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PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

Joy Rohde

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines,...

PUBPOL 662

PUBPOL 662: Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Marina Whitman

Course will examine the origins of the concept of CSR its meaning and motivations, and the shareholder-stakeholder controversy, where the latter include employees, communities (now defined globally) and, most recently, the global...

PUBPOL 674

PUBPOL 674: Economic and Social Policies in a Selected Emerging Market Economy

Melvyn Levitsky

This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two...

PUBPOL 686

PUBPOL 686: State and Local Policy Analysis: Focus on Development

Elisabeth Gerber

The purpose of this course is to expose students to various perspectives on state and local policy in the U.S. through the lens of one especially topical policy area: development...

PUBPOL 687

PUBPOL 687: Negotiations

This course examines negotiation and social influence strategies for policy makers in the public, non-profit, and for-profit...

PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin

This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests, each class will focus on a different policy...

PUBPOL 746

PUBPOL 746: Social Welfare Policy

During the twentieth century, the U.S. both saw the development of a social welfare system to serve nonelderly families and a subsequent dramatic overhaul of the cash welfare part of that...

PubPol 750.005

PubPol 750.005: Topics: The Politics of Identity

Mara Ostfeld

Race, gender, religion, sexuality and other social identities permeate the development and administration of American public policy. These identities are just as powerful of a tool in efforts to reduce social and economic disparities...

PubPol 750.007

PubPol 750.007: Topics: Budgeting and Financial Planning

This course is an introduction to budgeting and financial...

PUBPOL 750.008

PUBPOL 750.008: Health Disparity

In this interactive seminar, we will critically examine health disparities within various groups by race, socio-economic status, gender, sex, immigration and incarceration status, including the health consequences of incarceration and health...

PUBPOL 754.001

PUBPOL 754.001: Research Seminar in Science, Tech and Public Policy

In memoriam: James Duderstadt

The aim of this course is to introduce students to topical issues in science and technology policy. The course will meet weekly for a formal...

PUBPOL 754.002

PUBPOL 754.002: Research Seminar in Science, Tech and Public Policy

In memoriam: James Duderstadt

The aim of this course is to introduce students to topical issues in science and technology policy. The course will meet weekly for a formal...

PUBPOL 810

PUBPOL 810: Policy Research Seminar

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

PUBPOL 587-003

PUBPOL 587-002: Public Management

Barry Rabe

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2015 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521: Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy...

PUBPOL 578

PUBPOL 578: Applied Policy Seminar

Elisabeth Gerber

The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) (now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting or SPPC) is an opportunity for students to conduct a faculty-supervised consulting project for a public, private, or non-profit sector policy organization at the...

PUBPOL 580.001

PUBPOL 580.001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...

PUBPOL 735

PUBPOL 735: Professional Development

Researchers have found that a person's IQ and classroom performance is at best a moderate predictor of long term...

PUBPOL 750.001

PUBPOL 750.001: Topics: Peacebuilding

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PUBPOL 750.002

PUBPOL 750.002: Topics: Future of the American Research University

In memoriam: James Duderstadt

Although the American research university serves as a key source of basic research, advanced education, and infrastructure critical to the nation’s welfare, it faces many challenges such as shifting public policies, changing demographics,...

PUBPOL 778

PUBPOL 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber

This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master’s student. To be offered each semester, concurrent with the...

PUBPOL 510.001

PUBPOL 510.001: The Politics of Public Policy

Ann Chih Lin

This section of 510 follows the policymaking process after legislators claim credit and the TV cameras shut down: the work of trying to implement and interpret the...

PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking About The Problems of the Day

Paul Courant

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/HMP200

PUBPOL 210/HMP200: 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 altered. In so doing, the course surveys the field of public...

PubPol 250

PubPol 250: Social Systems, Energy, and Public Policy

The goal of this course is to provide a framework for interpreting public discourse on energy...

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

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

PUBPOL 330

PUBPOL 330: Microeconomics for Public Policy

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public...

PubPol 413

PubPol 413: 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 422

PUBPOL 422: Congress and State Legislatures: Effective or Outmoded?

John Schwarz

Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation? Have the State Legislatures become the true "laboratories of...

PubPol 466

PubPol 466: Topics: 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...