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PUBPOL 210/PUBHLTH 200

PUBPOL 210/PUBHLTH 200: Health and Society

Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health --- This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States - what they are, what determines them, and how they can be...

PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking: Problems of the Day

Richard Hall

The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally - can make a significant difference in the way...

PUBPOL 312

PUBPOL 312: Environment Politics & Policy

Barry Rabe

This course introduces students to the adoption and implementation of environmental policy, with primary emphasis on the United...

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, & Public Policy

Ann Chih Lin

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

PUBPOL 330.001

PUBPOL 330.001: Microeconomics for Public Policy: In Depth

Betsey Stevenson

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

PUBPOL 330.002

PUBPOL 330.002: Microeconomics for Public Policy

Betsey Stevenson

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

PUBPOL 422

PUBPOL 422: Congress & State Legislatures

Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy...

PUBPOL 447

PUBPOL 447: Excel for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

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

PUBPOL 457

PUBPOL 457: Data Visualization for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

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...

PUBPOL 466

PUBPOL 466: History & Future of Detroit

The class will be held the following days: 9/17, 9/19, 9/21 Detroit tour, 9/24,...

PUBPOL 467

PUBPOL 467: STATA for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

*Note: Instructor consent...

PUBPOL 474.001

PUBPOL 474.001: Values & Ethics: Social Justice & Political Conflicts

Yazier Henry

This is a course for students interested in social justice and equality, social justice movements, anti-democratic movements and the intersections of public leadership, public policy, and the rule of law in the context of the temporal evolution...

PUBPOL 474.002

PUBPOL 474.002: Values & Ethics: Inequity at Work

Fabiana Silva

More than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, significant gender and ethno-racial inequality in the labor market remains....

PUBPOL 475.001

PUBPOL 475.001: Topics: The Role of Courts in International Human Rights

This course will explore the legal enforcement of those human rights that are fundamental and are the birthright of all human beings. We will review the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to...

PUBPOL 475.002

PUBPOL 475.002: Topics: Policy Design, Strategy & Practice

Susan Collins

Co-taught with Congressman Sander (Sandy)...

PUBPOL 475.003

PUBPOL 475.003: Topics: National Security Council and Counterterrorism

Javed Ali

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, counterterrorism quickly became the most important national priority for the United States and dominated the security landscape for the rest of the decade. Even...

PUBPOL 476

PUBPOL 476: Applied Learning Seminar

Stephanie Sanders

Instructors: Stephanie Sanders and Paula Lantz This is a required course open only to current Ford School BA students. Course...

PUBPOL 477

PUBPOL 477 R for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

*Note: Instructor consent...

PUBPOL 479

PUBPOL 479: Evaluating Public Policies

Paula Lantz

This 4-credit course will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of evaluation research design and methods as applied to public policies and...

PUBPOL 495.001

PUBPOL 495.001: Policy Seminar: Crime & Public Policy

David Thacher

PubPol 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 495.002

PUBPOL 495.002: Policy Seminar: Global Financial Markets, Crises, and Policies

Kathryn Dominguez

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 495.003

PUBPOL 495.003: Policy Seminar: Poverty, Inequality, & Public Policy

Natasha Pilkauskas

PubPol 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 495.004

PUBPOL 495.004: Policy Seminar: Behavioral Economics

PubPol 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 495.005

PUBPOL 495.005: Policy Seminar: Drugs, Crime, and Terrorism

Melvyn Levitsky

PubPol 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 475.004

PUBPOL 475.004: Topics: Higher Education & Public Policy

Kevin Stange

This course will examine the higher education sector from several different angles, but with an emphasis placed on the economic...

PUBPOL 475.005

PUBPOL 475.005: Topics: Cybersecurity for Future Leaders

Javed Ali

Location: 1010 Dow Engineering Building (North Campus). Co-taught with Dr. Carl Landwehr, Lead Research Scientist, Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute, George Washington...

PUBPOL 300

PUBPOL 300: Persuasive Policy Writing

Beth Chimera

This course, structured as a seminar and writing workshop, intensively develops students' persuasive writing and critical reading skills through abundant practice and...

PUBPOL 413

PUBPOL 413: Professional Development

***Course meets in person on February 1 and February 8...

PUBPOL 423

PUBPOL 423: Political Campaign Strategy & Tactics

Gerald Hills

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing...

PUBPOL 457

PUBPOL 457: Data Visualization for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

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

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