Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2019 through summer 2020. 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
Core Courses
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
Research Methods & Tools Courses
PLCY 810	Quantitative Methods I	3
PLCY 811	Quantitative Methods II	3
PLCY 812	Qualitative Methods	3
Education Policy Cognate
PLCY 840	Introduction to Education Policy	3
PLCY 841	Research Seminar in Education Policy	3
PLCY 885	Comprehensive Exam and Research Concept	3
Dissertation Courses 1
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		60

1	Once the student enters the Dissertation phase, he/she must maintain continuous enrollment (Fall, Spring and Summer semesters) until all degree requirements are completed
2	Any student who is not ready for enrollment in PLCY 990 Dissertation IV - Dissertation Defense (0 c.h.) after completing PLCY 989 Dissertation III (5 c.h.) may be required, as determined by the student’s dissertation chair, to repeat PLCY 989 Dissertation III (5 c.h.) until deemed ready for enrollment in PLCY 990 Dissertation IV - Dissertation Defense (0 c.h.)

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

• Complete 60 hours
• A minimum of 45 hours must be completed through Liberty University, not to include credits from a prior degree earned through Liberty University
• A maximum of 15 hours of transfer credit, including credit from a degree on the same academic level previously earned through Liberty, may be applied to the degree
• 3.0 GPA
• No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
• Successful completion of Comprehensive Exam
• 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