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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
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
Total Hours		12

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
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
Total Hours		15

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Research Methods & Tools Courses
LPCY 804	Law and Policy: Research, Writing, and Analysis	3
LPCY 806	Public Policy Lawyering Skills	3
PLCY 805	Policy Analysis and Research Design	3
PLCY 810	Quantitative Methods I	3
PLCY 812	Qualitative Methods	3
Total Hours		15

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Capstone Courses
LPCY 885	Research Concept	3
LPCY 887	Capstone I	5
LPCY 888	Capstone II	5
LPCY 889	Capstone III 1	5
LPCY 890	Capstone IV 1	0
Total Hours		18

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Any student who is not ready for enrollment in LPCY 890 Capstone IV (0 c.h.) after completing LPCY 889 Capstone III (5 c.h.) may be required, as determined by the student's capstone advisor, to repeat LPCY 889 Capstone III (5 c.h.) until deemed ready for enrollment in LPCY 890 Capstone IV (0 c.h.)

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

Plan of Study Grid

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
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
Fifth Semester
LPCY 806	Public Policy Lawyering Skills	3
PLCY 805	Policy Analysis and Research Design	3
PLCY 812	Qualitative Methods	3
	Hours	9
Sixth Semester
LPCY 887	Capstone I	5
	Hours	5
Seventh Semester
LPCY 888	Capstone II	5
	Hours	5
Eighth Semester
LPCY 889	Capstone III 1	5
	Hours	5
Ninth Semester
LPCY 890	Capstone IV 1	0
	Hours	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.