Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs
3343 Public Affairs Building
Box 951656
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Public Affairs Major
310-794-4080
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The Public Affairs major offers students a rigorous conceptual and empirical foundation that prioritizes capacity for action by students exhibiting high motivations for public service and social change. It combines interdisciplinary training in the social sciences with practical experience addressing public problems. Students will learn theoretical, empirical, and critical foundations of applied social science, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and the history and practice of community engagement.
Public Affairs students traverse the boundary between the classroom and the world through instruction in public engagement and experiential learning that develop students’ capacity to work collaboratively with communities, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses.
The major serves as a pathway for students pursuing careers serving the public interest in civil society, business, government, or through advanced graduate training in academic or professional programs.
