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...

The course will develop the skills of using analytic methods and models to understand real decisions and policy issues, drawn from the realms of natural resource management, public policy, business strategy, politics, negotiations, and...

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

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

This course explores how and why socioeconomic policies (e.g., education, income/welfare, civil rights, macroeconomics/employment, housing/urban policies) may be as or more consequential for population health as “health” policies (i.e., health...

This course will provide students with a practical hands-on introduction to data analysis using Microsoft...

This course will provide students with a practical hands-on instruction in advanced data analysis techniques using Microsoft...

This course reviews the international political and legal framework established over the past fifty years to protect human...

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing...

The purpose of this course is to expose students to various perspectives on state and local policy in the U.S. through the lens of one especially topical policy area: development...