2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog
Public Policy Joint Major
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The Public Policy program is designed to provide analytic skills and substantive knowledge to help students ask questions, determine the dimensions of societal problems and evaluate alternative solutions to resolve multifaceted policy issues. The study of Public Policy is available to students as a Joint Major, where the Public Policy Core forms one component and at least eight additional courses, determined by an existing academic department that offers its own major, form the balance of the program. Joint Major programs are currently available with Business, Organizations, and Society; Economics; Sociology; Government; Public Health; Environmental Studies; American Studies; Anthropology; History; and Philosophy. Students wishing to combine Public Policy in a Joint Major with another existing major should first contact the Public Policy chairperson to determine the feasibility of the proposed Joint Major program and the appropriate course requirements. The usual rules for Joint Majors apply in the case of all Public Policy majors.
Students with a Joint Major in Public Policy have studied abroad or off-campus in the following programs in recent years: Institute for the International Education of Students (European Union), Freiburg, Germany and Barcelona, Spain; School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad in Argentina, Brazil, India, Jordan, Spain, South Africa and Viet-Nam; SIT International Honors Program in Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador; Syracuse University, Strasbourg, France and Madrid, Spain; the National University of Ireland Galway; Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, Denmark; School for Field Studies, Bhutan; Washington Semester Program, American University, Washington, D.C.; and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The participating departments will work with Joint Major candidates to identify internships in the public and private sectors that will enhance their educational experiences through on-site learning opportunities. During the last few years, Public Policy students have successfully interned in local government, at departments of health in Philadelphia and Connecticut and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, Pa.
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Public Policy Program Faculty
Professor Patrick Fleming, Chair
Members of the Public Policy Program Committee Stephen Medvic
The Honorable and Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government Jerome Hodos
Professor of Sociology Elizabeth De Santo
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Patrick M. Fleming
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy Biko Koenig
Associate Professor of Government Jennifer Meyer
Associate Professor of Government and Public Health Ashley Rondini
Associate Professor of Psychology Holly Tripp
Assistant Professor of Government and Public Health Berwood Yost
Senior Adjunct Research Instructor of Government Additional faculty not on the program committee also contribute to this program. Joint Major Requirements:
Public Policy Core (PPC): Eight Courses Off-Campus Study:
Students with a Joint Major in Public Policy have studied abroad or off-campus in the following programs in recent years: Institute for the International Education of Students (European Union), Freiburg, Germany and Barcelona, Spain; School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad in Argentina, Brazil, India, Jordan, Spain, South Africa and Viet-Nam; SIT International Honors Program in Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador; Syracuse University, Strasbourg, France and Madrid, Spain; the National University of Ireland Galway; Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, Denmark; School for Field Studies, Bhutan; Washington Semester Program, American University, Washington, D.C.; and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The participating departments will work with Joint Major candidates to identify internships in the public and private sectors that will enhance their educational experiences through on-site learning opportunities. During the last few years, Public Policy students have successfully interned in local government, at departments of health in Philadelphia and Connecticut and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, Pa. |
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