{"id":1599,"date":"2021-02-15T23:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T04:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1599"},"modified":"2023-10-04T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:04:29","slug":"public-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/academics\/majors-minors-programs\/public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Public policy is the study of what government does, why and what difference it makes. Stated another way, it refers to all of the laws, regulations and programs developed by governments to solve problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majoring in public policy provides students with the critical knowledge and skills needed to make problem solving their specialty. Public policy majors learn to grapple with society\u2019s most urgent issues, ranging from economic policy to environmental protection to national security. Addressing these problems requires in-depth knowledge, analytical skills and a sophisticated understanding of how governments and markets work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlham\u2019s major in public policy meets those objectives with a collection of multidisciplinary courses, primarily from the politics and economics departments\u2014but also including elective courses in history, management, psychology, philosophy and sociology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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