Public Policy
Features
• Builds concepts and tools specific to the public sector and the political process that underlies policy-making.
• Provides interdisciplinary study in political science, economics, and finance to reflect how practitioners analyze policy problems and design solutions.
• Offers background on how modern bureaucracies work and interact with the private sector in both developed and developing countries of the Pacific region.
• Deepens knowledge of the links between political process, economic constraints, and the actual implementation of public policies.
Faculty
The Public Policy career track is led by Edmund Malesky, Jong-Sung You, and Matthew Shugart.
Required Courses
(Choose one course from each area; courses not taken as part of the required course sequence may be used fulfill elective requirements.)
Policy Implementation Process
IRGN 407 - Policy Implementation Process
Policy Design
IRGN 457 - Cost Benefit Analysis
IRGN 437 - Policy Design
Policy Evaluation
IRGN 446 - Applied Data Analysis and Statistical Decision Making
IRGN 456 - Program Design and Evaluation
IRGN 490 - Field Research Methods Three additional Public Policy electives.
Recommended Capstone: IRGN 490 - Institutional Engineering
Electives
IRGN 431 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy
IRGN 446 - Applied Data Analysis and Statistical Decision Making
IRGN 451 - Economic Development
IRGN 457 - Cost Benefit Analysis
IRGN 487 - Applied Environmental Economics
IRGN 449 - Making US Foreign Policy
IRGN 458 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
IRGN 490 - Climate Change, Law and Policy
IRGN 490 - Critical Issues in US Foreign Policy
IRGN 490 - Social Justice and Public Policy
IRGN 490 - Mexican Society
Student Groups
Policy Consulting and Advocacy
Region-focused groups such as the Latin America Student Organization or China Focus.
Public Policy Student Intern
“I’m working as a policy secretary of assemblywoman Soon-ja Park, where I have two major responsibilities. First, I’m working on the inspection of 62 institutions under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy. This involves checking their annual operations, project results including annual budget and accounts, finding mistakes and suggesting corrections. My second project involves an audit of budgets and accounts of all 39 ministries in Korea. I'm enjoying my work and do my best with a great sense of duty, even if it means working 15-hour days.”
TaeHo Yu ’08, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea: Assemblywoman Soon-ja Park’s Office, Seoul, Korea
Careers
• Recent graduates were hired by
• US Foreign Service
• Louis Berger Group
• Inter-American Development Bank
• US Treasury Department
• DPK Consulting
Global Employers for Public Policy Graduates
Graduates are qualified to work for government agencies, policy oriented think-tanks, international organizations that assist in preparation and monitoring of policy implementation, and political risk analysis organizations.
Asian Development Bank
Carter Center
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
DPK Consulting
Eurasia Institute
Inter-American Development Bank
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
International Republican Institute
Louis Berger Group
Moody’s
National Democratic Institute
PRS Group
Rand
Standard and Poor
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
U.S. Dept. of Defense
U.S. Dept. of State
U.S. Dept. of Treasury
U.S. Foreign Service
U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO)
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
World Bank
World Resources Institute
For a full list of relevant organizations, access the Employer Database in IRPSCAREERS.
