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TBTN 4993 - Independent Study in Tibetan
Independent Study in Tibetan
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Credits: 1 to 3
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TURK 1010 - Elementary Turkish I
Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Turkish. TURK 1010 and TURK 1020 enable students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., greeting, narrating, describing, ordering, comparing and contrasting, and apologizing). Five class hours per week. Followed by TURK 1020.
Credits: 4
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TURK 1020 - Elementary Turkish II
Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Turkish. TURK 1010 and TURK 1020 enable students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., greeting, narrating, describing, ordering, comparing and contrasting, and apologizing). Five class hours per week. Followed by TURK 2010.
Credits: 4
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TURK 2010 - Intermediate Turkish I
Further develops the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Turkish. TURK 2010 enables students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present, past and future activities, and expressing hopes, desires, and requests). Students also read journalistic and literary selections designed for Turkish speakers. Four class hours. Followed by TURK 2020. Prerequisite: C or better in TURK 1020, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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TURK 2020 - Intermediate Turkish II
Further develops the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Turkish. TURK 2020 enables students to successfully perform linguistic tasks that allow them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g., narrating present, past and future activities, and expressing hopes, desires, and requests). Students also read journalistic and literary selections designed for Turkish speakers. Four class hours. Prerequisite: C or better in TURK 2010, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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TURK 4993 - Independent Study in Turkish
Provides advanced students the opportunity to further develop their communication and reading skills in Turkish.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Ukrainian |
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UKR 1210 - Introduction to Ukrainian Language
Introduces students to the essentials of Ukrainian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended.
Credits: 3
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UKR 1220 - Introduction to Ukrainian Language
Introduces students to the essentials of Ukrainian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended.
Credits: 3
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United States History |
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HIUS 1501 - Introductory Seminar in U.S. History
Introduces the study of history intended for first- or second-year students. Seminars involve reading, discussing, and writing about different historical topics and periods, and emphasize the enhancement of critical and communication skills. Several seminars are offered each term. Not more than two Introductory Seminars may be counted toward the major in history.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 1559 - New Course in United States History
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 1 to 4
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HIUS 2001 - American History to 1865
Studies the development of the colonies and their institutions, the Revolution, the formation and organization of the Republic, and the coming of the Civil War.
Credits: 4
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HIUS 2002 - American History Since 1865
Studies the evolution of political, social, and cultural history of the United States from 1865 to the present.
Credits: 4
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HIUS 2051 - United States Military History 1600-1900
Military events and developments from the colonial period through the war with Spain in 1898. Major topics include the debate over the role of the military in a free society, the interaction between the military and civilian spheres, and the development of a professional army and navy.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2061 - American Economic History
Studies American economic history from its colonial origins to the present. Cross-listed as ECON 2060.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2071 - American Power and Energies - A History of the United States
America today is a high-energy society. For over a century, the United States has also wielded vast economic, political, and military power. How do energy sources relate to social, corporate, or political power? This course examines that question across the history of the United States. It draws from political, business, technological, and environmental history to chart the growth, effects, and limits of power in its varied forms.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2081 - Making the Machine Age: Technology in American Society, 1890-1990
Social history of American technology in the twentieth century. Primarily concerned with the interplay between society and technology. Historical perspectives on the causes of technological change and the ways in which technologies extend or upset centers of social power and influence.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2121 - Political History of Housework
Political History of Housework
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2401 - History of American Catholicism
Historical survey of American Catholicism from its colonial beginnings to the present. Cross-listed as RELC 2401.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 2559 - New Course in United States History
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 1 to 4
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HIUS 2711 - American Environmental History
Explores the historical relationship between people and the environment in North America from colonial times to the present. Topics include the role of culture, economics, politics, and technology in that relationship. Cross-listed as STS 206. Prerequisite: First-year writing course (e.g., STS 101, ENWR 110).
