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Springboard: summer stats program
The Ford School's virtual training program in basic quantitative reasoning is offered during the summer. Designed and taught by our faculty, the program will center policy analysis and help prepare incoming graduate students for the outstanding, rigorous analytic training they’ll receive at the University of Michigan. Look for more information by email about how best to determine whether Springboard is the right step for you and how to get involved.
Career interests and resume reviews
Career Services wants to get to know your individual intentions and career interests. In mid-summer, stay tuned for an opportunity to share your individual career/employer interests, have your resume reviewed, and gain access to and learn how to navigate the Ford School's internal career management system, FordCareers.
American government module
The American government module is a free non-credit course to acquaint incoming master's students—international students, and domestic ones in need of a refresher—with the U.S. political system. The module covers the basics of the American political system—Congress, the presidency, the judiciary, elections, lobbyists, interest groups, and the federal bureaucracy.
Math camp
Math camp is a free non-credit refresher course on Algebra skills and concepts you will see in quantitative classes, such as microeconomics, statistics, and calculus. Everyone is invited to attend, and we strongly encourage it for those who haven’t had much math or haven’t taken any math since high school.
Orientation programming
Over the course of a series of required and recommended gatherings, you'll be introduced to some of the school's core values of academic integrity, diversity, mutual respect, and constructive engagement. In addition, there are policy writing and leadership seminars, an information fair, and a number of opportunities to meet current students and faculty.
Review sessions and waiver exams
We'll host a statistics review session and offer waiver exams for both Statistics and Microeconomics. There is no penalty for taking a waiver exam and not passing.
International and first-gen welcome events
We'll invite all our international and first-generation students to welcome mixers.
Fall launch
Join Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes and the entire Ford School community in celebrating the beginning of the year and welcoming both old and new faces to Weill Hall.
