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PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.002: Policy Seminar: International Development- Metrics & Analysis

Susan Collins

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

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.003: Policy Seminar: Energy and Climate

Catherine Hausman

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

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.004: Policy Seminar: Global Financial Markets

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.005: Policy Seminar: Tax policy

Stephanie Leiser

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

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.307: Topics in Public Policy

John Chamberlin

In this project-based course students will learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of public policy...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.301: Topics: Community Development Finance

This course is designed to introduce students to the policy and practice of community development finance including how private sector developers and lenders work with nonprofits, foundations, and the public sector to promote affordable housing,...

PUBPOL 476

PUBPOL 476: Applied Learning Seminar

Ann Chih Lin

This is a required course closed to current Ford School BA students. This class also meets on Saturday, 10/27 from noon - 4pm and Saturday, November 10 from...

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.006: Policy Seminar: Politics of Debt

This course will explore the politics of debt. Robust credit markets can fuel economic growth, but the resulting debt can be dangerous, and politically...

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 480

PUBPOL 480.001: Global Engagement Seminar

Susan Waltz

This advanced seminar challenges public policy majors to consider how policy issues are framed and addressed in a non-US...

PUBPOL 210

PUBPOL 210.001: Health & Society

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PUBPOL 466

PUBPOL 466.001: The History and Future of Detroit

Detroit was the nation's most important city in the Twentieth Century because of the the auto industry, the emergence of the blue collar middle class and development of the New Deal. Now it is the most negatively stereotyped city in the...

PUBPOL 456

PUBPOL 456.001: Local Government Opprotunity for Activism

Taught by John Hieftje, former Mayor of Ann...

PUBPOL 491

PUBPOL 491.001: MIW Res Sem

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PUBPOL 468

PUBPOL 468.001: Oil & Gas Policy in the US

Daniel Raimi

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made the United States the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas. What does that mean for the domestic economy, energy prices, foreign policy, climate change, and local...

PUBPOL 300

PUBPOL 300.001: 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 423

PUBPOL 423.001: Political Campaign Strategy and Tactics

Gerald Hills

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

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.001: Policy Seminar: Philanthropic Foundations

Megan Tompkins-Stange

Private philanthropic foundations in the...

PUBPOL 495

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

Kathryn Dominguez

Global financial markets provide both opportunities and risks for macroeconomic...

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.003: Policy Seminar: Energy and Environmental Policy

The course aims to actively engage students in environmental policy research, broadly defined to include not just conventional issues such as air and water pollution, but also–and especially–ever-evolving energy and climate...

PUBPOL 413

PUBPOL 413.001: 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 481

PUBPOL 481.001: Science, Technology, and Public Policy

How should science and technology be used to solve social and policy problems? What values and assumptions underlie our current understandings of science and...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.204: Topics: The Role of Non-Government Organizations in Policy Formation

Taught by Towsley Policymaker in Residence Hardy Vieux (Legal Director at Human Rights...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.301: Topics: Social Justice, Political Conflicts, Democratic Practice and Leadership in the Spheres of Public Advocacy

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 475

PUBPOL 475.302: Topics: Comparative Law and Policy

Valenta Kabo

Because law is one of the means through which policies are enacted, understanding the different structures of legal systems is a necessary for understanding policy promulgation in different...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.305: Topics: Equity 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

PUBPOL 475.306: Topics: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.507: Topics: From the "Great Depression" to the "Great Recession"

Joshua Hausman

Since the 2008 financial crisis, developed countries have suffered high unemployment and slow growth. What are options for policymakers in this...

PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 201.001: Systematic Thinking

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 210

PUBPOL 210.001: Hlt&Society:Intro PH

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 altered. In so doing, the course surveys the field of public...

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