Courses | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

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PUBPOL 578

PUBPOL 578.001: Applied Policy Seminar

Elisabeth Gerber

Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to conduct a faculty-supervised consulting project for a public, private, or non-profit sector policy organization at the local,...

PUBPOL 587

PUBPOL 587.001: Public Management

Janet Weiss

This course draws on advances in social science and public administration to introduce you to tools and approaches for understanding and leading innovation in the public...

PUBPOL 586

PUBPOL 586.001: Performance Management

Fabiana Silva

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PUBPOL 626

PUBPOL 626.001: The History and Future of Detroit

Walter Reynolds Farley

Detroit was the nation's most important city in the Twentieth Century because of the auto industry, the emergence of the blue collar middle class and development of the New Deal. Now it is the most negatively stereotyped city in the...

PUBPOL 557

PUBPOL 557: Data Visualization for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

Communicating through visual presentation of data is a critical skill for policy analysts and advocates. This course will introduce students to data visualization, from principles to...

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...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.011 Introduction to Policy Writing

Molly Spencer

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.010 Introduction to Policy Writing

Molly Spencer

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.002 Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.007 Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.004 Introduction to Policy Writing

Beth Chimera

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.003 Introduction to Policy Writing

Beth Chimera

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.012 Introduction to Policy Writing

Molly Spencer

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.009 Introduction to Policy Writing

Molly Spencer

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.006 Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.005 Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.002 Introduction to Policy Writing

Beth Chimera

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 750

PUBPOL 750 The National Security Decision-Making Process

Javed Ali

The National Security Council (NSC) remains the pinnacle of national security decision-making more than 70 years after the National Security Act of 1947. The National Security Advisor and related NSC staff are the linchpins for providing...

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.006: Policy Seminar: Politics of Debt

This course will explore the politics of debt. Robust credit markets can fuel economic growth, but the resulting debt can be dangerous, and politically...

PUBPOL 476

PUBPOL 476: Applied Learning Seminar

Ann Chih Lin

This is a required course closed to current Ford School BA students. This class also meets on Saturday, 10/27 from noon - 4pm and Saturday, November 10 from...

PUBPOL 587

PUBPOL 587.002: Public Management

Throughout this course we will explore the key characteristics of and tensions related to intergovernmental agreements, examining how various forces shape the nature and extent of...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.301: Topics: Community Development Finance

This course is designed to introduce students to the policy and practice of community development finance including how private sector developers and lenders work with nonprofits, foundations, and the public sector to promote affordable housing,...

PUBPOL 683

PUBPOL 683.001: Elections and Campaigns

Gerald Hills

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing...

PUBPOL 750

PUBPOL 750.201: Topics: Budget Literacy for Mission Driven Orgs

This course is designed to give students an understanding of how budgeting and financial planning are used in the management of organizations for which money is the means to the end, but not the end...

PUBPOL 744

PUBPOL 744.001: Economics of the Public Sector

Betsey Stevenson

This is a course on how economists think about government revenue and government expenditures — how governments raise and spend public money. Public Finance is a subfield of...

PUBPOL 717

PUBPOL 717.001: Social Activism, Democracy & Globalization: Perspective of the Global South

Yazier Henry

How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...

PUBPOL 712

PUBPOL 712.001: Causal Inference in Education Policy Research: Preschool, Elementary and Secondary

This course focuses on rigorous evaluation of policies and interventions intended to support children's early learning and success in K-12. Evaluations will be discussed in the context of the current and historical...

PUBPOL 750

PUBPOL 750.304: Topics: Screen Arts & Cultures - Producing Voter Engagement

John Chamberlin

In this project-based course students will learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of public policy...

PUBPOL 586

PUBPOL 586.002: Performance Management

Fabiana Silva

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PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.307: Topics in Public Policy

John Chamberlin

In this project-based course students will learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of public policy...