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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Overview | Majors Offered | Academic Support Resources | Student Involvement Opportunities

14 Marietta Street, ground floor, Suite G52
Telephone: 404/413-0021
Fax: 404/413-0023
Web: www.andrewyoungschool.org
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Monday - Friday

Overview

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies’ (AYSPS) mission is focused on economic and social development policy issues and problems, and on the design, implementation, management and evaluation of policies that address issues of economic and social development on the local, national and global levels.The school bridges leadership and scholarship through research, teaching and outreach. Consistently named among the top policy schools in the nation, the AYSPS has been ranked 5th in public finance and budgeting, 12th in city management and urban policy, 16th in public administration, 21st in public policy, and 26th overall among schools of public affairs by U.S. News & World Report. Students, faculty and staff in the school’s two departments and five research centers form a unique partnership that offers the best in policy research, training and academics. Faculty in the two departments — Economics and Public Administration and Urban Studies — excel in teaching policy evaluation and administration, public finance and budgeting, nonprofit studies, city management, environmental economics, urban and regional economics and planning, and public management and policy. Faculty and research associates have conducted research projects all over the world — in more than 30 countries — and bring a global perspective to the classroom.

Majors Offered

• Economics
• Economics - Policy Track
• International Economics and Modern Languages
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Urban Policy Studies

Certificates

• Disaster Management (graduate)
• Nonprofit Management (graduate)
• Planning and Economic Development (graduate)

Academic Support Resources

• AYSPS Office of Academic Assistance
• AYSPS Research Support Center with a dedicated resource specialist
• Advising for undergraduates and graduate students by full-time faculty
• Economics Tutoring Lab
• Internship program for undergraduate and graduate students
• Mentoring program for graduate teaching assistants
• Open access computer labs

Student Involvement Opportunities

• Departmental seminars
• Economics Honors Club (Omicron Delta Epsilon)
• Economics club and Speaker Series
• Economics and Public Administration Studies in Lausanne, Switzerland (Study Abroad Program)
• Economic Studies in South Africa (Study Abroad Program)
• Economics Graduate Student Association (GSA)
• Georgia State University Business and Economic Fraternity (Phi Chi Theta)
• Georgia State University French, German, and Spanish clubs
• Job placement seminars
• National Aviation Fraternity (Alpha Eta Rho )
• National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Public Administration (Pi Alpha Alpha)
• Public Administration and Urban Studies (PAUS) Network
• Public Administration and Urban Studies (PAUS) Alumni Association
• Public Administration Studies in Newcastle, England (Study Abroad Program)
• Selective Undergraduate Summer Policy Internship Program