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PSYC 4604 - Family Relations
Furthers an understanding of family functioning and its impact on human development and the adjustment of family members. Emphasizes understanding family theories, research findings, and learning to apply frequently used strategies and methods in the study of family relations. Prerequisite: Upper level major or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4605 - Research in Community Settings
This course provides advanced undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in a community-based research project with a local social service agency. We will investigate why low-income residents and agency personnel in communities are suspicious about researchers, how history and social science methods have contributed to the dynamics, and what this means for doing research in community settings. Prerequisite: PSYC 3006.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4606 - Cognitive Biases in Anxiety and Related Disorders
This course examines cognitive processing biases in anxiety and related disorders. To understand, for example, why a person with social anxiety sees only the one scowling face in a room full of smiles, we consider automatic processing of emotional information. The course critiques cutting-edge research on how these processes contribute to anxiety and related problems, and if it is important to change the processes to reduce psychopathology.
Prerequisite: Psyc 3410. 4th year Psyc majors/minors or COGS majors . Enrollment not allowed in more than one 4000-level or 5000-level class.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4650 - Oppression and Social Change
Oppression and Social Change focuses on an analysis of oppression, empowerment and liberation as defined within an ecological system perspective. Topics to be covered include discussion of racial, economic, sexual discrimination, individual and social alienation, and loss of self esteem. Moreover, the course considers the role of privilege in the maintenance of an oppressive schema.
Prerequisite: PSYC (who have never taken another Psyc 4000-level course), AAS or WGS major and 4th Year or Instructor Permission. Enrollment not allowed in more than one 4000-level or 5000-level PSYC course.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4670 - Psychology of the African-American Athlete
Psychology of the African-American Athlete
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4681 - Mobile Sensing and Health
This seminar style course is an exploration of emerging mobile sensing techniques in health including measuring and assessing health and behaviors, mHealth interventions, sensors and wearable technology, and computational / machine learning tools for learning from multimodal sensor data.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4682 - Mobile Technology in Mental Health Research
This course provides an introduction to research design and computational methods for non-invasive mental health monitoring using mobile devices such as phones and wearable computing. Students will gain a practical understanding of mobile monitoring approaches as they relate to mental health. Topics include estimating health status (e.g. mood) through mobility data, application design, mobile data mining, and emerging issues in mental health.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4690 - Self-Knowledge
Self-knowledge is the focus of countless self-help books, magazine articles, and faddish therapies. In this course we will examine self-knowledge from a scientific perspective, based on research in social, personality, cognitive, and developmental psychology.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4695 - Social Cognition and Social Change
This class will examine how research on social cognition –how people think in a social context– can be used to address a wide variety of personal and social problems. It will cover both basic research in social psychology and applied research designed to solve personal and social problems.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4700 - Flourishing
People are like plants: if you get the conditions just right, they will usually flourish. So what are those conditions? We will examine the latest research in social and positive psychology on love, work happiness and virtue. The course will involve several outside-of-class research projects and activities, including making yourself a better person. Prerequisite: PSYC 2600
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4720 - Psychology of Morality and Politics
Moral motives are all around us, but they are often hard to see because of our own moralism: we dismiss actions and people we disagree with as evil or misguided. The first part of this course will be a primer on moral psychology, including the evolutionary basis of human morality and its cultural diversity. Then we’ll move on to politics, partisanship, and the culture war; then finally, to terrorism.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4750 - Social Stigma
Examines the subjective experience of individuals whose social identity or social group memberships make them a target of prejudice. We will examine research and theory pertaining to how individuals interpret prejudice, how they cope with prejudice, and how prejudice affects their self-evaluations and behavior. A social psychological approach to understanding this problem will be emphasized. Prerequisite: PSYC 2600
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4755 - Social Neuroscience
A broad perspective on the expanding field of social neuroscience. A. Topics include but are not limited to social perception, social cognition, person perception, theory of mind, attitudes, and interpersonal processes. Emphasis on understanding the reciprocal interaction between brain function and everyday social behaviors.
Prerequisite: PSYC 2200 or BIOL 3050.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4870 - The Minority Family: A Psychological Inquiry
Examines the current state of research on minority families, focusing on the black family. Emphasizes comparing ‘deficit’ and ‘strength’ research paradigms. Prerequisite: PSYC 3006 and at least one course from each of the following groups: PSYC 2100, 2150 or 2300, and PSYC 2400, 2700 or 2600, and students in the Afro-American and African studies or studies in women and gender programs.
Credits: 3
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PSYC 4910 - Undergraduate Internship Programs Seminar
An internship placement arranged by the supervising faculty. Students work 10 to 20 hours per week in various community agencies, such as health care delivery, social services, or juvenile justice. Requires written reports, as well as regular class meetings with supervising faculty in order to analyze the internship experience, engage in specific skill training, and discuss assigned readings. Apply in February of third year. Prerequisite: Fourth-year psychology major with at least 14 credits in psychology, and instructor permission. S/U grading.
