I plan on getting a Dcotorate in either economics or Public Policy. Undergrad for anything isn't diffiuclt for any degree to be honest. I know people who took philosophy which is heralded to be the most slack of degrees and others who took "relatively more difficult" degrees like mathematics, biomech engineering, compsci, economics(myself) and pure physics...all those people were slack to some degree and none of them seem particularly more gited than the next. That being said, there are very few masters degrees which are actually easy. My master's will be in Economics not Public POlicy but I do know they are closely related. I am not propping it up to be the most amazing degree in the world or anything....I am just making sure people aren't putting it below where it shoudl be...which is an average to above-averagely difficult masters level degree.
That's like saying astronauts are people who ride rockest and play around in space...maybe if the degree was actually a liberal arts degree this reply thread would have worked and actually been funny but now you guys are trying to turn a messed up joke into something that gets a laugh and you are just failing. Bottom line... Public Policy is not easy and your joke depends on it being easy so you aren't funny yet.
Taken from Wikipedia:
"Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a problem. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government. Policy analysis may be used to formulate public policy and to evaluate its effectiveness. Many public policy analysts earn MPP's and MPA's in public policy schools, while others earn specialized degrees, such as an M.Ed for specializing in educational policy or an MSW for specializing in social welfare policy."
Economics, mathematics, political science, communication, and business are all heavily used in Public Policy.
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I plan on getting a Dcotorate in either economics or Public Policy. Undergrad for anything isn't diffiuclt for any degree to be honest. I know people who took philosophy which is heralded to be the most slack of degrees and others who took "relatively more difficult" degrees like mathematics, biomech engineering, compsci, economics(myself) and pure physics...all those people were slack to some degree and none of them seem particularly more gited than the next. That being said, there are very few masters degrees which are actually easy. My master's will be in Economics not Public POlicy but I do know they are closely related. I am not propping it up to be the most amazing degree in the world or anything....I am just making sure people aren't putting it below where it shoudl be...which is an average to above-averagely difficult masters level degree.
That's like saying astronauts are people who ride rockest and play around in space...maybe if the degree was actually a liberal arts degree this reply thread would have worked and actually been funny but now you guys are trying to turn a messed up joke into something that gets a laugh and you are just failing. Bottom line... Public Policy is not easy and your joke depends on it being easy so you aren't funny yet.
Taken from Wikipedia: "Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a problem. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government. Policy analysis may be used to formulate public policy and to evaluate its effectiveness. Many public policy analysts earn MPP's and MPA's in public policy schools, while others earn specialized degrees, such as an M.Ed for specializing in educational policy or an MSW for specializing in social welfare policy." Economics, mathematics, political science, communication, and business are all heavily used in Public Policy.