How is policy made? How can we make it better?

Public Policy structures our daily lives, shaping our workplaces, supermarkets, healthcare, education, housing, transportation, criminal justice systems, and far more. But how is that policy made, and—given the challenges of wealth inequality, climate change, unsustainable public debt, and outbreaks of violent conflict across the globe—how can we make it better? This session will expose students to Public Policy as an interdisciplinary social science major designed to provide students with the theoretical perspective, analytical skills, and substantive knowledge needed to respond to major domestic and global policy problems. We train future lawyers, businesspeople, nonprofit leaders, policy analysts, land-use planners, public health workers, educators, and a wide array of other professionals. During our sessions, we will help you break down the policymaking process, show you the challenges of making evidenced-based policy, outline the ways we can evaluate Public Policy, and give you a hand at framing public problems that matter to you.