 148 F 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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G1 CAS 223 F 2:30 pm-3:20 pm

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