Programs to serve the poor have evolved sporadically in the...

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...

This seminar will examine the theory, history, law and politics of congressional oversight of the executive...

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...

This course focuses on how historians have viewed and participated in the policymaking...

The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally - can make a difference in the way that we...

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

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 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...