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PUBPOL 580-002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

David Thacher

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 587-001

PUBPOL 587-001: Public Management

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2011 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...

PUBPOL 587-002

PUBPOL 587-002: Public Management

Barry Rabe

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2011 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...

PUBPOL 587-003

PUBPOL 587-003: Public Management

Megan Tompkins-Stange

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2011 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...

PubPol 621

PubPol 621: Peacebuilding: Law, Diplomacy, and the Transition from Conflict

This course will examine how the U.S. and other international actors seek to help pacify, stabilize, and rebuild societies embroiled or emerging from...

PubPol 625

PubPol 625: The Legislative Branch: Structure and Current Issues

John Schwarz

This course will deal primarily with the Legislative Branch of Government at both the State and Federal levels. Legislative strategies and the possible outcomes of those strategies will be...

PUBPOL 639

PUBPOL 639: Quantitative Methods of Program Evaluation

Kevin Stange

This introduction to program evaluation and multiple regression analysis trains students to critically consume empirical studies and conduct their own empirical...

PUBPOL 650

PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

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 671

PUBPOL 671: Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector

Neel Hajra

The nonprofit sector has emerged as one of the cornerstones of American society, and yet remains very much a work in...

PUBPOL 674

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

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 716-001

PubPol 716-001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

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 716-002

PubPol 716-002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days (depart May 1, 2011, return May 13, 2011) to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin...

PUBPOL 735

PUBPOL 735: 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 779

PubPol 779: Presentation Skills

An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public...

PUBPOL 754

PUBPOL 754: 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 763

PUBPOL 763: Global Issues: Drugs, Crime, and Terrorism

Melvyn Levitsky

This course will explore the global issues of illegal drugs, crime and terrorism. Course content emphasizes policy options, formulation and implementation, and the tools and skills needed to produce effective recommendations for decision...

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 810

PUBPOL 810: Policy Research Seminar

Mary Corcoran

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

PubPol 475.001

PubPol 475.001: Topics: Ethics

This course will provide an introduction to ethical issues within public policy. We will begin the course by studying some classic texts of moral philosophy which take up questions about how we ought to live and what we owe to...

PubPol 475.002

PubPol 475.002: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Detroit was the nation’s most important city in the Twentieth Century because 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...

PUBPOL 456

PUBPOL 456: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

John Hieftje

What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local...

PUBPOL 756

PUBPOL 756: Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

John Hieftje

PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Justice

John Chamberlin

This seminar will examine theories of justice and their applications in particular areas of public...

PubPol 495.002

PubPol 495.002: Policy Seminar: Education Policy

Brian Jacob

This course examines a number of popular approaches to education reform, using an economic lens to understand the impetus and potential impact of...

PUBPOL 533

PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

This course will focus on public health in the developing world from the perspective of the social sciences, drawing on economics, demography, political science and...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

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...

PUBPOL 563/NRE686/HMP686

PUBPOL 563/NRE686/HMP686: Politics of Environmental Regulation

Barry Rabe

This course will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and...

PUBPOL 567

PUBPOL 567: Practicum in Data Analysis Using STATA

This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in the analysis of survey data using the statistical package Stata. Students will learn how to investigate a variety of public policy issues using data from the...

PubPol 611

PubPol 611: Higher Education and Public Policy

Kevin Stange

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

PubPol 624

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

This course will investigate the various means, both direct and indirect, through which the mass media and public opinion can influence the foreign policy making...