Curriculum & Courses

Below is the list of courses required to complete the Bachelor of Applied Policy Studies degree program and is effective Fall 2007. For more detailed information, please see Course Descriptions. Courses will be listed in their abbreviated form within these sections. See also the Arts and Science Requirements.

Semester One

ENGL 2201	Intermediate Composition OR any 2200-level (or higher) English
ECON 2201	Principles of Microeconomics
PLSC 2201	Introduction to Political Science
Arts and Science Requirement
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Two

APST 3301	Introduction to Public Policy
ECON 2203	Principles of Macroeconomics
PLSC 3321	Canadian State
PLSC 3359	Comparative Government and Politics
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Three

APST 2209	Methodology and Statistics
APST 3303	Federalism
ECON 3245	Managerial Economics
PLSC 3329	Alberta and Provincial Politics
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Four

APST 3305	Interest Groups and Group Behavior
ECON 3303	Intermediate Economic Theory - Macroeconomics I
ENGL 3363	Technical Writing
ENTR 1232	Entrepreneurship Studies
PLSC 3381	Introduction to International Relations

Semester Five

APST 2010

Directed Field Studies I

Semester Six

APST 3010

Directed Field Studies II

Semester Seven

APST 4401	Selected Topics in Policy Studies
APST 4421	International Economic Policy
APST 4431	Managing and Implementing Public Policy
ECON 3355	Canadian Public Finance
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Eight

APST 4433	Integrative Professional Practice
APST 4443	Survey of Public/Private Law Principles
COMP 3309	Information Technology and Society
PLSC 3485	The Politics of the International Economic Order
Arts and Science Requirement

Directed Field Studies usually occur after the fourth semester. Students may be on a work-term project in Spring, Fall or Winter.