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PubPol 715

PubPol 715.002 Budgeting and Financial Planning

Stephanie Leiser
The management of financial resources to achieve public goals pervades every area of public policy, but budgeting and financial management is an area usually left to 'experts' who often seem to speak their own language. In today's environment of scar...
PubPol 534

PubPol 534 Economics of Developing Countries

Yusuf Neggers
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 substantive sections of the course address specific ...
PubPol 716

PubPol 716 Intro to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin
Introduction to Chinese Policy --- China is the world's second largest economy, with the world's second-largest population. The World Bank (2022) estimates that over the last four decades, Chinese policies have lifted nearly 800 million people out of...
PubPol 556

PubPol 556 Macroeconomics

Joshua Hausman
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 macroeconomic conditions such as unemployment, inflation, a...
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 770

PubPol 770 Applied Skills in Policy Analysis

Pamela Herd
This course introduces the study of public policy and the professional practice of policy analysis. Policy analysis, unlike program evaluation that emphasizes the evaluation of an existing program, focuses on providing analysis for policy actors who ...
PubPol 475

PubPol 475.003 Topics: Introduction to Law and Policy

Valenta Kabo
Once we have a well-crafted policy, how does the structure of law influence that policy? Understanding law is essential to policy, and policy practitioners may come into contact with a wide variety of types of laws and legislation. This course focuse...
PubPol 512

PubPol 512.333 Power, Politics, and Public Policy

Kamissa Camara
Enrollment in this course is restricted to Ford School Online MPA students. Requests for enrollment will be denied. Developed for the Online MPA program, this course examines how power and politics shape public policy. Through practical case studies,...
PubPol 744

PubPol 744 Economics of the Public Sector

Sarah Cohodes
This course examines major issues in economic policy. The aim of the course is to understand the reasons for government intervention in the economy, the extent of that intervention, and the ways in which people will likely respond given economic poli...
PubPol 201

PubPol 201.001 Systematic Thinking

Katherine Michelmore
This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally. Systematic thinking about how soci...
PubPol 240

PubPol 240 Technology & Public Policy

Yousif Hassan
Emerging technologies ranging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, and digital platforms to biotechnology and renewable energy are impacting how we live, work, and interact. Despite the economic efficiencies and growth, they may create, the...

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