Bachelor of Science in Law and Policy – Public Policy Shape the Future: Influence Your Community

120

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100% online, 8-week courses

Transfer in up to 75% of the degree total

Imagine having a hand in tomorrow’s policies – policies that impact individuals in your county, state, or country. Public policy affects every vocation in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. If you are interested in entering the field of law and policy, Liberty’s Bachelor of Science in Law and Policy – Public Policy can help you gain the knowledge you’ll need to get started.

Earning a degree in law and public policy can prepare you for positions in city management and planning, legal writing, politics, or even teaching. And with Christian principles integrated into your coursework, you can be confident that you will be trained with excellence and integrity.

If your career goal is to influence law and policy in a profession other than as an attorney, our public policy bachelor’s degree could be right for you. With it, you’ll gain the skills and influence you need to have an impact on the lives and communities around you.


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What Sets Us Apart?

  • Private Nonprofit University
  • 600+ Online Degrees
  • No Standardized Testing for Admission
  • Transfer in up to 75% of an Undergrad Degree
  • Transfer in up to 50% of a Grad/Doctoral Degree

Understanding the practice of law is essential to understanding public policy. At Liberty University, our online law and policy degree is designed to help you grow both professionally and personally, so all of your courses will be taught from a biblical worldview.

Our online government classes can equip you with advanced training in the core areas of law to help you think ethically about your decisions and prepare you to make a positive impact on your community and throughout the world.


Through Liberty’s law and policy bachelor’s degree, you will receive training in logic and legal reasoning, legal research and writing, persuasive communications, and the use of legal information, resources, and tools. You will also learn about public policy advocacy and formulation as well as how to enact and implement public policies.

By working through comparative studies of other legal and governmental systems, this degree will help you gain a better understanding of American jurisprudence and public policy. Additionally, you’ll have opportunities for tailored research, presentation, and publication.

Overall, you can learn how to:

  • Describe strategies for effective public policy advocacy.
  • Evaluate the process of formulating and enacting public policy legislation.
  • Describe the execution of public policy through rule-making, regulation, and compliance enforcement.

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Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.

To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!

Undergraduate Full Time $390/Credit
Undergraduate Part Time $455/Credit
Military Undergraduate $250/Credit

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Military

Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.

Who May Qualify?

  • Active Duty
  • Reserve/National Guard
  • Veterans/Retirees
  • Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
  • Current Department of Defense Employees

Available Benefits:

  • Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
  • Additional discount for veterans who service in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)*
  • 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
  • Potential college credit for military training

*Not applicable to certificates.