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PubPol 500 MPP Integrated Learning Experience

Jonathan Hanson

This is a requirement only for MPP students completing the required internship in the summer immediately preceding this semester.

PubPol 810

PubPol 810 PhD Policy Research Seminar

Kevin Stange

This course is open to PhD students in the joint program with Public Policy only.

320.001

PubPol 320.001 Politics, Political Institutions, & Public Policy

Jenna Bednar

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and implemented. The primary focus will be on policy processes within the United States, but some attention will be paid ...

PubPol 557

PubPol 557 Data Visualization for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

This course will provide students with fundamental principles of and practical experience in presenting data in a visual form for communication and analysis. The class will cover collection of data, management of data for visualization, creating a wo...

PubPol 315

PubPol 315 Exploring Public Policy: Designing a Focus Area

Joy Rohde

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.004 Topics: Truth, Lies and Power in the Information Age

Kamissa Camara

PubPol 675

PubPol 675 International Human Rights and Public Policy

Yazier Henry

This is a basic, foundational course for master's students interested in the actual work of human rights. The idea that a respect for human dignity and universal equality should constrain the actions of governments has influenced political activity f...

PubPol 510

PubPol 510.002 The Politics of Public Policy (Comparative)

Shobita Parthasarathy

This is a core course restricted to Ford and STPP students only. Registration is by permission only.

PubPol 830

PubPol 830 PhD 3rd year course: Immersion in Research

Kevin Stange

This course is for third-year Ford School PhD students only.

PubPol 330

PubPol 330.001 Microeconomics for Public Policy

Yusuf Neggers

The main goal of this course is to practice and strengthen your ability to apply microeconomics to public policy issues. We will build on concepts and skills introduced in Econ 101 and focus on real-world applications to answer the question: "What ca...

PubPol 577

PubPol 577 R for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

This course is an introduction to programming in the R statistical language. R is a flexible, open-source statistics platform which has gained broad adoption in a variety of fields. Through interacting with R, RStudio, and elements of the "Tidyverse"...

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.201 Topics: Arts-Full Strategies for Public Policy

Holly Bass

In this course we will explore how artistic strategies such as improvisation and creative community engagement can be applied to the development and implementation of public policy. We will also explore how the arts have been deployed as effective so...

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.005 Topics: Education Policy and Economic Mobility

Sarah Cohodes

In this course, we will examine the possibilities and challenges of using education policy to foster economic mobility in the United States. We will cover early childhood, K12 and higher education sectors. The goals of the course are to (1) familiari...

PubPol 683

PubPol 683 Elections & Campaigns

Gerald Hills

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing possible. Therefore, an understanding of government must first be grounded in an understanding of campaigns and el...

PubPol 510

PubPol 510.004 The Politics of Public Policy (International Policy)

Kamissa Camara

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

PubPol 592

PubPol 592.333 Leading in Complex Environments

Morela Hernandez

PubPol 330

PubPol 330.004 Microeconomics for Public Policy

Jeffrey Ward

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public policy. Major topics include models of consumer and firm behavior, operation of market systems, public goods and externalities, market failu...

PubPol 578

PubPol 578 Strategic Public Policy Consulting

Jeffrey Morenoff

The Ford School of Public Policy's Strategic Public Policy Consulting (SPPC) is a semester-long course offered to students in the Ford School and other UM professional degree programs. The course provides an opportunity for students to conduct a supe...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.201 Topics: Arts-Full Strategies for Public Policy

Holly Bass

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.050 Topics: Municipal Socialism

Mo Torres

Municipal socialism is back. But was it ever gone? In his election night victory speech,Zohran Mamdani invoked arguably the most famous socialist in U.S. history: "The sunmay have set over our city this evening," he began his speech, "but as Eugene D...

PubPol 746

PubPol 746 Social Welfare Policy

Katherine Michelmore

This course is designed to provide an overview of U.S. social welfare policy, with some discussion of other nations' approaches to social welfare policy. We will segment social welfare policy into three major branches: welfare and income-based progra...

PubPol 510

PubPol 510.007 The Politics of Public Policy (International Policy)

Megan Stewart

This is a core course restricted to Ford and STPP students only. Registration is by permission only.

PubPol 594

PubPol 594.333 Psychology of Communication & Persuasion

Mara Ostfeld

PubPol 447

PubPol 447 Excel for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives). Spreadsheet programs remain an important part of professional life, and this course w...

PubPol 580

PubPol 580.002 Values & Ethics in Public Policy

Morela Hernandez

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. We often think of policy analysis as a technical field in which we apply analytical tools to determine the most effective and efficient way to achieve policy goals. However, every time we...

PubPol 477

PubPol 477 R for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

*Note: Instructor consent required* This course is an introduction to programming in the R statistical language. R is a flexible, open-source statistics platform which has gained broad adoption in a variety of fields. Through interacting with R, RStu...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.001 Topics: Cybersecurity Threats and Policy Approaches

Javed Ali

PubPol 521

PubPol 521.011 Essential Skills of Policy Writing

Beth Chimera

This course provides a five-week deep dive into strategies to maximize the persuasiveness of your writing for various policy-relevant audiences: from decision-makers in professional policy spaces to the readerships of national and local news-and-opin...

PubPol 495

PubPol 495.006 Policy Seminar: Counterterrorism

Javed Ali

PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission only.

PubPol 457

PubPol 457 Data Visualization for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

Students who will not be located in the state of Michigan when completing coursework can find state-specific complaint resolution policies and procedures on the U-M Distance Education Disclosures page.