This course 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...
Negotiation Basics for Public Policy will provide students with an understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of...
We are accustomed to thinking of public policy as a remedy for social ills. We notice a problem---undereducated youth, roads in disrepair, or bureaucratic hurdles to small business---and we design and implement policy to remedy the...
This course is designed to familiarize students with core skills in data access, manipulation, analysis, and presentation using Excel (and Excel-like...
This course is an introduction to programming in the R statistical language. R is a flexible, open-source statistics platform which has gained broad adoption in a variety of...
Class will meet on:
February 1
February 6
February 8
February 10 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall)
February 13
February 15
February 17 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill...
Class will meet on:
February 1
February 6
February 8
February 10 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill Hall)
February 13
February 15
February 17 - Lab (10:00-11:50am, 3117 Weill...
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being...
This course will introduce students to a range of communication strategies to move public policy forward in public policy areas from climate change to public education, health reform to anti-poverty...
The decisionmaking process for national security is a complex subject that involves the intersection of several factors to include the role of the President, the National Security Council,...
This course serves as an introduction to qualitative methods for MPP/MPA students. We will examine a range of qualitative methodological approaches, with special emphasis on observational and interview-based...
The decisionmaking process for national security is a complex subject that involves the intersection of several factors to include the role of the President, the National Security Council,...
This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two...
This course will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and...
This course examines U.S. social welfare programs and policies targeting the nonelderly poor, emphasizing what we know from social science research about the strengths and weaknesses and the intended and unintended effects of these...
