Public Policy, P.h.D.
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
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Societal needs—for economic growth, better health care, environmental protection, etc.—and resource limitations challenge policymakers to make difficult public policy choices. The doctoral program in public policy prepares its graduates to conduct original research to help scholars and policymakers understand the trade-offs involved in such choices across a broad range of critical issues. Students can focus on:
Public Policy, P.h.D.
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
[198]
To earn the Ph.D., a student must satisfactorily complete six general requirements:
Students admitted to the program are typically offered a graduate assistantship with a minimum $18,000 yearly stipend and full tuition waiver.
The doctoral program prepares its graduates to take positions as college professors or as research-oriented policy analysts in research centers, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The program assumes that new students have a master’s degree in public policy, public administration, health policy or a related field, but students may also fulfill master’s prerequisite courses after entering the program. The core courses in the doctoral program build on those master’s prerequisites, providing a strong foundation in policy analysis, program evaluation, microeconomics, quantitative methods, and research design and implementation. Students choose two fields of specialization in which to focus their coursework and research.
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