Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2020 through summer 2021. 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 Statesmanship and Public Policy | 3 |
PLCY 701 | Natural Law, The State & The Gospel | 3 |
PLCY 702 | The Founding Era and Constitution | 3 |
PLCY 703 | Contemporary Challenges to Constitutional Order and the Role of the State | 3 |
PLCY 704 | Economics and Public Policy | 3 |
PLCY 800 | Statesmanship and National Security | 3 |
or PLCY 801 | Foreign Policy, Globalization, and Statesmanship |
PLCY 802 | Competing Visions of Statesmanship | 3 |
PLCY 804 | Statesmanship, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | 3 |
PLCY 805 | Policy Analysis and Statesmanship | 3 |
Total Hours | 27 |
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PLCY 810 | Quantitative Methods I | 3 |
PLCY 811 | Quantitative Methods II | 3 |
PLCY 812 | Qualitative Methods | 3 |
Total Hours | 9 |
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PLCY 840 | Introduction to Education Policy | 3 |
PLCY 841 | Research Seminar in Education Policy | 3 |
PLCY 885 | Research Concept | 3 |
Total Hours | 9 |
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PLCY 987 | Dissertation I | 5 |
PLCY 988 | Dissertation II | 5 |
PLCY 989 | Dissertation III 2 | 5 |
PLCY 990 | Dissertation IV - Dissertation Defense | 0 |
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
- Successful defense of Dissertation
- Degree must be completed within 7 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