This course is designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of grand strategy; that is, with the political uses of military power and the respective roles of military and civilian leaders in formulating and implementing a state’s foreign...
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...
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...
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...
An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public...
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...
How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...
An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public...
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...
This course provides an opportunity for seniors in the Ford School to hear faculty talk about important policy issues, to give presentations to their peers, and to receive feedback on their...
Race, gender, religion, sexuality and other social identities permeate the development and administration of American public policy. These identities are just as powerful of a tool in efforts to reduce social and economic disparities...
How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...
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...
This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy writing. They will produce a good deal of writing - and receive detailed...
This is a Special Topics course and the topic may change each term. FALL 2012: Local Government Leadership in Times of Change Study the role of leadership in local government during times of significant...
This course provides an opportunity for seniors in the Ford School to hear faculty talk about important policy issues, to give presentations to their peers, and to receive feedback on their...
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...
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...
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...
