Course catalog

This course focuses on rigorous evaluation of policies and interventions related to postsecondary education. Evaluations will be discussed in the context of the current and historical landscape...

PUBPOL 715

Budgeting & Financial Planning

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

25908

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Stephanie Leiser

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

Budgeting and financial planning impact nearly all aspects of organizational life in the public service arena. Indeed, few politicians and administrators are ever successful in accomplishing their...

PUBPOL 716

Intro Chinese Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

21367

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Ann Lin

Course Section:

002

Days:

Time:

1:00am - 1:00am

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 716

Introduction to Chinese Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

21366

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Ann Lin

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

2:30pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests,...

PUBPOL 732

Public Policy Pse

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

25334

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Description:

PUBPOL 735

Professional Development

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

18531

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Surry Scheerer

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

8:30am - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

Researchers who study successful people agree on the following: Your IQ and cognitive intelligence are at best moderate predictors of your success in life. In other words, they are necessary but...

PUBPOL 741

Principles of Finance & Global Financial Markets

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

31987

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Joshua Hausman

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Details

Description:

Finance is fundamental to many public policy questions. When the financial sector works well, it transfers resources from savers to borrowers, allowing individuals to save and businesses to invest...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: Public Policy Approaches to Social Disparities in Health

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

24568

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Paula Lantz

Course Section:

306

Days:

M, W

Time:

8:30am - 10:00am

Details

Syllabus

Description:

The primary purpose of this seminar course is to develop the tools needed to assess the feasibility, potential impact, unintended consequences and legal/ethical ramifications of novel policies...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: Comparative Law and Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

31988

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Valenta Kabo

Course Section:

302

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Details

Description:

Because law is one of the means through which policies are enacted, understanding the different structures of legal systems is a necessary for understanding policy promulgation in different country-...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: Gender, Race, & Employment Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

28534

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Fabiana Silva

Course Section:

301

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

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 750

Topics: The Role of Non-Government Organizations in Policy Formation

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

28658

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Hardy Vieux

Course Section:

204

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:30pm

Details

Syllabus

Description:

Taught by Towsley Policymaker in Residence Hardy Vieux (Legal Director at Human Rights First) This class will explore the role of non-governmental organizations in formulating policy. Globally, there...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: Health Insurance Reform in the U.S.

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

31991

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Course Section:

509

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Details

Description:

Taught by Marianne Udow-Phillips, the Executive Director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) at the University of Michigan. This course will explore the history,...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: From the "Great Depression" to the "Great Recession"

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

28024

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Joshua Hausman

Course Section:

507

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

10:00am - 11:30am

Details

Description:

Since the 2008 financial crisis, developed countries have suffered high unemployment and slow growth. What are options for policymakers in this environment? This course will analyze central issues in...

PUBPOL 750

Topics: Storytelling in Policy Writing: People & Numbers

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

28025

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Alex Ralph

Course Section:

505

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Syllabus

Description:

This new half-semester course takes its inspiration from Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations." In his essay, Coates employs a mix of writing modes–the statistical and the anecdotal, as well...

PUBPOL 750

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

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

24416

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Yazier Henry

Course Section:

503

Days:

Time:

6:00pm - 8:00pm

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 754

Research Seminar in Science, Tech and Public Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

19487

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

James Duderstadt

Course Section:

002

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Details

Syllabus

Description:

The aim of this course is to introduce students to topical issues in science and technology policy. The course will meet weekly for a formal seminar. Those currently in the science policymaking arena...

PUBPOL 754

Research Seminar in Science, Tech and Public Policy

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

17798

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

James Duderstadt

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Details

Description:

PUBPOL 756

Local Government Opprotunity for Activism

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

31992

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Tu, Th

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

Taught by John Hieftje, former Mayor of Ann Arbor. Local government has more influence over our daily lives than politicians working in Washington and it is where activist residents can have the most...

PUBPOL 766

Issues in U.S. National Security

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

25909

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Melvyn Levitsky

Course Section:

001

Days:

M, W

Time:

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Details

Description:

This course concentrates on the foreign policy aspects of U.S. National Security. We will study the Cold War preface to current policy as well as broad issues of substance and process affecting...

PUBPOL 810

PhD Policy Research Seminar

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

17340

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Richard Hall

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

11:30am - 1:00pm

Details

Description:

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D. program. Students will meet on the following dates: Open to PhD...

PUBPOL 830

Immersion in Research

Winter 2018

U-M Class#:

22018

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Course Section:

001

Days:

Time:

1:00am - 1:00am

Details

Description:

This course is designed to immerse students in a major research project of their own design. By the end of the two-semester course, students will be required to produce a polished paper, which can...

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

Syllabus

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

Syllabus

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

Syllabus

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: 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

Syllabus

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

Syllabus

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:

PUBPOL 475

Topics: Community Development Finance: Lessons from the Field

Fall 2017

U-M Class#:

32233

Credit Hours:

1.5

Instructor:

Dudley Benoit

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: 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 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 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...

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