Course catalog

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 generally.

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 generally.

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 generally.

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

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

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

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

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 w

Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the trend.  Campaign spending in the midterms exceeded $5 billion for the first time, much of it coming from  Sup

Federal election spending from all sources has doubled over the last twenty years and the 2018 election continued the trend.  Campaign spending in the midterms exceeded $5 billion for the first time, much of it coming from  Sup

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D. program.

Students will meet on the following dates: 

Open to PhD students only.

Policy Research Seminar --- A bi-weekly one-credit seminar which introduces students to applied policy research.  For the students in the Ford School Joint PhD program.

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar which introduces students to applied policy research.  For the students in the Ford School Joint PhD program.

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 w

This section of 510 aims to help you better understand policy analysis and the political environment within a context of American domestic politics at the national level.

This section of 510 aims to help you better understand policy analysis and the political environment within a context of American domestic politics at the national level.

Policy analysis is a profession that brings systematic thinking and social scientific evidence to bear on substantive problems, but policymakers seldom defer to expert judgments.

A course on the strategy and tactics of governmental outsiders who seek to influence public policy.

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics course.

Note: PubPol 510 combines and replaces content previously offered in PubPol 585 and 560. PubPol 510 is now the required core politics course.

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes place.

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the course.

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes place.

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes place.

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

A course on the strategy and tactics of governmental outsiders who seek to influence public policy.

A course on the strategy and tactics of governmental outsiders who seek to influence public policy.

This course will examine the politics of health care in the U.S. at the state and national level.