Course catalog

This course will deal primarily with the Legislative Branch of Government at both the State and Federal levels. Legislative strategies and the possible outcomes of those strategies will be considered.

This introduction to program evaluation and multiple regression analysis trains students to critically consume empirical studies and conduct their own empirical research.

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines, i

The nonprofit sector has emerged as one of the cornerstones of American society, and yet remains very much a work in progress.

This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two parts.

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, each class will focus on a different policy area.

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days (depart May 1, 2011, return May 13, 2011) to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin fac

The goal of this course is to enhance the students' ability to bring about the individual and organizational changes they want to see.

An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public speaking.

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.

This course will explore the global issues of illegal drugs, crime and terrorism. Course content emphasizes policy options, formulation and implementation, and the tools and skills needed to produce effective recommendations for decision making.

This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master’s student. To be offered each semester, concurrent with the APS.

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D. program.

This course will provide an introduction to ethical issues within public policy. We will begin the course by studying some classic texts of moral philosophy which take up questions about how we ought to live and what we owe to others.

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

What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local level.

What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local level.

This seminar will examine theories of justice and their applications in particular areas of public policy.

This course examines a number of popular approaches to education reform, using an economic lens to understand the impetus and potential impact of each.

This course will focus on public health in the developing world from the perspective of the social sciences, drawing on economics, demography, political science and sociology.

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.

This course will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and Mexico.

This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in the analysis of survey data using the statistical package Stata. Students will learn how to investigate a variety of public policy issues using data from the U.S.

This course will examine the higher education sector from several different angles, but with an emphasis placed on the economic issues.

This course will investigate the various means, both direct and indirect, through which the mass media and public opinion can influence the foreign policy making process.

Course will examine the origins of the concept of CSR its meaning and motivations, and the shareholder-stakeholder controversy, where the latter include employees, communities (now defined globally) and, most recently, the global environment.

This course covers the policy issues involved in the areas of defense, deterrence, and arms control in the contemporary context.

The information revolution and the expanding use of information technology within all organizations, profit and non-profit, public and private, has created an environment in which access to massive quantities of information, at startling speeds, i

In the first part of the course you will be introduced to some of the analytic frameworks and conceptual theories used to study American public policy making and you will learn how these models were applied to a classic public policy problem.

This course introduces key policy issues in international macroeconomics and finance. We will develop analytic tools that are the building blocks for understanding global economic policy challenges.