This course introduces students to multiple regression analysis and other tools of causal inference and program evaluation. The course will focus on applying these tools to real data on various policy...
This course focuses on rigorous evaluation of policies and interventions intended to support children's early learning and success in K-12. Evaluations will be discussed in the context of the current and historical...
How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...
This course examines the nature, extent and causes of poverty and inequality in the US relying on a multidisciplinary literature from sociology, political science, economics, and...
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...
In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, counterterrorism quickly became the most important national priority for the United States and dominated the security landscape for the rest of the decade. Even...
Strategic Public Policy Consulting (SPPC) is an opportunity for students to conduct a semester-long faculty-supervised group consulting project for a real-world policy...
This is a professional skills workshop that will be required for students enrolled in Strategic Public Policy Consulting (SPPC, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master's student. To be offered each semester, concurrent with...
This is a course on how economists think about government revenue and government expenditures — how governments raise and spend public money. Public Finance is a subfield of...
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...
This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...
The combination of slow economic growth and rising inequality has meant that the material living standards of the median American household have improved only slowly since the early...
How do the judges on the Supreme Court make their decisions? What were the real issues in cases such as Roe v. Wade, and is it possible that the Court would overturn this decision? How do judges in different eras decided cases...
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 teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...
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...
