• International Development
• Global Trade and Finance
• Global Environmental Policy
• Human Rights and Democratization
• Security and Humanitarian Intervention

Requirements

• PubPol 320, Globalization and Governance, usually taken in the first semester, deferring the required Ethics class until the second year.
• Minimum of two electives (see below for a partial list of elective options).
• Summer Internship related to global public policy (see below for Summer in Geneva option).
• Masters Project on global public policy issue.

Geneva Program

Students in the global public policy concentration may fulfill their internship requirement through the Duke Program on Global Policy and Governance, which includes four study options: Environment and Sustainable Development, Health Policy in a Globalizing World, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance or Global Economic Governance and Trade.

Global Public Policy Electives

Listed below is a sample of Global Policy-related courses offered in recent years, which could be taken as Global Policy electives. This sample is meant to be illustrative rather than exhaustive. In addition to Public Policy classes, you may find relevant classes at the Duke Law School, Fuqua School of Business and in a number of Duke departments including Political Science and History. You may also find Global Policy classes at UNC, NCSU or NCCU.

Public Policy
• PUBPOL 221S.01 Media and Democracy
• PUBPOL 264S.06 Globalization and Gender
• PUBPOL 264S.31 Globalization and Health
• PUBPOL 264S.58 International Organizations
• PUBPOL 264.01 Counterterrorism Law and Policy
• PUBPOL 264.03 Post 9/11 Africa
• PUBPOL 264.07 International Trade
• PUBPOL 264.51 Communities and Development
• PUBPOL 264S.50 Assisting Development in Third World Countries
• PUBPOL 286S.01 Economic Growth and Development Policy
• PUBPOL 320.01 Globalization and Governance
• PUBPOL 340.01 International Democratization
• PUBPOL 381.01 Economic Foundations of Development
• PUBPOL 383A.01 Institutional Design and Managing Environment
• PUBPOL 383C.01 Strategic Management of Policy Change
• PUBPOL 384B.01 Public Finance Policy in LDC & Transition Countries
• PUBPOL 388.01 Reinventing Government for the 21st Century
• PUBPOL 388.07 Culture, Policy, and Action
• PUBPOL 389.01 Implementing Economic Reforms in LDCs
• PUBPOL 389.02 Land Management & Planning in LDC and Transition
• PUBPOL 389.03 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Development

Other Sources for Global Public Policy Electives:

Inter-Departmental Course Options
Students who have concentrated in Global Public Policy have taken rewarding electives in departments across the university. For your convenience, listed below are links to departmental course listing and/or curriculum web pages.

Departments:

• Political Science
• Economics
• Environment
• Law
• Sociology
• History
• Cultural Anthropology
• Women's Studies
• Business

Centers and Institutes at Duke:

• Global Capital Markets Center
• Corporate Sustainability Initiative
• University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy
• Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness
• Duke Law Program on Intellectual Property
• Program in Asian Security Studies
• Triangle Institute for Security Studies
• Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
• Micro-Incentives Research Center
• Climate Change Policy Partnership
• Duke Center for Environmental Solutions
• Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Examples of Global Coursework Offered by Other Departments at Duke:

• Global Institutions and Environments
• Global Economic Environment of the Firm
• Global Financial Management
• Law and Economics: Adv Topics in Public Policy
• International Trade Law
• International Debt Finance
• Intellectual Property
• Organization and Global Competition
• Politics and Markets Global Economy
• National Security Law
• Civil Liberties and National Security

 

Once you have found a course of interest, you should initiate the process for obtaining permission to take an elective outside of the Public Policy department:

• Contact the course instructor to receive his/her written permission to take the course.
• Bring this written permission and a description of the course to the MPP Director of Graduate Studies to discuss its value to your program of study.
• Give a copy of the instructor and DGS permission to the MPP Program Coordinator.

For Arts and Sciences courses, take the signed permission letter(s) to the University Registrar’s Office (705 Broad Street, Room 202) to be manually registered for the course.  For Duke Law School courses, visit the MPP Program Coordinator’s Office to pick up a Law School Course Registration Form.  Visit Fuqua registration for instructions and forms to facilitate registration.

Electives Outside of Duke
Elective courses offered at UNC, NC State and NC Central provide further options for global policy electives. The following links will direct you to departments at other institutions that have offered viable global policy electives.

UNC
• Political Science
• Sociology
• History

NC State
• Africana Studies
• Political Science
• Sociology

NC Central
• Political Science

Once you have found a course of interest, you should initiate the Inter-Institutional Registration process:

• Contact the course instructor to receive his/her written permission to take the course.
• Print out the Inter-Institutional Registration form.
• Bring this written permission, a description of the course, and the completed Inter-Institutional Registration Form to the MPP Director of Graduate Studies to discuss the course and have the form signed.
• Bring all permission information and forms to the MPP Program Coordinator, who will forward them to the Inter-Institutional Registration Specialist at the Duke University Registrar’s Office.