Courses

The Salem Center sponsors courses that help students become data-literate.

Highlighted Courses

A look into the Salem Center learning experience.

Policy Research Laboratory

Offered by application only in Fall 2021.

USG 303 – Trade-offs, Incentives/Data

Offered in Fall 2021.

Fall 2021 Courses

Join the Salem Center learning experience.

Every semester, the Salem Center offers a variety of courses taught by fellows and scholars that work in the Center. Take a quick glance below to see which of the many courses are being taught this semester.

Undergrad Courses Graduate Courses

Policy Research Laboratory

The goal of the course is to train the students with the programming, applied mathematics, and economics tools needed to participate in cutting-edge policy research.

Instructor: T.J. Canann

UGS 303 – Trade-Offs, Incentives/Data

This course will explore the areas of economics, data, and statistics in order to understand how to better make decisions.

Instructor: Carlos Carvalho, Greg Salmieri, Steven Rashin

Technology Policy

This course explores the development and evolution of public policy towards technology and the economic and societal themes that animate this trajectory.

Instructor: Thomas W. Gilligan

Security Market Policy Course

Students will analyze and understand the underlying motivations for financial market regulation and the tradeoffs regulators face when making policy choices.

Instructor: Scott Bauguess