Courses Offered by Term: Current and Upcoming Academic Years
2025 - 2026 PBPL Course Listings (Academic Year Complete 06/30/26)
SUMMER 2025 (Term Complete)
PBPL 81.05 / SOCY 055: Poverty & Public Policy in the US, Professor Casey Stockstill (2A)
FALL 2025 (Term Complete)
PBPL 44 / GOVT 37 / QSS 30.20: Election Polling, Professor Jason Barabas (9L)
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 29 / GOVT 20.13 / SOCY 79.14: Growth and Its Critics, Professor Henry Clark (2)
PBPL 83.01 / GOVT 83.28: Persuasion & the Policy Process, Professor Jennifer Jerit (3A)
PBPL 52.04 / PSYC 52.04: Adolescent Risk Behavior & Policy - Corporate and Environmental Influences, Professors James Sargent and Mitch Zeller (2A)
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 2026 (Term Complete)
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Herschel Nachlis (10A and 2A; two sections; sign up for course Waitlists here)
PBPL 20 / EDUC 20, Educational Issues in Contemporary Society, Professor Samuel Williams (10A)
PBPL 40.03 / WGSS 66.33: Gender and Policy Leadership, Professor Anna Mahoney (11)
PBPL 82.41 / GOVT 83.34: Rockefeller Republicans, Professor Jason Barabas (3A)
PBPL 84.05 / SOCY 061 / WGSS 33.05: Gender (In)equality at Work and Home, Professor Kristin Smith (10A)
PBPL 87 / GOVT 84.43: Punishment, Inequality, and Political Economy, Professor Elizabeth Pfeffer (10A)
PBPL 25 / GOVT 30.16: The Politics of Climate Change, Professor Jennifer Jerit (10)
PBPL 27.02 / LACS 40.03: Comparative Borderlands in the Americas, Professor Jorge Cuéllar (12)
PBPL 82.01 / GOVT 85.12: Military Statecraft in International Relations, Professor Daryl Press (2A)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Keng-Chi Chang (2A)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)
SPRING 2026 (Term Complete on 06/14/26)
PBPL 5 / GOVT 25: Introduction to Public Policy, Professor Jason Barabas (11)
PBPL 28 /GOVT 30.09: Law, Courts, and Judges, Professor Herschel Nachlis (10A)
PBPL 41: Writing and Speaking Public Policy, Professor Julie Kalish (2A)
PBPL 42 / GOVT 60.04: Ethics and Public Policy, Professor Julie Rose (2A)
PBPL84.12 / GOVT83.35: Inequality and U.S. Social Welfare Policy, Professor Naomi Nubin-Sellers (11)
PBPL 23 / GOVT 30.04: Political Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories, Professor Brendan Nyhan (10A)
PBPL 22 / ECON 16: Regulation, Professor John Welborn (6B)
PBPL 40.01 / QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing, Professor Herbert Chang (10A)
PBPL 81.10 / GOVT 86.57: Politics of Philanthropy, Professor Amy Schiller 3A)
PBPL84.03 / QSS 30.25: Science, Statistics, and Health Communication, Professor Steven Woloshin (10A)
PBPL 91: Independent Study in Public Policy (By Arrangement w/ Faculty)