2010

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...

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...

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

This course examines a number of popular approaches to education reform, using an economic lens to understand the theoretical rationale and potential impact of...

This course will explore the global issues of illegal drugs, crime and terrorism. Course content emphasizes policy options, formulation and implementation, and the tools and skills needed to produce effective recommendations for decision...

Students will critically examine successes and failures in health care reform in the United States over the last...

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

The aim of this course is to introduce students to topical issues in science and technology policy. The course will meet weekly for a formal...

During the twentieth century, the U.S. both saw the development of a social welfare system to serve nonelderly families and a subsequent dramatic overhaul of the cash welfare part of that...

This course examines the interaction of politics and policymaking at the state...

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...

The nonprofit sector has emerged as one of the cornerstones of American society, and yet remains very much a work in...

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines,...

There is no policy without victory. More precisely, well-planned and well-executed political campaigns win elections and make governing...

An analysis, from the business and government policy perspectives, of some of the largest government programs that shape the economic...

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 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 aims to teach students how to use and conduct benefit-cost analysis. To do this, students must possess the ability to model economic behavior in the real...

This course teaches students the basic tools of macroeconomics and how to apply them to real world economic...

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

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

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...