Credits: 4
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PSYC 4920 - Undergraduate Internship Programs Seminar
An internship placement arranged by the supervising faculty. Students work 10 to 20 hours per week in various community agencies, such as health care delivery, social services, or juvenile justice. Requires written reports, as well as regular class meetings with supervising faculty in order to analyze the internship experience, engage in specific skill training, and discuss assigned readings. Apply in February of third year. Required Labs.
Requisites: Fourth-year psychology major with at least 14 credits in psychology and instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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PSYC 4930 - Undergraduate Internship Program Supplement
Provides students in certain placements with the opportunity for a more in-depth and extensive internship program year. Background: some placements (e.g., with courts) demand 20 hours per week of field experience rather than the 10 in PSYC 4910, 4920. Simultaneous enrollment in this course provides appropriate credits for the additional 10 hours of field work. Corequisite: PSYC 4910, 4920; and instructor permission. S/U grading.
Credits: 2
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PSYC 4940 - Undergraduate Internship Program Supplement
Provides students in certain placements with the opportunity for a more in-depth and extensive internship program year. Background: some placements (e.g., with courts) demand 20 hours per week of field experience rather than the 10 in PSYC 4910, 4920. Simultaneous enrollment in this course provides appropriate credits for the additional 10 hours of field work. Corequisite: PSYC 4910, 4920; and instructor permission. S/U grading.
Credits: 2
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PSYC 4970 - Distinguished Major Thesis
A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. The thesis may be based on empirical research conducted by the student or a critical review or theoretical analysis of existing findings.
Prerequisite: Participants in the Distinguished Majors Program in Psychology.
Enrollment Requirement: You are required to register for PSYC 3870.
Credits: 0
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PSYC 4980 - Distinguished Major Thesis
A two-semester course in which the student prepares a thesis under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. The thesis may be based on empirical research conducted by the student or a critical review or theoretical analysis of existing findings. Prerequisite: Participants in the Distinguished Majors Program in Psychology.
Credits: 6
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PHS 2291 - Global Culture and Public Health
This course considers the forces that influence the distribution of health and illness in different societies, with attention to increasing global interconnectedness. We will examine the roles of individuals, institutions, communities, corporations and states in improving public health, asking how effective public health and development efforts to improve global health have been and how they might be re-imagined.
Credits: 3
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PHS 2810 - West Indies Health Care: Disaster Preparedness, St Kitts & Nevis
The participants in this course held in the West Indies, will study the fundamentals of emergency care and disaster preparedness through exploration of existing preparedness infrastructures in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3050 - Fundamentals of Public Health
Public health is multidisciplinary, universally relevant, & constantly evolving. In this survey course, we learn about past & current public health issues & explore the core disciplines of public health through a combination of lectures & small group discussion of documentaries & case studies. We develop an appreciation of how public health knowledge relates to our lives & learn about career opportunities.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3090 - Health Care Economics
Reviews principles of economics most relevant to analyzing changes in health care provision and applies those principles to current health care institutions and their performance, trends in health care service delivery, and methods of forecasting future trends.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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PHS 3095 - Health Policy in the United States - An Economic Perspective
This course uses an economic perspective to analyze the health policies and institutions that shape the health care system in the US. The consequences of current health care policies on health outcomes are discussed. The processes through which health policies are developed, implemented, and evaluated are analyzed.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3102 - Introduction to Public Health Research: Population Data Analysis
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge & skills needed to use population data to answer research questions. Students will utilize SPSS to access, evaluate, & interpret public health data. The course will give students an opportunity to generate hypotheses & variables to measure health problems. The course will also describe how the public health infrastructure is used to collect, process, maintain & disseminate data.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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PHS 3103 - Intro to Epidemiology:Case Studies on Hlthy Lifestyles & Disease Prevention
This undergraduate course provides an introduction to basic epidemiology concepts, including measures of frequency & association, study design, & methodological issues such as confounding. Students will use case studies & team projects, as well as literature reviews, to examine strategies for promoting healthy behavior & lifestyles & addressing such public health challenges as obesity & tobacco abuse.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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PHS 3104 - Introduction to Epidemiology: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
This course is an introduction to epidemiology at the undergraduate level. Using epidemiology as a framework, class participants are challenged to engage more thoughtfully with many of the big issues facing the world today. The course emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and the scientific method, collaboration in teams, and ethical principles and reasoning in this process.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3130 - Introduction to Health Research Methods
Much of what we know about human health & health-related behavior is based on quant & qual research. This course involves students in the research process from start to finish, including formulating a research question; conducting a background literature review; choosing a study design; developing data collection tools; recruiting a study population; collecting data; assuring data quality; analyzing data; & interpreting & presenting results.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3186 - Comparative Health Care Systems
Provides a background for students who may be interested in learning about challenges & opportunities for improvement in health status for citizens in all countries. Although at the operational level, each national system is unique, there are common characteristics that permeate the design & structure of most health care delivery sectors. The major health reform activities occurring in developed & developing countries will be highlighted.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3620 - Built Environment & Public Health: Local to Global
How do sidewalks, block parties, food deserts, and transit systems impact our health? This course maps the intersections between architecture, urban planning, and public health that shape the built environment, health and well being of our local and global communities. Lectures and learning applications will present the evidence and its limits on topics such as food security, age-friendly cities, obesity, social equity and vulnerable population.
