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Courses / Schools

School / Spring 2027

Sanford School of Public Policy

Graduate public policy courses, including a long list of special topics taught by former officials and practitioners.

open courses
46
departments
1
open seats
1,012

Top skills

Notable faculty teaching

  • Marc Groman
    Senior Advisor for Privacy in the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Obama; the FTC's first Chief Privacy Officer. PUBPOL 590-1-01. Source
  • Gary Gereffi
    Founding director of Duke's Global Value Chains Center and an originator of the global value chains framework. PUBPOL 790-05. Source
  • Patrick Duddy
    Former US Ambassador to Venezuela. PUBPOL 890-11. Source

Courses

46 courses

Cross-listed codes share one row, each special topic gets its own, and independent study stays hidden unless you ask for it.

PUBPOL 890-11Notable facultySpecial topic

Evolving Security Issues in the Western Hemisphere

Patrick Duddy

One of ten topics under PUBPOL 890, taught by a former US Ambassador to Venezuela.

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 7:30 to 8:45 pm
3 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 590-1-01Notable facultySpecial topic

Cybersecurity, Risk & Incident Response

Marc Groman

Cyber incident response with the person who ran federal privacy policy at the White House.

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 15 seats open
PUBPOL 790-05Notable facultySpecial topic

Global Value Chain Analysis

Danny W. Hamrick, Gary Gereffi

Global value chain analysis, co-taught by one of the people who built the framework.

policy and lawresearch methods2/5
Sanford · Graduate
TuTh 3:05 to 4:20 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 830-03Special topic

Negotiations

Matthew P. Haskins

negotiationpolicy and law3/5
Sanford · Graduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
1.5 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-03Special topic

Immigration Poli, Past & Pres

Hannah Melissa Postel

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-05Special topic

Leading Health Care Orgs

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 10:05 am to 12:35 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-06Special topic

Pub Pol/Opportunity in U.S.`

Deondra E. Rose

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
MoWe 1:25 to 2:40 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-07Special topic

Politics of Credit and Debt

Mallory Elizabeth SoRelle

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
MoWe 1:25 to 2:40 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-08Special topic

Community Matters

Christopher John Coome

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
We 11:45 am to 2:15 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 590S-09Special topic

How Cities Make Policy

Matthew S. Johnson

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
We 8:45 to 11:15 am
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 790-03Special topic

Applied Tax Policy

Sebastian James

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 790-06Special topic

Technology Policy & Trade

Laura R. Sallstrom

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
We 8:45 to 11:15 am
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 830-02Special topic

The Uses of Polling

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
1.5 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 890-04Special topic

Partners and Proxies

Thomas W. Ross

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 7:30 to 8:45 pm
3 units · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 890-07Special topic

Education, Law, and Policy

Suzanne J. Wasiolek

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Tu 3:20 to 5:50 pm
3 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 890-09Special topic

The Future of Work

Matthew S. Johnson

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
MoWe 1:25 to 2:40 pm
3 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 890-10Special topic

Food Policy

Norbert L. Wilson

policy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Th 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 890-12Special topic

Advocacy and Lobbying

Penny J. Fleming

public speakingpolicy and law1/5
Sanford · Graduate
TuTh 3:05 to 4:20 pm
3 units · 20 seats open
PUBPOL 789-01

Rotary Capstone Workshop

Catherine Admay

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Fr 1:40 to 4:10 pm
1 unit · 12 seats open
PUBPOL 789-03

Leading in Volatile Envrns

Paul E. Weisenfeld

policy and law2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Fr 10:05 to 11:20 am
1 unit · 18 seats open
PUBPOL 853

Data Visualization

data and statisticspolicy and lawprogrammingdesign2/5
Sanford · Graduate
Mo 4:40 to 7:10 pm
3 units · 30 seats open
PUBPOL 804

Policy Analysis II

Anne Louise Washington, Celina Maya Scott-Buechler, Kenneth S. Rogerson

policy and lawpublic speaking1/5
Sanford · Graduate
MoWe 10:05 to 11:20 am
3 units · 65 seats open
PUBPOL 813

Quantitative Evaluation Methods

Robyn Christine Meeks

data and statisticsfinancepolicy and lawresearch methods1/5
Sanford · Graduate
Fr 8:30 to 9:45 am
3 units · 42 seats open