Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...

This course teaches students the basic tools of macroeconomics and how to apply them to real world economic...

This course aims to teach students how to use and conduct benefit-cost analysis. To do this, students must possess the ability to model economic behavior in the real...

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...

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...

An analysis, from the business and government policy perspectives, of some of the largest government programs that shape the economic...

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

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,...

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