Course catalog

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 combination of slow economic growth and rising inequality has meant that the material living standards of the median American household have improved only slowly since the early 1970s.

PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only. Registration is by permission only.

The class meets once a week and is open only to MPA students.

The class meets once a week and is open only to MPA students.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only.

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.

This class is open to MPA students only.

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only.

This course will provide students with fundamental principles of and practical experience in presenting data in a visual form for communication and analysis.

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.

Students will understand how to design, execute, and interpret the results from advanced estimation techniques beyond the standard OLS model.

This course is an introduction to programming in the R statistical language. R is a flexible, open-source statistics platform which has gained broad adoption in a variety of fields.

Instructor: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

Each year, millions of people are victims of identity theft. Such theft can take many forms, including tax fraud or mail identity fraud, with devastating consequences.

This course reviews the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect human rights.

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and underdevelopment.

When designing new policies or programs, or adapting existing policies at the local level, engaging the public can enable governments to be more targeted to local needs, more effective within a local context, and more

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings.

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings.

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and policymaking, with a focus on the U.S. context. The course will focus most heavily in the area of climate and energy policy, though other topics may also be explored.

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.

Policy Seminar: Social Welfare Policy 

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.