How will you make a difference?
The Ford School offers small interdisciplinary policy seminars, individualized support, close relationships with faculty, a broad range of programs and activities, and a policy focus area of your choice.
Based...
In October 2022, students from the Ford School and members of the greater University of Michigan community gathered together to hear “Racial Justice Changemakers”—social justice leaders, artists, and advocates—share their diverse journeys into...
The undergraduate students in PubPol 480: Global Engagement Seminar had waited all semester for Spring Break – but they weren’t packing bathing suits and flip flops. Instead, they packed blazers and dress shoes. They were heading to Washington, D.C....
The Ford School’s latest BA yearbook—sent electronically to students, recent graduates, and their families on June 28—celebrates the undergraduate classes of 2017 and 2018.
The yearbook includes messages from many of the faculty members who have...
The Ford School’s 2015 BA yearbook, which celebrates the undergraduate students who have enriched the Ford School community over the past year, was sent to returning undergraduate students, parents, and freshly-minted alums last week.The digital...
For students with an interest in the Ford School's Bachelor of Arts in public policy program and/or the undergraduate minor in public policy, we host information sessions in both the fall and winter semesters to learn about the program,...
Our minor in public policy is a competitive-admissions program designed to make the critical thinking and analytical skills taught at the Ford School available to more Michigan undergraduates.
Students enrolled in the minor will learn to design...
Tuition
Tuition and fees are established at the university level, and the tuition for Ford School bachelor's students is the same as the tuition charged for all upper-level undergraduate students in the College of Literature, Science and the...
Minor in public policy
The minor has a competitive application process open from April 15 – May 15, and consists of an online form, resume, transcript, and two short essays (300 words each). The school expects to enroll around 25 students each...
This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally.
