Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2022 through summer 2023. 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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