Courses Offered by Term: Current and Upcoming Academic Years
2026 - 2027 PBPL Course Listings
Summer 2026 Term
PBPL 47 / PSYC 54.08: Leadership, Professor John Jordan (10A)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Herbert Chang (10A)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
Fall 2026 Term
PBPL 44 / GOVT 37 / QSS 30.20: Election Polling, Professor Jason Barabas (11)
PBPL 40.03 / WGSS 66.33: Gender and Policy Leadership, Professor Anna Mahoney (2A)
PBPL 45: Introduction to Public Policy Research, Professor Kristin Smith (10A)
PBPL 82.09: The Supreme Court, Public Policy, and the Ethics of Legal Argument & Decision-making, Professor Julie Kalish (12)
PBPL 43: Social Entrepreneurship, Professor J. Katherine Milligan and Professor Curt Welling (3B)
PBPL 25 / GOVT 30.16: The Politics of Climate Change, Professor Jennifer Jerit (2)
PBPL 82.01 / GOVT 85.12: Military Statecraft in International Relations, Professor Daryl Press (2A)
PBPL84.03 / QSS 30.25: Science, Statistics, and Health Communication, Professor Steven Woloshin (3B)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Keng-Chi Chang (10A)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
Winter 2027 Term
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Herschel Nachlis (10A)
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Herschel Nachlis (2A)
Policy Track or Policy Methods Course TBD, Professor TBD (new Postdoctoral Fellow)
PBPL 27.02 / LACS 40.03: Comparative Borderlands in the Americas, Professor Jorge Cuéllar
PBPL 81.10 / GOVT 86.57: From Jeff Bezos to LeBron James: The Politics of Philanthropy, Professor Amy Schiller (6B)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
Spring 2027 Term
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Samuel Williams
PBPL 41: Writing and Speaking Public Policy, Professor Julie Kalish
PBPL82.12 / GOVT83.35: Inequality and U.S. Social Welfare Policy, Professor Naomi Nubin-Sellers
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Keng-Chi Chang
PBPL 27 / GOVT 30.12 / EDUC 35: Who Gets In? College Admissions Post Affirmative Action, Professor Melissa Herman
PBPL 81.05 / SOC 55: Poverty and Public Policy in the U.S., Professor Casey Stockstill
PBPL 29 / GOVT 20.13 / SOCY 79.14: Growth and Its Critics, Professor Henry Clark
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)