2024 - 2025 PBPL Course Listings (Active)
SUMMER 2024
Many Summer 2024 courses being offered around the College feature public policy-related components, and can be counted toward the Minor's flexible "Policy Track" course requirements.
To get a sense of what may satisfy this requirement of the Minor, please read over the Minor's flexible requirements here. If you have questions, please reach out to Professor Herschel Nachlis.
FALL 2024
PBPL 24 / GOVT 30.17: The 2024 Election, Professor Russ Muirhead, Professor Herschel Nachlis, and Professor Bill Wohlforth (2A)
PBPL 44 / GOVT 37 / QSS 30.20: Election Polling, Professor Jason Barabas (10)
PBPL 45: Introduction to Public Policy Research, Professor Kristin Smith (2A)
PBPL 82.09: The Supreme Court, Public Policy, and the Ethics of Legal Argument & Decision-making, Professor Julie Kalish (12)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Herbert Chang (10A)
PBPL 47 / PSYC 54.08: Leadership, Professor John Jordan (2A)
PBPL 53 / GOVT 20.11 Entrepreneurship Workshop, Professor Bernard Avishai (2A)
PBPL 82.01 / GOVT 85.12: Military Statecraft in International Relations, Professor Daryl Press (2A)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
WINTER 2025
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Herschel Nachlis (two sections - 11 & 12)
PBPL 10: Statistical Analysis for Public Policy, Professor Kristin Smith (10A)
PBPL 27 / GOVT 30.12 / EDUC 35: Affirmative Action in Higher Education, Professor Melissa Herman (10A)
PBPL 40.03 / WGSS 66.33: Gender and Policy Leadership, Professor Anna Mahoney (time TBD)
PBPL 87 / GOVT 84.43: Punishment, Inequality, and Political Economy, Professor Elizabeth Pfeffer (10A)
PBPL 84.02 / ECON 41: Health Economics and Policy, Professor Carrie Colla (time TBD)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
SPRING 2025
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Jason Barabas (time TBD)
PBPL 26 / GOVT 30.14: Health Politics and Policy, Professor Ben Carter (time TBD)
PBPL 41: Writing and Speaking Public Policy, Professor Julie Kalish (2A)
PBPL 42 / GOVT 60.04: Ethics and Public Policy, Professor Julie Rose (2 sections, 12 & 2)
PBPL 22 / ECON 16: Regulation, Professor John Welborn (6B)
PBPL 23 / GOVT 30.04: Political Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories, Professor Brendan Nyhan (10A)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Herbert Chang (10A)
PBPL 81.05 / SOC 55: Poverty and Public Policy in the U.S., Professor Casey Stockstill (time TBD)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)