PUBPOL 529

PUBPOL 529: Statistics

This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...
PubPol 496

PubPol 496: Senior Colloquium

Kathryn Dominguez
This course provides an opportunity for seniors in the Ford School to hear faculty talk about important policy issues, to give presentations to their peers, and to receive feedback on their...
PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Utopianism and Public Policy

“Utopia” in Greek means both “good place” and “no place”—a paradise existing only in our imaginations. But no matter how theoretical or fanciful utopias may be, people still try to implement them, often with tragic...
PUBPOL 475.002

PUBPOL 475.002: 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 466

PubPol 466: 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...