Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy takes a fresh, innovative, and student-centered approach to the increasingly important interdisciplinary field of public policy. Pepperdine's program is built on a distinctive philosophy that impacts the study and application of public policy in several important respects:

Public policy is not limited to the study of government solutions but is broadened to embrace a full range of community-based and free-market approaches to public policy problems.

Effective public policy solutions are rooted in the classic literature of history, philosophy, and economics and are guided by moral and ethical principles, best captured in the lives of great leaders.

The teaching of public policy goes beyond the theoretical survey of problems while highlighting policy applications that have proven to be effective.

Many policy challenges are best resolved at regional and local levels. Southern California and Los Angeles provide an ideal laboratory in which to study such issues.