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3011 - The Colonial Period of American History
Studies the English background and the development of colonial institutions, political, social, economic and ecclesiastical.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3031 - The Era of the American Revolution
Studies the growth of ideas and institutions that led to American independence, the creation of a union, and a distinct culture.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3051 - The Age of Jefferson and Jackson, 1789-1845
Studies the history of the United States during the early national and middle periods, including political, constitutional, social and economic developments as well as the westward movement.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3071 - The Coming of the Civil War
Examines the period from roughly 1815 to 1861 focusing on the interaction between the developing sectional conflict and the evolving political system, with the view of explaining what caused the Civil War.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3072 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
Examines the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction in detail and attempts to assess their impact on 19th century American society, both in the North and in the South.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3111 - The United States in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
Studies the transformation of American society under the impact of industrialization, from 1870 to 1900. Examines how capitalists, workers, farmers, and the middle class attempted to shape the new industrial society to their own purposes and visions. Focuses on social and cultural experience and politics.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3131 - The Emergence of Modern America, 1870-1930
Analyzes the distinct characteristics of American modernity as they emerge in the period from the end of reconstruction to the Great Depression. Explores the creation of big business and large-scale bureaucratic organizations. Includes the first military-industrial complex of World War I, the invention of R & D, the growth of research universities, and the modern organization of knowledge. Describes the landscape of new large urban hinterlands; analyzes the difficult encounters of class, ethnicity, race, and gender both at home and at work; and studies the changing leisure patterns of a consumer culture.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3141 - Civil Society in Twentieth Century U.S.
Tocqueville famously described the U.S. of the 1830s as a society of voluntary associaitons in a weak state. In the 21st century, commentators point instead to the weight of big government. How did a diverse American civil society of associations, churches, noprofit organizations, and philanthropic institutions approach the great conflicts of the twentieth century at home and abroad? What kind of partnership with government did they have?
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3151 - United States Society and Politics, 1900-1945
The development of modern America is explored by considering the growing interdependence between its politics, economy, culture, and social structure in the first half of the 20th century.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3161 - Viewing America, 1940 to 1980
Built around news reels, photographs, television, films, and reviews, this course explores how Americans viewed some of the major events and trends in the post-war period.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3162 - Digitizing America
This class will explore the history of the United States from 1980 to the present through the lens of the information revolution that occurred during this period. We will examine the origins of the technological changes like the mainframe computer, merged media, the emergence of the internet, and the impact that they had on the economy, politics and social interaction.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3171 - United States Society and Politics, 1945-1990
Surveys post World War II U.S. politics uncovering the links between long range social and economic phenomenon (suburbanization, decline of agricultural employment, the rise and fall of the labor movement, black urbanization and proletarianization, economic society and insecurity within the middle class, the changing structure of multinational business) and the more obvious political movements, election results, and state policies of the last half century.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3182 - Politics of Health Care in America: History, Policy, and Society
This course will examine the history of health care in the United States. The course will focus on the intersection of public policy with medical practice and institutional development, as well as on changes in societal conceptions of health. We will explore the role of physicians, patients, the state, the private sector, and hospitals and other institutions in the development and operation of the U.S. health care system.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3191 - American Jewish History
This course examines the 350-year history of the Jewish people in colonial North American and the United States. It surveys the social, religious, cultural, and political life of Jews and the comparative dimension with other minority groups and Jewish communities across the world.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3231 - Rise and Fall of the Slave South
A history of the American South from the arrival of the first English settlers through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Cross-listed with AAS 323.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3232 - The South in the Twentieth Century
Studies the history of the South from 1900 to the present focusing on class structure, race relations, cultural traditions, and the question of southern identity.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3261 - The Trans-Mississippi West
Studies economic, social, and cultural history of the Far West from the Mexican War to World War II. Focuses on continuity and change in the region’s history and the social experience of its peoples from the era of conquest, migration, and settlement to the era of agribusiness, Hollywood, and national park tourism.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3281 - History of Virginia to 1865
Studies the development of colonial institutions as influenced by frontier conditions and British policy and culture. A survey of Virginia history from colonial times to 1865.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3282 - History of Virginia since 1865
Studies the social, economic, and political development of modern Virginia from the Civil War to present. Focuses on Virginia identity and institutions, race relations, and class structures.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3301 - The History of UVa in the Twentieth Century
Studies the local, regional, and national trends effecting higher education, relating these trends specifically to the University of Virginia. Students are active participants in recovering the institution’s history through oral interviews with alumni, faculty, and administrators and through serious archival work.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3401 - Development of American Science
Studies the history of the development of American science from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the process of the professionalization of American science and on the relationships between the emergent scientific community and such concerns as higher education and the government.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3411 - American Business
Surveys the rise of the modern corporate form of American business and an analysis of the underlying factors which shaped that development.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3451 - History of Urban America
