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PUBPOL 201

Systematic Thinking

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

18469

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Richard Hall

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally...

PUBPOL 210

Hlt&Society:Intro PH

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

21020

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States — what they are, what determines them, and how they can be altered. In so doing...

PUBPOL 250

Social Systems & Energy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

21962

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Irving Salmeen

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

The goal of this course is to provide a framework for interpreting public discourse on energy issues. How do energy technologies shape the choices people make as individuals, as members of groups,...

PUBPOL 312

Env Politics&Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

24833

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Barry Rabe

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and the environmental policy-making process. The course will consider both processes of policy formation and implementation, placing...

PUBPOL 320

Politics & Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

18880

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Charles Shipan

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

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...

PUBPOL 330

Microeconomics for Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

27793

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Betsey Stevenson

Course Section:

002

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public policy. Major topics...

PUBPOL 330

Microeconomics for Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

18896

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Betsey Stevenson

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public policy. Major topics...

PUBPOL 422

Congress and State Legislatures: Effective of Outmoded?

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

19860

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

John Schwarz

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation? Have the State...

PUBPOL 466

Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

23385

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Walter Reynolds Farley

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

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

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Community Development Finance: Lessons from the Field

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

32233

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

101

Days:

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Details

Description:

Taught by Towsley Policymaker in Residence Dudley Benoit, Director of Community Development Investments at Santander The course is designed to introduce students to the field of community development...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Women & Employment Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

31856

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Mary Corcoran

Course Section:

308

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Details

Description:

This course reviews the literature on sex differences from a biological, social, and legal standpoint. Students examine and evaluate the major economic, sociological, and psychological explanations...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Tax Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

32041

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Stephanie Leiser

Course Section:

307

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said that "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society," but who should pay and how much? In this course, we will develop the tools of policy analysis and economics to...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Leadership & Communication in State Level Policy Making

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

26482

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Craig Ruff

Course Section:

306

Days:

Time:

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Details

Description:

This course examines the interaction of politics and policymaking at the state level. It examines issues such as the role of lobbyists, the impact of campaign and election reforms, and the...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Psychology of Climate Change

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

21075

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Kaitlin Raimi

Course Section:

305

Days:

M, W

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

Climate change often feels like a problem that our brains have been hardwired to ignore. Climate change is abstract and complex, making it hard for non-scientists (including policy-makers) to...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: The University of Michigan: Past, Present, & Future

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

25976

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

James Duderstadt

Course Section:

304

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

In 2017-2018, the University of Michigan will celebrate its Bicentennial, two hundred years of leadership in American higher education. The study of Michigan's history— its current challenges,...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Policy Implications of Detroit's Grand Bargain

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

28829

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

103

Days:

Time:

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Details

Description:

Taught by editorial page editor of The Detroit News Nolan Finley A look at the unique deal that settled Detroit's municipal bankruptcy. Foundations, corporations, foundations and governments stepped...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Facilitating Dialogue Across Faultline: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

31855

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Yazier Henry

Course Section:

502

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Details

Description:

This is a short introductory course module in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public arena. Its purpose...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Higher Education and Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

31857

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Kevin Stange

Course Section:

309

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

Higher Education and Public Policy --- This course will examine the higher education sector from several different angles, but with an emphasis placed on the economic issues. Topics include the...

PUBPOL 479

Evaluating Public Policies

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

31660

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Paula Lantz

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This 3-credit course will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of evaluation research design and methods as applied to public policies and programs. The course will cover the role of...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Poverty, Inequality, & Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

31505

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Natasha Pilkauskas

Course Section:

005

Days:

M, W

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only.

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Crime, Drugs, & Terrorism

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

26287

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Melvyn Levitsky

Course Section:

004

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only. Students will explore the global issues of illegal drugs, and international drug trafficking, crime and terrorism...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Irrational Actors: Psychological Approaches to Decision Making

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

19735

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Kaitlin Raimi

Course Section:

003

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only. Classic economics is based on the idea of rational actors, people making decisions that maximize their own utility...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: History of Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

19734

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Joy Rohde

Course Section:

002

Days:

M, W

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only.

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Apology, Reconcile, Reparations & PP

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

19180

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Yazier Henry

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only. How do nations founded through political conflict and extreme social traumas come to systemic terms with the...

PUBPOL 499

Senior Seminar in Applied Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

27978

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Janet Weiss

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Details

Description:

This course offers senior public policy students an opportunity to conduct a policy analysis project in an area of their interest. Each student will identify a policy outcome of personal interest,...

PUBPOL 510

The Politics of Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

21925

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Ann Lin

Course Section:

002

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only This section of 510 follows the policymaking process after legislators claim credit and the TV cameras shut down: the work of trying to...

PUBPOL 510

The Politics of Public Policy

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

24360

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Valenta Kabo

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only This section of 510 aims to help you better understand policy analysis and the political environment within a context of American...

PUBPOL 513

Calculus

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

11531

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Carl Simon

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This course is designed specifically to provide students in all degree programs at the Ford School with the fundamental mathematical tools necessary for their subsequent coursework. The course covers...

PUBPOL 519

Sus Energy Sys

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

11532

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22766

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

003

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

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 writing. They will produce a good...

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

23744

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Alex Ralph

Course Section:

011

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22765

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

002

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

23743

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Alex Ralph

Course Section:

010

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22764

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

23742

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Alex Ralph

Course Section:

009

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22771

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

008

Days:

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22770

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

007

Days:

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22769

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

006

Days:

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22768

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

005

Days:

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

22767

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

004

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

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