Public Service Honors Minor

The Public Service Honors Minor Program is co-sponsored by the McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good and offered by the Politics Department. It is a three-year, 24-credit, interdisciplinary program to prepare students for sophisticated, ethical public service in either the public or private sectors. It is open to and structured for students in all majors. In addition to the required courses below, the program includes internships, mentoring, service learning, the study of public service ethics, research and a senior thesis.

Requirements:

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• POLS - 218 Public Policy and Administration or
• POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship

One course from among the "government institutions" series:

• POLS - 323 Lawmaking
• POLS - 320 Urban Politics
• POLS - 364 California Politics

One course from among the "public policy" series:

• POLS - 362 Public Policy
• POLS - 363 Housing and Homeless Policy
• POLS - 365 Applied Policy Analysis
• POLS - 366 Environmental Policy
• POLS - 367 Public Policy: Drug Policy
• POLS - 368 Public Policy: Punishment

One "McCarthy Course" in any USF college or school

One public ethics course

• POLS - 494 Senior Public Service Honors Seminar or
• Another course for an honors thesis in other departments, subject to approval

Note: Two of the above required courses must entail service learning.

For further information on admission and other requirements and details of the Public Service Honors Minor Program, please contact the McCarthy Center at 422-5662 or visit our website: http://www.usfca.edu/centers/mccarthy/