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PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

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...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Alan Deardorff

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...

PUBPOL 571/ECON 571

PUBPOL 571/ECON 571: Applied Econometrics

This course is an introduction to econometric methods and their use in policy...

PUBPOL 578

PUBPOL 578: Applied Policy Seminar

The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to do public sector consulting work for state and local governments and community development organizations in Ann Arbor,...

PUBPOL 580-001

PUBPOL 580-001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Yazier Henry

This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...

PUBPOL 585

PUBPOL 585: Political Environment of Policymaking

Richard Hall

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes...

PUBPOL 587

PUBPOL 587: Public Management

This course is designed to introduce the students to what public managers do and to help provide the students with perspectives and opportunities for practice that will help them become effective public...

PUBPOL 639

PUBPOL 639: Quantitative Methods of Program Evaluation

Kevin Stange

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

PUBPOL 731

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

This is a year-long course devoted to developing an internet-based course to promote quantitative social science in South...

PUBPOL 732

PUBPOL 732: Public Policy in Post-Secondary Education

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...

PUBPOL 735

PUBPOL 735: Professional Development

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

PUBPOL 750-001

PUBPOL 750-001: Topics In Public Policy: Urban Public Finance

This is a Special Topics course and the topic may change each term. In Winter 2010 this course will be taught by Rowan...

PUBPOL 810

PUBPOL 810: Policy Research Seminar

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

PUBPOL 481

PUBPOL 481: Science, Technology, and Public Policy

In memoriam: James Duderstadt

The aim of this lecture course is to introduce students to the manner in which science and technology issues both shape and are shaped by public...

PubPol 621

PubPol 621: Peacebuilding: Law, Diplomacy, and the Transition from Conflict

his course will examine how the U.S. and other international actors seek to help pacify, stabilize, and rebuild societies embroiled or emerging from...

PubPol 624

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

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...

PubPol 432

PubPol 432: Urban Economics and Policy

This course seeks to deepen students’ understanding of the form and function of cities through the use of economic models and use those models to understand the likely effects of policies often applied to urban areas across several contexts...

PubPol 625

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

John Schwarz

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...

PubPol 820

PubPol 820: Causal Inference in Education Research

This course explores the use of experiments and quasi-experiments in education...

PubPol 658

PubPol 658: Innovation Policy

This course will examine the policy processes that 1) promote scientific research and innovation and 2) facilitate the movement of innovations out of the laboratory into private industry and the...

PubPol 712

PubPol 712: Leadership and Innovative Policy Making

In this course the students will (a) master key themes in leadership development and policy making, (b) increase their own leadership capacities through reflection, feedback and practice and (c) evaluate the leadership record of an...

PubPol 495 -002

PubPol 495 -002: Policy Seminar: Climate Change Governance

Barry Rabe

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

PubPol 495 -001

PubPol 495 -001: Policy Seminar: Apology, Reconciliation, Reparations and Public Policy

Yazier Henry

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PUBPOL 556

PUBPOL 556: Macroeconomics

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PUBPOL 558

PUBPOL 558: Microeconomics B: Economic Decision-Making

This course aims to teach students how to use and conduct benefit-cost analysis. To do this, students must possess the ability to model economic behavior in the real...

PUBPOL 563/NRE686/HMP686

PUBPOL 563/NRE686/HMP686: Politics of Environmental Regulation

Barry Rabe

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...

PUBPOL 567

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PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

PUBPOL 571/ECON 571: Applied Econometrics

PUBPOL 578: Applied Policy Seminar

PUBPOL 580-001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

PUBPOL 585: Political Environment of Policymaking

PUBPOL 587: Public Management

PUBPOL 639: Quantitative Methods of Program Evaluation

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

PUBPOL 732: Public Policy in Post-Secondary Education

PUBPOL 735: Professional Development

PUBPOL 750-001: Topics In Public Policy: Urban Public Finance

PUBPOL 810: Policy Research Seminar

PUBPOL 481: Science, Technology, and Public Policy

PubPol 621: Peacebuilding: Law, Diplomacy, and the Transition from Conflict

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

PubPol 432: Urban Economics and Policy

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

PubPol 820: Causal Inference in Education Research

PubPol 658: Innovation Policy

PubPol 712: Leadership and Innovative Policy Making

PubPol 495 -002: Policy Seminar: Climate Change Governance

PubPol 495 -001: Policy Seminar: Apology, Reconciliation, Reparations and Public Policy

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

PUBPOL 556: Macroeconomics

PUBPOL 558: Microeconomics B: Economic Decision-Making

PUBPOL 563/NRE686/HMP686: Politics of Environmental Regulation

PUBPOL 567: Practicum in Data Analysis Using STATA

PUBPOL 575/BE 570: Tax Policy and Business

PUBPOL 631: Economics of Education