Law & Policy (D.L.P.)
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2025 through summer 2026. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Program Courses | ||
| Policy Core Courses | ||
| PLCY 700 | Foundations of Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 702 | Founding Era and the Constitution | 3 |
| PLCY 703 | Contemporary Challenges to Constitutional Order and the Role of the State | 3 |
| PLCY 804 | Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | 3 |
| Law Core Courses | ||
| LPCY 700 | Foundations of the American Legal Process and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 702 | Constitutional Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 704 | Law, Economics, and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 800 | Administrative Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 802 | Human Rights Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| Research Methods & Tools Courses | ||
| LPCY 804 | Law and Policy: Research, Writing, and Analysis | 3 |
| PLCY 805 | Policy Analysis and Research Design | 3 |
| LPCY 806 | Public Policy Lawyering Skills | 3 |
| PLCY 810 | Quantitative Methods I | 3 |
| PLCY 812 | Qualitative Methods | 3 |
| Capstone Courses | ||
| LPCY 885 | Research Concept | 3 |
| LPCY 887 | Capstone I | 5 |
| LPCY 888 | Capstone II | 5 |
| LPCY 889 | Capstone III | 5 |
| LPCY 890 | Capstone IV 1 | 0 |
| Total Hours | 60 | |
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Any student who is not ready for enrollment in LPCY 890 after completing LPCY 889 may be required, as determined by the student's capstone advisor, to repeat LPCY 889 until deemed ready for enrollment in LPCY 890
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 60 hours
- A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
- Successful completion of Research Concept
- Degree must be completed within 5 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student's anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| LPCY 700 | Foundations of the American Legal Process and Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 700 | Foundations of Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 702 | Founding Era and the Constitution | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| LPCY 702 | Constitutional Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| PLCY 703 | Contemporary Challenges to Constitutional Order and the Role of the State | 3 |
| PLCY 804 | Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Third Semester | ||
| LPCY 704 | Law, Economics, and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 800 | Administrative Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 804 | Law and Policy: Research, Writing, and Analysis | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| LPCY 802 | Human Rights Law and Public Policy | 3 |
| LPCY 885 | Research Concept | 3 |
| PLCY 810 | Quantitative Methods I | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fifth Semester | ||
| PLCY 805 | Policy Analysis and Research Design | 3 |
| LPCY 806 | Public Policy Lawyering Skills | 3 |
| PLCY 812 | Qualitative Methods | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Sixth Semester | ||
| LPCY 887 | Capstone I | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Seventh Semester | ||
| LPCY 888 | Capstone II | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Eighth Semester | ||
| LPCY 889 | Capstone III 1 | 5 |
| Hours | 5 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Ninth Semester | ||
| LPCY 890 | Capstone IV 1 | 0 |
| Hours | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |
- 1
Any student who is not ready for enrollment in LPCY 890 after completing LPCY 889 may be required, as determined by the student’s capstone advisor, to repeat LPCY 889 until deemed ready for enrollment in LPCY 890.
All applicable prerequisites must be met