Public Policy and Administration - Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

Students prior to entering the Public Policy and Administration program must have completed one 11U or M mathematics course or equivalent.

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: 66 credits as follows:

• AP/ECON 1000 3.00;
• AP/ECON 1010 3.00;
• AP/PPAS 1000 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 1000 6.00);
• AP/PPAS 2900 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 2900 6.00);
• AP/PPAS 2300 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 2300 6.00);
• AP/PPAS 2910 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 2910 6.00);
• AP/PPAS 3135 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GL/POLS 3135 3.00);
• AP/PPAS 3136 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GL/POLS 3136 3.00);
• AP/PPAS 3300 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 3300 6.00, AP/SOCI 3030 6.00);
• AP/PPAS 4300 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/GL/POLS 4300 6.00);
• six credits in economics above the 1000 level or AP/PPAS 4115 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 4115 6.00);
• six credits chosen from the following: AP/PPAS 3190 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/POLS 3190 6.00); or AP/SOCI 3490 6.00;
• six additional credits at the 4000 level in public policy and administration (PPAS) or political science (POLS).

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major (PPAS and POLS): at least 18 credits.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting program requirements.

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