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PUBPOL 201

Systematic Thinking

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

18204

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Paul Courant

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

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

Health & Society

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

20578

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 312

Environment Politics & Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

23978

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Barry Rabe

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

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 2018

U-M Class#:

18592

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

John Ciorciari

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

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 2018

U-M Class#:

26109

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Betsey Stevenson

Course Section:

002

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

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 2018

U-M Class#:

18608

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 412

Environment in Public Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

30333

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

Public policy embodies an assortment of value systems. While individual value systems express coherent, consistent approaches, public policy expresses an amalgam of values, with corresponding...

PUBPOL 422

Congress and State Legislatures

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

19506

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

The History and Future of Detroit

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

22746

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: Equity at Work

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

32245

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Fabiana Silva

Course Section:

305

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

More than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, significant gender and ethno-racial inequality in the labor market remains. Why? This course relies on a multidisciplinary literature...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Leadership and Communication in State Level Policy Making

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

25311

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Craig Ruff

Course Section:

304

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: Screen Arts & Cultures - Producing Voter Engagement

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

33549

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

John Chamberlin

Course Section:

307

Days:

Time:

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Details

Syllabus

Description:

In this project-based course students will learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of public policy objectives. Students will study, conceive and produce a Public Service...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Michigan Politics and Policies

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

20632

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Debra Horner

Course Section:

303

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

This course is designed to familiarize students with the Michigan political system and learn about current policy issues at play both statewide and in local communities. We'll have an overview of...

PUBPOL 475

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

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31773

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

James Duderstadt

Course Section:

302

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

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

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Social Justice & Political Conflicts

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31775

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Yazier Henry

Course Section:

301

Days:

M, W

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This is a course for students interested in social justice and equality, social justice movements, anti-democratic movements and the intersections of public leadership, public policy, and the rule of...

PUBPOL 475

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

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

28779

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Yazier Henry

Course Section:

502

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 7:00pm

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: Government Regulation of Industry & the Environment

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

32162

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Catherine Hausman

Course Section:

306

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This course focuses on the economics of energy and environmental regulations in the United States. It is designed to give students practical experience in making connections between intermediate...

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Community Development Finance: Lessons from the Field

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31927

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Dudley Benoit

Course Section:

501

Days:

Time:

9:00am - 12:00pm

Details

Description:

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...

PUBPOL 476

Applied Learning Seminar

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

29142

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Ann Lin

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This is a required course closed to current Ford School BA students. Class will also meet on Saturday, 9/1 from 10am - 4pm and on Saturday, 10/27 from noon - 5pm.

PUBPOL 479

Evaluating Public Policies

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

28641

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Paula Lantz

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This 4-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 491

MIW Research Seminar

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

21511

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

1:00am - 1:00am

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Global Financial Markets

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

25150

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Kathryn Dominguez

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. Global financial markets provide both opportunities and risks for macroeconomic policymakers. In this course we...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Energy and Climate

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

19394

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Catherine Hausman

Course Section:

003

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. The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, with implications for human well-being around the world. This...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: International Development- Metrics & Analysis

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

19393

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Susan Collins

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. Why are some countries much more ‘developed’ than others? Which policies are most likely to be effective in...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Behavioral Economics

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

18859

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Sharon Maccini

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only. People are complex, and psychologists have long expanded our understanding of that complexity. Economics has...

PUBPOL 495

Policy Seminar: Tax policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

28561

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Stephanie Leiser

Course Section:

005

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. Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said that "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society," but who should pay and how...

PUBPOL 510

The Politics of Public Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31554

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Jonathan Hanson

Course Section:

003

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only This section explores the politics of policymaking processes in a comparative perspective. Students will learn how these processes are...

PUBPOL 510

The Politics of Public Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

21419

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Ann Lin

Course Section:

002

Days:

M, W

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

This section of 510 follows the policymaking process after legislators claim credit and the TV cameras shut down: the work of trying to implement and interpret the law. In the United States, this...

PUBPOL 510

The Politics of Public Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

23577

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 2018

U-M Class#:

11490

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 515

Non-Market Strategy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

30949

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 519

Sustainable Energy Systems

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

11491

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

Assessment of the current energy systems that encompasses resource extraction, conversion processes and end-uses. Sustainability is examined by studying global and regional environmental impacts,...

PUBPOL 521

Introduction to Policy Writing

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

22210

Credit Hours:

0.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

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 529

Statistics

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

11492

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Jonathan Hanson

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing...

PUBPOL 534

Economics of Developing Countries

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31784

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Dean Yang

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of development. The...

PUBPOL 541

International Trade Policy

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31538

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Alan Deardorff

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Description:

This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and migration. It builds on microeconomic...

PUBPOL 555

Microeconomics A

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

11493

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Justin Wolfers

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This course begins a two-term sequence designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic implications of public policies and with analytic tools useful in system design and policy...

PUBPOL 556

Macroeconomics

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

32118

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Joshua Hausman

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

This course teaches students the basic tools of macroeconomics and how to apply them to real world economic policy. The goals of the course are for students to (a) understand how to evaluate...

PUBPOL 564

Government Regulation of Industry & the Environment

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

31785

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Catherine Hausman

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets,...

PUBPOL 578

Applied Policy Seminar

Fall 2018

U-M Class#:

19939

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Elisabeth Gerber

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) 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, state...

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