Policy Studies Courses

Course NumberCourse NameFALL 2025 (DRAFT)SPRING 2026 (DRAFT)Summer 2026 (DRAFT)Fall 2026 (DRAFT)Spring 2027 (DRAFT)
POST 1100/PHIL 1111Sustainability and EthicsX XX 
POST 1200Inclusive Communities, Sustainable FuturesXXXXX
POST 2140CityLab3 Rethinking Community     
POST 2200Collective Power: Taking Action on Public Issues X  X

Applied Sustainability Seminar

Getting Ready: Inclusive Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at KPU

Description: This course will explore the intersection of inclusion and accessibility, disaster risk reduction, and climate impacts at KPU. The goal is to support the KPU community in reducing injury and harm when disasters occur. Students will learn about and explain climate risks in plain language. Students will identify gaps in getting ready for disasters, including in existing KPU plans. Students will develop recommendations for the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Disability Justice) and the broader KPU community, to ensure that no one is left behind.

 X  X
POST 3300Sustainability Challenges: Public Policy and the Common GroundX  X 
POST/POLI 4110Applied Public Policy Sector   X 
POST/PSYC 4150 (every 2 years, Summer)Psychology and Sustainability: Attitudes and Behaviour     

Special Topics

Getting Ready: Inclusive Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at KPU

Description: This course will explore the intersection of inclusion and accessibility, disaster risk reduction, and climate impacts at KPU. The goal is to support the KPU community in reducing injury and harm when disasters occur. Students will learn about and explain climate risks in plain language. Students will identify gaps in getting ready for disasters, including in existing KPU plans. Students will develop recommendations for the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Disability Justice) and the broader KPU community, to ensure that no one is left behind.

 X  X

Required Courses for POST

Course NumberCourse NameFALL 2025 (DRAFT)SPRING 2026 (DRAFT)
CMNS 3100Technical Report WritingXX
ECON 1110Making Economic Sense of Life  
PHIL 4117Topics in Social and Political Philosophy  

POLI 3500 or

POLI 4420

Public Debates in Politics or

Current Issues in Public Policy and Administration

  
SOCI 2260Research Methods in SociologyXX
Please note that these courses are subject to change.

For more detailed course description, visit:   University Calendar