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Public Policy MA Program aims to equip
students with the theoretical and practical skills
required to design, implement, and evaluate
public policies. Graduates will have acquired
the necessary knowledge on the needs, grounds,
and spheres of government intervention in
economic and social life in modern states as well
as institutional and statistical skills for
devising and assessing public policy in specific areas.
Positive impact of public policy on social
welfare requires consistency in defining the
grounds and goals of policies, and clear
explanations of the specific economic and social
problems as well as the market deficiencies
which the policy has been designed to solve. In
this sense, specialization in public policies
necessitates an interdisciplinary approach
inspired by political science, public management,
and economics. Furthermore, a
competent program also needs to cover
advanced econometric methods that are being
used to assess the impact of public policy on
social welfare. Sabancı University Public
Policy MA Program offers an interdisciplinary
approach and provides students with the
latest tools of policy assessment. Graduates
will have the expertise to work in the public as
well as the private sector, the rapidly expanding
think-thank and consultancy industries, or
to pursue doctoral degrees in public policy or
related fields of the social sciences.
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