Course catalog

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a Fall speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action.

Policy Seminar: Social Welfare Policy 

This is a required course open only to first year MPP students.

This course meets in the second half of the semester which runs from October 20 through December 10, 2021.

This is a required course open only to first year MPP students.

This course meets in the second half of the semester which runs from October 20 through December 10, 2021.

The Law School's Problem Solving Initiative classes are open to all U-M graduate and professional students.

*This is a required course open only to first year MPP students.*

Racial Foundations of Public Policy is a Fall speaker series that focuses on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy as both a disciplinary field and as a course of action.

This course meets in the second half of the semester (March 7 - April 19).

If you waived out of or did not take PubPol 529, please contact fspp-registrar@umich.edu to enroll in this course.

Communicating through visual presentation of data is a critical skill in a variety of industries. This course will introduce students to data visualization, from principles to practice.

This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy debates.

*Non-Ford students can register in Ford School electives beginning December 7*

Taught by John Hieftje, former Mayor of Ann Arbor. 

The Ford School defines leadership as, "the behavioral process of having a positive impact on individuals, organizations, and communities".

This course meets in the second half of the semester (March 7 - April 19).

If you waived out of or did not take PubPol 529, please contact fspp-registrar@umich.edu to enroll in this course.

Communicating through visual presentation of data is a critical skill in a variety of industries. This course will introduce students to data visualization, from principles to practice.

This course teaches students the basic tools of macroeconomics and how to apply them to real world economic policy.

*Non-Ford students can register in Ford School electives beginning December 7*

This course meets in the first half of the semester (January 5 - February 22).

The main objectives of this course are to enhance your ability to think analytically and write clearly about managerial challenges.

This advanced seminar challenges public policy majors to consider how policy issues are framed and addressed in a non-US context.

This course is an accelerated introduction to a variety of Public Policy research and analysis-related skills in the Microsoft Excel environment.

Instructor: Jonathan Cohn

A continuation of PubPol 555 (Microeconomics for Public Policy), this course will deepen students' understanding of key economic concepts and principles and, importantly, apply them to the practice of policy analysis.

*Non-Ford students can register in Ford School electives beginning December 7*

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 law in the context of the temporal evolution of

Social change cannot occur without an infusion of financial resources particularly as the public service sector does not have the financial capital to invest in solving every pressing social issue.