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Public Policy program requirements

What the Public Policy Major requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Public Policy Major

  • Arts program
  • 8.0 credits
  • Limited enrolment
  • ASMAJ2660

Enrolment

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(8.0 credits with at least 2.0 credits at the 300 level, including 0.5 credit at the 400 level)

While some courses may appear under more than one requirement line, no course may be counted twice for the purpose of program completion.

Introductory Courses

0.5 credit from MUN150H1/ MUN160H1/ MUN170H1/ MUN180H1 or any 100 or 200 level coded course from Munk or its constituent entities with prior permission of the Director

0.5 credit from further MUN coded100 level courses or POL101H1/ POL106H1/ POL107H1/ POL109H1/ POL191H1/ POL192H1/ TRN160Y1/ TRN161Y1/ TRN151Y1/ TRN136Y1/ VIC122H1/ VIC134H1/ VIC181H1/ VIC183H1/ VIC184H1/ VIC185H1/ VIC187H1/ VIC188H1/ NEW106H1/ NEW111H1/ NEW161H1 or another First Year Foundation/One course relevant to the study of Public Policy

1.0 credit from ECO101H1, ECO102H1/ ECO105Y1

Foundations in Public Policy

0.5 credit from foundations in power and ethics: MUN200H1

0.5 credit from public finance and policy: MUN220H1

0.5 credit from intermediate microeconomics: ECO200Y1/ ECO204Y1/ ECO206Y1/ MUN221H1 (formerly PPG200H1)

1.0 credit from statistics and quantitative reasoning: ECO220Y1/ (POL222H1 +, POL232H1)/ [PCJ210H1, (SOC202H1/ STA220H1/ STA221H1/ STA255H1/ STA261H1)]

0.5 credit from introductions to Canadian government and comparative politics: POL214H1/ POL224H1

0.5 credit from foundations in the public policy making process: MUN320H1 (formerly PPG301H1)

Further Studies in Public Policy

Approved Munk School courses: MUN311H1; MUN321H1; MUN322H1; MUN323H1; MUN324H1; MUN325H1; MUN327H1; MUN328H1; MUN362H1; MUN368H1; MUN371H1; MUN380H1; MUN396H1; MUN397H1; MUN421H1: MUN310H1; MUN463H1; MUN489H1.

Approved Economics courses: ECO313H1; ECO314H1; ECO317H1; ECO320H1; ECO324H1; ECO331H1; ECO332H1; ECO333H1; ECO334H1; ECO336H1; ECO340H1; ECO342H1; ECO349H1; ECO364H1; ECO365H1; ECO367H1; ECO369H1; ECO401H1; ECO402H1; ECO403H1; ECO406H1; ECO407H1; ECO409H1; ECO414H1; ECO435H1; ECO438H1; ECO446H1; ECO483H1

Approved Political Science courses: POL314H1; POL316H1; POL319H1; POL324H1; POL334H; POL337H1; POL344H1; POL347H1; POL351H1; POL361H1; POL363H1; POL384H1

Approved additional courses: ENV222H1; ENV320H1; ENV322H1; ENV323H1; GGR326H1; GGR334H1; GGR359H1; GGR429H1; HIS300H1; PHS211H1; PHS307H1; PHS310H1; PHS411H1; SOC208H1; SOC215H1; SOC389H1

1.5 credits from approved Munk School, Economics, Political Science, and other cognate courses as listed below

0.5 credit from Munk School area studies courses: AMS201H1/ CAS203H1 CAS460H1/ CAS470H1/ CAS380H1/ EUR200Y1/ EUR300H1/ EUR301H1/ EUR400H1/ EUR498H1/ MUN351H1 or another area studies course relevant to the study of Public Policy & Governance at the discretion of the Director

0.5 credit from Public Policy & Governance Capstone course: MUN420H1 (formerly PPG401H1)

Notes

Note 1Course can only count toward one requirement, even if listed as options to multiple requisites in the program

Note 2Not all courses have priority enrolment for Public Policy students. Students are responsible for checking priority of courses and meeting course prerequisites they wish to take. Checking prerequisites is especially important with respect to ECO courses, many of which require the completion of first year Mathematics courses as pre-requisites.