Studies the evolution of the American city from colonial times to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasizes both the physical growth of the system of cities and the development of an urban culture, including comparisons with European and Asian cities.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3452 - History of Urban America
Studies the evolution of the American city from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. Emphasizes both the physical growth of the system of cities and the development of an urban culture, including comparisons with European and Asian cities.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3453 - Work, Poverty, and Welfare: 20th Century U.S. Social Policy History
The historical relationship between work, poverty, and the development of social policy in the United States during the 20th century, with a focus on the structure of the workplace, the role of the state, poverty, and the interaction of these and other factors in shaping social policy.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3455 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations to 1914
Studies American foreign relations from colonial times to 1914.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3456 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1914
Studies American foreign relations from 1914 to the present.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3471 - History of American Labor
Surveys American labor in terms of the changing nature of work and its effect on working men, women, and children. Emphasizes social and cultural responses to such changes, as well as the organized labor movement.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3481 - American Social History to 1870
Topics include demographic change, the emergence of regional social orders, the shaping of American religion, the impact of the industrial revolution, and the development of important elites.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3482 - United States Social History Since 1870
Topics include the development of a predominantly urban society, with particular emphasis on sources of stability, class and stratification, ethnic patterns, religious identities, social elites, and education.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3491 - Rural Poverty in Our Time
This course will use an interdisciplinary format and document based approach to explore the history of non-urban poverty in the US South from the 1930s to the present. Weaving together the social histories of poor people, the political history of poverty policies, and the history of representations of poverty, the course follows historical cycles of attention and neglect during the Great Depression, the War on Poverty, and the present.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3559 - New Course in United States History
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3611 - History of Women in America, 1600 - 1865
Studies the evolution of women’s roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3612 - History of Women in America, 1865 to Present
Studies the evolution of women’s roles in American society with particular attention to the experiences of women of different races, classes, and ethnic groups.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3641 - American Indian History
From the post-Ice Age migrations to the Americas to current developments in tribal sovereignty, this survey course will include such topics as mutually beneficial trade and diplomatic relations between Natives and newcomers; the politics of empire; U.S. expansion; treaties and land dispossession; ecological, demographic, and social change; pan-Indian movements; and legal and political activism.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3651 - Afro-American History to 1865
Studies the history of black Americans from the introduction of slavery in America to the end of the Civil War.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3652 - Afro-American History Since 1865
Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3671 - History of the Civil Rights Movement
Examines the history of the southern Civil Rights movement. Studies the civil rights movement’s philosophies, tactics, events, personalities, and consequences, beginning in 1900, but concentrating heavily on the activist years between 1955 and 1968.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3752 - The History of Early American Law
Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the colonial settlements to the Civil War. Focuses on legal change, constitutional law, legislation, and the common law from 1776 to 1860.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3753 - The History of Modern American Law
Studies the major developments in American law, politics, and society from the era of Reconstruction to the recent past. Focuses on legal change as well as constitutional law, legislation, and the common law.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3756 - American Legal Thought since 1880
A survey of American legal thought from Holmes to Posner. Emphasizes theories of property, contract, tort, corporations and administrative law in Legal Realism, Legal Process Jurisprudence, Law and Economics, and Critical Legal Studies.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3851 - Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States to 1865
Analyzes the traditions of thought and belief in relation to significant historical events and cultural changes from the 17th century to the Civil War.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 3852 - Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States since 1865
Analyzes the main traditions of thought and belief in the relationship to significant historical events and cultural changes from the Civil War to the present.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 4150 - Salem Witch Trials: History and Literature
The seminar will examine the historical scholarship, literary fiction, and primary source materials relating to the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692 and enable students to work with all the original sources. Prerequisites: Restricted to Religious Studies, American Studies, English, SWAG, and History Majors.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 4501 - Seminar in United States History
The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pp. in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.
Credits: 4
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HIUS 4511 - Colloquium in United States History
The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work distributed among various assignments. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies.
Credits: 4
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HIUS 4559 - New Course in United States History
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 1 to 4
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HIUS 4591 - Topics in United States History
Topics courses are small, discussion-oriented classes available to any student with sufficient background and interest in a particular field of historical study. Offered irregularly, they are open to majors or non-majors on an equal basis. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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HIUS 4993 - Independent Study in United States History
In exceptional circumstances and with permission of a faculty member any student may undertake a rigorous program of independent study designed to explore a subject not currently being taught or to expand upon regular offerings. Independent Study projects may not be used to replace regularly scheduled classes. Enrollment is open to majors or non-majors. Note: These courses are open only to Human Biology majors.
Credits: 1 to 3
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University Seminar |
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USEM 1570 - University Seminar
Consult the University Seminars web page at www.virginia.edu/provost/USEMS.html for specific descriptions.
