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PUBPOL 731

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

This is a year-long course devoted to developing an internet-based course to promote quantitative social science in South...

PUBPOL 585

PUBPOL 585: Political Environment of Policymaking

Shobita Parthasarathy

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

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PUBPOL 533

PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

This course will focus on public health in the developing world from the perspective of the social sciences, drawing on economics, demography, political science and...

PUBPOL 731

PUBPOL 731: Distance Learning Project for Quantitative Social Science in South Africa

This is a year-long course devoted to developing an internet-based course to promote quantitative social science in South...

PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PUBPOL 741

PUBPOL 741: Principles of Finance and Global Financial Markets

Kathryn Dominguez

The first half of this course will introduce the principles of finance. We will explore how stocks and bonds are valued, the measurement and management of financial risk, and the lessons and limitations of finance...

PUBPOL 533

PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

This course will focus on public health policy primarily in the developing world. We will begin by reviewing epidemiological and demographic evidence on the leading causes of mortality and morbidity...

PUBPOL 680

PUBPOL 680: Globalization and Public Policy

Marina Whitman

This course examines how globalization affects social and economic policymaking within and between countries and how policies can be designed to both capitalize on the new opportunities created by globalization and ameliorate its most painful...

PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PUBPOL 759

PUBPOL 759: Genetics and Biotechnology Policy

Shobita Parthasarathy

As one of the hottest areas of scientific and technological development today, genetics and biotechnology are raising a variety of difficult and controversial policy...

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environmental within which public policy is formulated and...

PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin

This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests, each class will focus on a different policy...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PUBPOL 533

PUBPOL 533: Public Health in Developing Countries

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PUBPOL 534

PUBPOL 534: The Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PubPol 495.003

PubPol 495.003: Policy Seminar: Human Rights

Susan Waltz

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PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

Kathryn Dominguez

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

PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Dangerous Peacemaking

Yazier Henry

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PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

PUBPOL 677

PUBPOL 677: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 716.002

PUBPOL 716.002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin faculty, and exploration of Chinese cultural...

PUBPOL 716.001

PUBPOL 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

PubPol 780

PubPol 780: Topics in Policymaking: Trade agreements and negotiations as a policy instrument

International trade policy can influence a country´s economic performance. Many countries have entered agreements, legally binding and more enforceable than other international law, by which they reciprocally commit their trade policies…and...

PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Trade policy as an instrument for economic development

In this course, and largely borrowing on the experience of the professor as Trade Minister in a small, middle-income country, we will discuss the practical links between trade policy and the variety of issues that challenge poor societies in...

PubPol 716-002

PubPol 716-002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days (depart May 1, 2011, return May 13, 2011) to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin...

PubPol 750.004

PubPol 750.004: Topics: Field Experiments in Developing Countries

Dean Yang

Randomized control trials in field settings (field experiments) are a powerful research methodology that is shedding new light on a wide variety of development problems...

PubPol 750-006

PubPol 750-006: Economic Policy Issues in Developing Countries

Susan Collins

This course will focus on economic development policy – intended to achieve rapid and sustained economic growth and alleviate poverty (spreading...

PubPol 656

PubPol 656: Technology and Development Policy

Looking at international development, as well as domestic urban and rural development, this course examines the role of technology in development and the implications for public...