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...
This course will provide an overview of recent Japanese economic history and the current state of the Japanese economy. We will consider what economic policymakers around the world can learn from...
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...
A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D. program. Open to PhD students...
This course is designed to immerse students in a major research project of their own design. By the end of the two-semester course, students will be required to produce a polished paper, which can later be incorporated into their...
The Applied Policy Seminar (APS) is an opportunity for students to conduct a faculty-supervised consulting project for a public, private, or non-profit sector policy organization at the local, state, national or international...
Throughout history, financial services has played a vital role in the global economy, and similarly, technology has been an integral part of financial...
This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP478). To be offered each semester, concurrent with the...
This course draws on advances in social science and public administration to introduce you to tools and approaches for understanding and leading innovation in the public...
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 local,...
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...
This course begins a two-term sequence designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic implications of public policies and with analytic tools useful in system design and policy...
This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and...
This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...
This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...
This course is designed specifically to provide students in all degree programs at the Ford School with the fundamental mathematical tools necessary for their subsequent...
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...
This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only
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...
