Course catalog

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 visualization.

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

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

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

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 States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 practice.

The class will be held the following days: 9/17, 9/19, 9/21 Detroit tour, 9/24, 9/26.

*Note: Instructor consent required*

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 of

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

Co-taught with Congressman Sander (Sandy) Levin.

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 pro

Location: 1010 Dow Engineering Building (North Campus).

Co-taught with Dr. Carl Landwehr, Lead Research Scientist, Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute, George Washington University.

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

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

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

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

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

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