PUBPOL at Cornell University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. PUBPOL 2101Statistics for Public Policy
  2. PUBPOL 3100Multiple Regression Analysis
• 1. PUBPOL 2100Introduction to Statistics
  2. PUBPOL 3120Research Design, Practice, and Policy

A suggested order for the 88 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PUBPOL coursework.

• PUBPOL 2000Intermediate Microeconomicsopens 16 courses (16 directly)
• PUBPOL 3100Multiple Regression Analysisopens 10 courses (10 directly)
• ECON 3030Intermediate Microeconomic Theoryopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• PUBPOL 3120Research Design, Practice, and Policyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PUBPOL 6090Empirical Strategies for Policy Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PUBPOL work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 88 PUBPOL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 273 more PUBPOL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PUBPOL, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PUBPOL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PUBPOL 2040

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. PUBPOL 2000Intermediate Microeconomics
  3. PUBPOL 2040Economics of the Public Sector

• 3 courses deep, ending at PUBPOL 3130

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. ECON 3030Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  3. PUBPOL 3130Behavioral Economics and Public Policy

• 3 courses deep, ending at PUBPOL 3520

  1. PUBPOL 2101Statistics for Public Policy
  2. PUBPOL 3100Multiple Regression Analysis
  3. PUBPOL 3520Economic and Policy Implications of Artificial Intelligence

• 3 courses deep, ending at PUBPOL 4980

  1. PUBPOL 2100Introduction to Statistics
  2. PUBPOL 3120Research Design, Practice, and Policy
  3. PUBPOL 4980Honors Seminar

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on PUBPOL sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Adam Seth Litwin
• Adriana Reyes
• Alan Mathios
• Alexandra Dufresne
• Amanda Agan
• Amy Miller Knudson
• Anne Byrne
• Anthony Sanor
• Aubryn Sidle
• Averell Schmidt
• Brooke Hollis
• Christie Avgar
• Colin Wasiloff
• Colleen Carey
• Cristobal Young
• Dan Lamb
• Daniel Manne
• David Silbey
• Douglas Miller
• Fikri Pitsuwan
• Gavin Mosley
• Jacob Lehman
• John Tracey
• Julie Carmalt
• Julie Ficarra
• Karan Girotra
• Karima Mariama-Arthur
• Kasey Tarantino
• Kelly Musick
• Kristen Underhill
• Latasha Austin-Williams
• Laura Tach
• Laurie Miller
• Laurie Sprung
• Matthew Geiszler
• Matthew Hall
• Maureen Waller
• Max Kapustin
• Michael Richards
• Michelle Gardner
• + 25 more

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PUBPOL yet.

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Department events

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