Course catalog

Governments increasingly use algorithms (such as machine learning predictions) as a central tool to distribute resources and make important decisions.

Instructor: Ali Webb, Founder and Principal, Ali Webb Strategies.

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

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

Through the use of case studies, we will explore the history and social conditions that have spurred the call for reparations in the United States.

This course concentrates on the foreign policy aspects of U.S. National Security. We will study the Cold War preface to current policy as well as broad issues of substance and process affecting national security policy.

Instructor: Ali Webb, Founder and Principal, Ali Webb Strategies.

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

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

Course meets: 
March 10,12,17,19; 
Wednesdays 4:00-6:00pm, 
Fridays 10:00-12:00pm

Throughout history, financial services has played a vital role in the global economy, and similarly, technology has been an integral part of financial services.

In today's complex and dynamic world, leadership is in demand at all levels of every organization.

Instructors: Ren Farley and Lisa Neidert

Class meets 01/09/2021 - 03/05/2021

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.

This course examines the nature, extent and causes of poverty and inequality in the US relying on a multidisciplinary literature from sociology, political science, economics, and psychology.

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

As a matter of constitutional design, authority over public organizations in the U.S.

Instructors: Ren Farley and Lisa Neidert

Class meets 01/09/2021 - 03/05/2021

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.

The pace and extent of economic development in a country depends on many factors.

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

Once a policy is passed or a project selected, the hard work of implementation begins.

Instructor: Bill Bynum, Hope Credit Union Enterprise Corporation

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.

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

Instructors: Phyllis Meadows, Senior Fellow, Health, The Kresge Foundation and Marianne Udow-Phillips, Lecturer of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Executive Director, Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT).

Throughout history, financial services has played a vital role in the global economy, and similarly, technology has been an integral part of financial services.

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use are the leading cause of global climate change, and they are growing.

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.