China's reform and opening-up has been a great event in the world in the past more than two...

What goes on in city government is in many ways more important to our lives than what happens in Washington. This course goes beyond the structure and theory of municipal government to look at how things really happen at the local...

This course concentrates on the foreign policy aspects of U.S. National Security. We will study the Cold War preface to current policy as well as broad issues of substance and process affecting national security...

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar that introduces students to applied policy research. For students in the Ford School Joint Ph.D....

This course focuses on the political environment within which policy analysis takes...

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 examines the interaction of politics and policymaking at the state...

This course reviews the literature on sex differences from a biological, social, and legal...

This course analyzes the conditions and causes of poverty within the United States and the variety of economic, social, and political responses to...

This is a professional skills workshop that is required for students enrolled in the Applied Policy Seminar (APS, PP578) and open to other MPP/ Master’s students. The workshop will be offered each semester, concurrent with the...