Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Undergraduate Offerings
Our world is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected—as are the challenges we’re facing. Issues such as urbanization, healthcare, social justice, and inequality call for a new generation of public service leaders who can develop smart solutions and apply them to the real world.
NYU Wagner provides a variety of opportunities for undergraduate students who have a passion for public service and a drive to make a positive impact on our world. Our multidisciplinary approach will help you develop skills in areas of management, policy, and finance so that you can succeed in a public service career across any sector.
Undergraduate Major in Public Policy
Whether it is climate change, inequality, urban congestion, privacy, affordable healthcare, terrorism or nonproliferation, the public challenges we face are more complicated than ever before, and addressing them effectively requires several sophisticated tools.
In the Major in Public Policy—offered jointly with the Department of History in the NYU College of Arts and Science—you will acquire in-depth knowledge, develop analytical skills, gain familiarity with historical context and arrive at a deep understanding of how governments, markets and the non-profit sector work. The Program will prepare you to participate in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of policies that address today's most significant domestic and global issues.
After graduation, Public Policy majors have obtained a wide range of jobs in the non-profit, private, and public sectors, and some have chosen to attend graduate programs in public administration, international affairs, public health, urban planning, or law.
To declare the major, please complete the major declaration form. For general advising questions, please email Wagner Undergraduate Advising.
Undergraduate Minors
NYU Wagner offers a number of minors in partnership with several NYU schools. Each of these minors is comprised of courses from Wagner and courses from the partnering school. All undergraduates at NYU are welcome to register for any minor and take undergraduate-level courses at Wagner.
Students may declare their minor through ALBERT. For more information, visit the NYU Registrar's page on cross-school minor applications.