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PubPol 778

PubPol 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber

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 APS.

PUBPOL 587.002

PUBPOL 587.002: Public Management

David Thacher

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 by

PubPol 778

PubPol 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber

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 APS.

PUBPOL 778

PUBPOL 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber

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

PUBPOL 779

PUBPOL 779: Presentation Skills

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 speaking.

PUBPOL 587.001

PUBPOL 587.001: Public Management

All three sections of 587 emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network development.

PUBPOL 687

PUBPOL 687: Negotiations

This course examines negotiation and social influence strategies for policy makers in the public, non-profit, and for-profit sectors.

PubPol 779

PubPol 779: Presentation Skills

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 speaking.

PubPol 496

PubPol 496: Senior Colloquium

Kathryn Dominguez

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 presentations.

PUBPOL 529

PUBPOL 529: Statistics

This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

PUBPOL 687

PUBPOL 687: Negotiations

This course examines negotiation and social influence strategies for policy makers in the public, non-profit, and for-profit sectors.

PUBPOL 810

PUBPOL 810: Policy Research Seminar

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

PUBPOL 529

PUBPOL 529: Statistics

This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

PUBPOL 587-001

PUBPOL 587-001: Public Management

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2011 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network development.

PubPol 712

PubPol 712: Leadership and Innovative Policy Making

In this course the students will (a) master key themes in leadership development and policy making, (b) increase their own leadership capacities through reflection, feedback and practice and (c) evaluate the leadership record of an “extraordinary”

PubPol 778

PubPol 778: Project Skills Workshop

Elisabeth Gerber

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

PubPol 521

PubPol 521: Introduction to Policy Writing

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 criti

PUBPOL 587-002

PUBPOL 587-002: Public Management

Barry Rabe

All three sections of 587 in Winter Term 2011 will continue to emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network development.