Course catalog

This is a course in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public arena.

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

In this course, students will develop the necessary skills to conceptualize, plan, and execute interview-based projects.

Course meets 01/19/2021 - 03/05/2021

1.5 credits

This course introduces students to multiple regression analysis and other tools of causal inference and program evaluation. The course will focus on applying these tools to real data on various policy topics.

This course will introduce you to the art and science of political campaigning.

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

The Diversity Initiatives in Higher Education course will provide graduate students with insight into policy issues related to diversity and inclusion efforts at public institutions in the United States.

Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the trend.

This course introduces students to multiple regression analysis and other tools of causal inference and program evaluation. The course will focus on applying these tools to real data on various policy topics.

This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives).

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

Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the trend.

This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like alternatives).

Drawing on an interdisciplinary social science literature, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis and familiarizes students with the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US a

Cities are leading the fight against climate change.  Around the world they are experiencing the devastating effects as hurricanes intensify, sea levels rise, heat islands multiply and storm water systems are overwhelmed, along with city budgets.

This course will examine issues of performance measurement and management in the context of public sector agencies in the United States.

Taught by John Hieftje, former Mayor of Ann Arbor. 

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy writing.

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy writing.

This course focuses on rigorous evaluation of policies and interventions intended to support children's early learning and success in K-12. Evaluations will be discussed in the context of the current and historical landscape.

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 will use the case of police reform to explore the concept and practice of strategic management in public organizations.

Class meets 01/19/2021 - 03/05/2021

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy writing.

Budgeting and financial planning impacts nearly all aspects of organizational life in the public service arena.

This course is an introduction to programming and working in STATA, a core statistical program in the social sciences. In a variety of fields, STATA remains the baseline program for analysis, data management, and visualization.

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

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 is a course in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public arena.