Public Policy vs. Political Science

hemingwayisdead
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:52:03 +0000

political science deals more with actual government structure and national policy, as well as international relations. Public policy would go far more in depth on specific issues overall, like environmental policy, poverty policy, civil rights, public health etc. More studing the issues themselves.Much more interdisciplinary, and analytical?

If you had a specific issue in mind you wanted to work in or you wanted to be a lobbyist or something like that, I’d go with public policy. Also, you might want to major in political science and then get your MPP.