Credits: 2 to 3
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USEM 1580 - University Seminar
Consult the University Seminars web page at www.virginia.edu/provost/USEMS.html for specific descriptions.
Credits: 2 to 3
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Urban and Environmental Planning |
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PLAN 1030 - Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning
Analyzes community and environmental planning in the United States; the planning process; and sustainable communities.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 2020 - Planning Design
Studies the principles of design; the architecture of cities and urban design; perception of space and visual analysis; graphic presentation, including mapping techniques; and inventories, information storage, retrieval and use.
Credits: 4
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PLAN 2110 - Digital Visualization for Planners
Digital technology for representing and analyzing planning data will include photo-editing, web page design, geographic information system mapping, spreadsheet modeling, and document layout and production. The major emphasis will be on two- and three- dimensional representation of spaces common to planning: streetscape, neighborhoods, communities and regions. Representation of the past, the present and prospective futures to both professional and citizen audiences will receive critical attention.
Credits: 4
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PLAN 2500 - Special Topics in Planning
Topical offerings in planning.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PLAN 3030 - Neighborhoods, Community and Regions
Explores theories and concepts of economic, social, and cultural forces that influence urban and regional spatial structure.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 3050 - Planning Methods
Analyzes methods used in quantitative and qualitative investigations of urban and regional settings for planning purposes.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 3060 - Law, Land and the Environment
This course will introduce major legal issues surrounding land-use and environmental issues, focusing on the most notable U.S. Supreme Court decisions related to land use and environmental law, as well as the legal framework for land use law and environmental law.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 3140 - Design Themes of Great Cities
This course discusses the design qualities of the world’s great cities. Each session focuses on the defining characteristics of different cities such as their natural settings, public spaces, transportation systems, types of buildings, and everyday details.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 3250 - Mediation Theory and Skills
Examines both the theory and practice of public involvement in planning. Explores the planner’s responsibility to the public and techniques for effective engagement.
Credits: 1
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PLAN 3310 - History of Cities and Planning
An overview of the planning profession with emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century American urban history.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 3500 - Special Topics in Planning
Topical offerings in planning.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PLAN 3640 - Town Design
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ‘good’ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 4040 - Planning in Government
Examines the role of planning in government decision-making. Focuses on local government, but intergovernmental aspects of planning that influence local decisions are also stressed. Studies planning processes, such as transportation, community development, and social planning.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 4500 - Special Topics in Planning
Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, and independent study.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 4510 - J-Term Courses
January Term courses provide students with unique opportunities: new courses that address topics of current interest, study abroad programs, undergraduate research seminars, and interdisciplinary courses. The intensive format of “J-term” classes encourages extensive student-faculty contact and allows students and faculty to immerse he topics of “J-term” courses change each semester and offer focused study, often related travel or current events.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 4800 - Professional Practice
Structured internship experience and reporting as a reflective practitioner for ten weeks or 200 hours of experience.
Credits: 1 to 3
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PLAN 4993 - Independent Study
Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, and independent study.
Credits: 1 to 4
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PLAN 4999 - Planning Senior Project
Note: Third- and fourth-year undergraduate students may, with instructor permission, enroll in selected 5000-level courses.
Credits: 3
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Urdu |
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URDU 2010 - Intermediate Urdu
Introduces various types of written and spoken Urdu; vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax; and conversation. Prerequisite: for URDU 201: HIND 102 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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URDU 2020 - Intermediate Urdu
Prerequisite: for URDU 2020: URDU 2010 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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URDU 3010 - Advanced Urdu I
This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Pre-requisites: URDU 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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URDU 3020 - Advanced Urdu II
This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Pre-requisites: URDU 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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URDU 3559 - New Course in Urdu
This course is to allow 3000-level new courses in Urdu to be taught for one semester.
Credits: 3
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URDU 4993 - Independent Study in Urdu
Independent Study in Urdu
Credits: 1 to 3
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YIDD 1050 - Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture
For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses.
Credits: 3
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YIDD 1060 - Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture
Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture
Credits: 3
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YIDD 1559 - New Course in Yiddish
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Yiddish.
Credits: 1 to 4
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YIDD 2559 - New Course in Yiddish
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Yiddish.
Credits: 1 to 4
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Yiddish in Translation |
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YITR 3452 - Jewish Culture and History in Eastern Europe
Studies major trends in Yiddish, East European, and North American Jewish culture, with special focus on the interaction between cultural forms and historical developments in Eastern Europe and North American. Topics vary.
Credits: 3
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