Courses | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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PUBPOL 555

PUBPOL 555.001: Microeconomics A

Justin Wolfers
This course begins a two-term sequence designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic implications of public policies and with analytic tools useful in system design and policy...
PUBPOL 578

PUBPOL 578.001: Applied Policy Seminar

Elisabeth Gerber
The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to conduct a faculty-supervised consulting project for a public, private, or non-profit sector policy organization at the...
PUBPOL 580

PUBPOL 580.001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Joy Rohde
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 692

PUBPOL 692.001: Thinking about Crime

David Thacher
As Chief of the New York City Police Department, William Bratton was fond of saying that the crime rate has the same meaning for a police department as profits have for a business--that the crime rate is the bottom line of...
PUBPOL 735

PUBPOL 735.001: Professional Development

Researchers who study successful people agree on the following: Your IQ and cognitive intelligence are at best moderate predictors of your success in...
PUBPOL 778

PUBPOL 778.001: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber
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...
PUBPOL 830

PUBPOL 830.001: Immersion in Research

Brian Jacob
This course is designed to immerse students in a major research project of their own design. By the end of the two-semester course, students will be required to produce a polished paper, which can later be incorporated into their...