• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

在这里学什么？

Housed in the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the concentration in public policy is organized around the interdisciplinary and comparative study of human societies, but with a particular focus on the rules and norms by which we govern ourselves.

The concentration is grounded in the analysis of pressing social problems and the design, implementation, and evaluation of better policies and practices. This commitment to using knowledge to improve the life chances of people who occupy different positions of wealth and power, and who have competing and contentious ideas of about the common good, makes public policy a value-laden and political enterprise that is as much an art as it is a science. It is also a team sport that requires players with different skills and talents to work together across a wide variety of settings.

Students will learn how social, economic, and political issues become the object of public policy, how policy decisions are crafted, made and implemented, as well as different strategies for evaluating their impact. The concentration draws its instructors from a wide variety of disciplines and offers students opportunities for engaged scholarship at the local, national, and global levels. With the support of the advisory team, students develop their own curriculum of study, integrating core courses with electives, internships, independent research, and a capstone experience.

Student Goals

Students in this concentration will:

A broad understanding of major policy issues in a number of substantive domains (e.g. Health, Education, Social Welfare, Criminal Justice, and Environmental Protection), as well as deeper knowledge of the most important policy issues in a particular domain

A basic understanding of how laws, institutions, and budgets shape the policy process, from formation through implementation and evaluation

The critical skills necessary to examine how the framing and communication of social problems structure the analysis, formation, implementation, and evaluation of public policies

An appreciation of the ethical foundations of public engagement, from basic conflicts of interest to both the obvious and less visible challenges that competing values – including one’s own - pose for the policy process

Command of a toolkit of analytical, institutional, and communicative skills, discussed in greater detail on the public policy website

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ Brown University

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Other English Language Requirements: A TOEFL score of 600 or above on the written exam.

课程信息

学制：全日制(EQUIVALENT-120 SEMESTER HOURS)

学费：US$57,112.00 (¥ 369,737) /年

开学时间：预计在九月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：Brown UniversityPROVIDENCE,Rhode Island,02912, United States