The Core is how you build your policy “toolbox”- the multidisciplinary set of tools and perspectives, including logic and ethics, organizational behavior, research techniques, political processes, and integrative and analytical skills that each of you will graduate with. The Core concludes with Policy Task Force, a two semester class in which you will work in teams for a client to design and execute a substantial research project. Most classes have prerequisites, and it is to your benefit to plan your schedule carefully from semester to semester.