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Graduate Coursework in Public Policy

CWRU’s graduate and professional programs have a wide range of courses related to public policy.

These include the following departments in the College of Arts and Sciences:

Anthropology (M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Medical Anthropology and Global Health)

HIstory (M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Social Policy History and the History of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine

Political Science (M.A. and Ph.D. programs)

Sociology (M.A. and Ph.D. programs)

Within the School of Medicine, the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Bioethics, the Masters in Public Health, and Ph.D.
program in Health Care Organization, Outcomes and Policy within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Many courses in the School of Law naturally address policy issues, and there are concentrations in fields such as Law, Technology and the Arts; Public and Regulatory Institutions; Individual Rights and Social Reform; and National Security Law.

The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, especially the Community and Social Development concentration but also coursework on issues such as substance abuse.

The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, one of the nation’s leading educational programs on the social role and management of nonprofit institutions.

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

The Weatherhead School of Management, especially courses in economics and in Sustainability.