Courses these requirements name

  • MUN150H1Successful Societies
  • MUN160H1Digital and Algorithmic Disruptions
  • MUN170H1Transitions in Democracy and Autocracy
  • MUN180H1Hitler and Stalin Today
  • POL101H1The Real World of Politics: An Introduction
  • POL106H1Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age
  • POL107H1What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly
  • POL109H1Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations
  • POL191H1First-Year Foundation Seminar: Political Homes
  • POL192H1First-Year Foundation Seminar: Beyond Voting: Introduction to Citizen Political Participation
  • TRN160Y1Public Policy and the Public Good
  • TRN161Y1Making Public Policy Work
  • TRN151Y1Global Governance
  • TRN136Y1Canadian Health Policy in the Global Context
  • VIC122H1Scientific Evidence in Public Policy
  • VIC134H1Globalization
  • VIC181H1Events in the Public Sphere: World Affairs
  • VIC183H1Issues in the Public Sphere: Understanding Public Policy
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC185H1Democracy and Dictatorship
  • VIC187H1Prosperity, Justice, and Sustainability: Introduction to Public Policy
  • VIC188H1Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, and Ethics
  • NEW106H1Science, Health and Social Justice
  • NEW111H1Food, Ethics and Sustainability
  • NEW161H1
  • ECO101H1Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECO102H1Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECO105Y1Principles of Economics for Non-Specialists
  • MUN200H1Understanding Global Controversies
  • MUN220H1Economic Policy in the Industrialized World
  • ECO200Y1Microeconomic Theory
  • ECO204Y1Microeconomic Theory and Applications (for Commerce)
  • ECO206Y1Microeconomic Theory
  • MUN221H1Microeconomics for Policy Analysis
  • PPG200H1Microeconomics for Policy Analysis last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • ECO220Y1Introduction to Data Analysis and Applied Econometrics
  • POL222H1Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I
  • POL232H1Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II
  • PCJ210H1Research Methods in Peace, Conflict and Justice last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC202H1Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Sociology
  • STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
  • STA221H1The Practice of Statistics II
  • STA255H1Statistical Theory
  • STA261H1Probability and Statistics II
  • POL214H1Canadian Government
  • POL224H1Canada in Comparative Perspective
  • MUN320H1Introduction to Public Policy
  • PPG301H1Introduction to Public Policy last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • MUN311H1Data and Applications in PCJ
  • MUN321H1Conflicts, Violence and Socioeconomic Development
  • MUN322H1Inequality and Growth
  • MUN323H1The Economics of Poverty: Daily Lives and Policy
  • MUN324H1The Rise and Fall of Trade Cooperation
  • MUN325H1Public Policy Across Income Levels
  • MUN327H1Innovation and Economic Development
  • MUN328H1Special Topics in Public Policy
  • MUN362H1The Violence of Inequality: Conflict Dynamics and Power Asymmetries
  • MUN368H1Global Practicum
  • MUN371H1Technology, Surveillance, and Society
  • MUN380H1
  • MUN396H1
  • MUN397H1Independent Study in Global Affairs & Public Policy
  • MUN421H1Advanced Topics in Public Policy
  • MUN310H1Independent Study in Global Affairs & Public Policy last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • MUN463H1Advanced Topics in Peace, Conflict and Justice
  • MUN489H1Munk Capstone Seminar
  • ECO313H1Environmental Economics and Policies
  • ECO314H1Energy and the Environment
  • ECO317H1Concepts of Fairness in Economics
  • ECO320H1Economic Analysis of Law
  • ECO324H1Economic Development
  • ECO331H1Behavioural and Experimental Economics
  • ECO332H1Economics of the Family
  • ECO333H1Urban Economics
  • ECO334H1The Political Economy of Media
  • ECO336H1Public Economics
  • ECO340H1Labour Economics: The Distribution of Earnings
  • ECO342H1Twentieth Century Economic History: Institutions, Growth and Inequality
  • ECO349H1Money, Banking and Financial Markets
  • ECO364H1International Trade Theory
  • ECO365H1International Monetary Economics
  • ECO367H1The Economics of Inequality
  • ECO369H1Health Economics
  • ECO401H1Topics in Economic Policy
  • ECO402H1Topics in Health Economics
  • ECO403H1Topics in Development Economics and Policy
  • ECO406H1Developmental Macroeconomics last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • ECO407H1Competing Views in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
  • ECO409H1Topics in Money, Banking, and Finance
  • ECO414H1Energy and Regulation
  • ECO435H1The Economics of Modern China
  • ECO438H1Topics in Behavioural Economics
  • ECO446H1Advanced Public Economics
  • ECO483H1Health and Economic Inequality
  • POL314H1Public Opinion and Voting
  • POL316H1Contemporary Canadian Federalism
  • POL319H1Elections and Voting
  • POL324H1European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society
  • POL337H1The Canadian Constitution
  • POL344H1Social Movements in Canada
  • POL347H1U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Development
  • POL351H1Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective
  • POL361H1Global Political Economy
  • POL363H1Canadian Political Development
  • POL384H1Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
  • ENV222H1Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • ENV320H1National Environmental Policy
  • ENV322H1International Environmental Policy
  • ENV323H1Ontario Environmental Policy
  • GGR326H1Remaking the Global Economy
  • GGR334H1Water Resource Management
  • GGR359H1Comparative Urban Policy
  • GGR429H1Innovation and Governance
  • HIS300H1Energy and Environment in Canadian History
  • PHS211H1Health Policy in Canada
  • PHS307H1Special Topics in Public Health I
  • PHS310H1Critical Health Policy
  • PHS411H1Political Economy of Health
  • SOC208H1Introduction to Social Policy
  • SOC215H1Sociology of Organizations
  • SOC389H1Sociology of Scandals
  • AMS201H1Myths and Realities of US Governance
  • CAS203H1Conflict & Cooperation in Asia
  • CAS460H1Global China and Its Growing Footprints in Asia and Around the World
  • CAS470H1
  • CAS380H1Chinese Politics Beyond the Headlines
  • EUR200Y1Europe: Nation-State to Supranational Union
  • EUR300H1Special Topics in European Affairs
  • EUR301H1Modernity and Its Discontents
  • EUR400H1Selected Topics in European Affairs
  • EUR498H1Special Topics in European Affairs: European Union
  • MUN351H1Man of the People: Populism in the US
  • MUN420H1Public Policy Capstone
  • PPG401H1The Role of Government last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
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