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PUBPOL 474

PUBPOL 474: Values & Ethics: Philanthropy

Megan Tompkins-Stange

Private philanthropic foundations in the...

PUBPOL 466

PUBPOL 466: History & Future of Detroit

No large American city grew more rapidly than Detroit from 1900 to the 1930s. Thanks to Henry Ford and the automobile manufacturing, Detroit became the prosperous axis mundi of the world vehicle industry. After World War II,...

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 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 422

PUBPOL 422: Congress & State Legislatures

This course can be taken in-person or remotely...

PUBPOL 330.002

PUBPOL 330: Microeconomics for Public Policy

Betsey Stevenson

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

PUBPOL 330.001

PUBPOL 330: Microeconomics for Public Policy: In-Depth

Betsey Stevenson

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

PUBPOL 320.001

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, & Public Policy

Charlotte Cavaillé

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

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 201

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking: Problems of the Day

Paula Lantz

This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more...

PUBPOL 495.002

PUBPOL 495.002: Policy Seminar: Apology, Reconcile, Reparations, and Public Policy

Yazier Henry

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

PUBPOL 250

PUBPOL 250: Energy and Climate Change: Technology, Markets, and Policy

Daniel Raimi

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

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 313

PUBPOL 313: Environmental Management and Policy

Barry Rabe

This 1.5 credit module will introduce students to the roles that governmental agencies play in environmental protection at the federal and state levels in the United...

PUBPOL 413

PUBPOL 413: Professional & Leadership Development: Pathways to Professional Success

***Course meets in person on January 31 and February 7...

PUBPOL 418

PUBPOL 418: Facilitating Dialogue Across Faultlines: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

Yazier Henry

This is a course in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public...

PUBPOL 423

PUBPOL 423: Political Campaign Strategy & Tactics

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

PUBPOL 447

PUBPOL 447: Excel for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

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PUBPOL 467

PUBPOL 467: STATA for Public Policy

Alton Worthington

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...

PUBPOL 474.001

PUBPOL 474.001: Values & Ethics: Science Policy

Joy Rohde

Science and technology intersect with many areas of public...

PUBPOL 474.002

PUBPOL 474.002: Values & Ethics: Lying and Public Policy

Lying has been getting a lot of attention lately and for good...

PUBPOL 475.002

PUBPOL 475.002: Topics: Government Regulation of Industry & the Environment

Catherine Hausman

This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets, including fossil fuel extraction and...

PUBPOL 474.003

PUBPOL 474.003: Values & Ethics: Philanthropy

Megan Tompkins-Stange

Private philanthropic foundations in the U.S. are fundamentally private organizations that operate within the public arena, and have long played central roles in advancing social change and...

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 456

PUBPOL 456: Local Government Opportunity for Activism

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

PUBPOL 495.003

PUBPOL 495.003: Policy Seminar: Energy and Climate

Catherine Hausman

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

PUBPOL 495.001

PUBPOL 495.001: Policy Seminar: Irrational Actors: Psychological Approaches to Decision Making

Kaitlin Raimi

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

PUBPOL 475.003

PUBPOL 475.003: Topics: Moving Power and Money: The Politics of the 2020 Census

Course meets in 1230 Weill Hall on March 10, 12, 17,19, 24. Census Lab meets in 3117 Weill Hall on March 12 and March 19...

PUBPOL 480

PUBPOL 480: Global Engagement Seminar: Costa Rica

Susan Collins

This advanced seminar challenges public policy majors to consider how policy issues are framed and addressed in a non-US context. Student will study a small number of contemporary policy problems in light of the country's specific political,...

PUBPOL 475.004

PUBPOL 475.004: Topics: Campaign Finance Reform

Richard Hall

Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the...

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