Credits: 3
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PHS 3818 - UVA in the Dominican Republic: Dominican Public Health
Students will explore some of the basic tenets of global public health while experiencing the realities of life and public health during two weeks in the Dominican Republic. The course is comprised of 9 instructional modules. Course material will be enhanced through hands-on learning field trips and community service projects.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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PHS 3825 - Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations
Undoubtedly, we’ve made important advances in global health, but there’s still a long way to go. What factors determine health? What threats do we face today? What issues should we be working to change? We will explore these questions & more through a variety of interactive lectures & small group activities centered on 4 major themes: History & Trends, Determinants of Health, Culture, & Communication.
Credits: 3
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PHS 4016 - Human Factors Design for Community Health
We will draw on approaches from public health, medical informatics, and human factors engineering to answer these questions. We will explore how to create interventions that are grounded in theoretical perspectives and field-based assessments of patients needs and preferences. Our ultimate goal will be to create interventions that are useful and usable by patients and that ultimately support self-management and improve health outcomes.
Credits: 3
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PHS 4050 - Public Health Policy
Explores the legitimacy, design, & implementation of a variety of policies aiming to promote public health & reduce the social burden of disease & injury. Highlights the challenge posed by public health’s pop-based perspective to traditional ind-centered, autonomy-driven approaches to bioethics & const. law. Other themes center on conflicts between PH & pub morality & the relationship between PH and social justice.
Credits: 3
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PHS 4991 - Global Public Health Capstone
Explores topics in global public health and the myriad of governmental and non-governmental entities whose goal is to address and resolve problems encountered in global public health and synthesizes the student’s interdisciplinary studies in global public health, culminating in a Capstone Paper.
Credits: 3
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PHSE 4500 - Special Topics in Public Health Science Ethics
The Topics in Public Health Ethics are designed for fourth-year undergraduate students who have declared a minor, or an interdisciplinary major, in bioethics. These topics will focus on ethical issues in Healthcare Policy and Administration.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Public Policy - Analysis |
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LPPA 4240 - Research Methods and Data Analysis in Public Policy
This course will provide an overview of research methods and data analysis in public policy, integrating basic statistical modeling. The class will promote a critical understanding of what good research is, how people sometimes lie with statistics, and how flawed research can be identified, and an appreciation of the relationship between researchers and the rest of society, and how researchers can most suitably deal with the existence of skeptics
Credits: 3
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LPPA 4250 - Choice and Consequences: The Economics of Public Policy
This course uses basic models from microeconomics to understand how these decision makers will respond to policies and when voluntary actions in private markets may be expected to lead to suboptimal outcomes and hence the circumstances under which a collective decision to control or influence behavior might produce better outcomes than private choices.
Credits: 3
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Public Policy - Leadership |
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LPPL 3100 - Foundations of Behavioral Science
An overview of the fields of social psychology and behavioral science. We will explore behavioral research in basic social psychology, leadership and organizational behavior, and the ways in which social science methods and research are currently being used in public policy and to solve major societal problems. The ultimate goal is to teach students how to think like behavioral scientists.
Credits: 3
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LPPL 3210 - Introduction to Civic Leadership
Drawing on social science research, this course explores how public leaders contribute to problem identification, issue framing, policy adoption, crisis management, and organizational and societal change. The course will clarify the relationships among key concepts including leadership and followership, authority and influence, reciprocity and persuasion, and examine the role of contextual factors in shaping the strategies of 21st century leaders
Credits: 3
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LPPL 3260 - Value and Bias in Public Policy
This course moves beyond the traditional economic approach to public policy and explores the role of psychological analysis. Decision-making is not always rational, but involves various cognitive biases that can result in mistrust and prejudice, preference for avoidance of loss rather than maximization of gain, and overweighting of short-term outcomes.
Credits: 3
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LPPL 3450 - Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates
Course builds students’ skills in “the art of getting things done”. Students will establish the critical leadership & team-building competencies that distinguish highly effective leaders. We will introduce frameworks that will enhance student’s: resilience; team leadership skills; capacity for thriving in times of adversity; emotional intelligence; interpersonal skills (including conflict resolution & negotiation skills) & decision making.
Credits: 3
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LPPL 4225 - Leadership and Practice
In this seminar, the Meriwether Lewis Institute 3rd year cohort focuses its effort both on measurable impact on the University and personal growth as a leader. Using their project proposals as the vehicles for collective impact and personal growth, students will develop & advance their proposals, analyze course readings, engage one another on project challenges, and begin translating the leadership skills they are learning to the broader world.
Credits: 2
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LPPL 4745 - Leadership in Context
This course provides exposure to prevailing theories and principles of leadership with the goal of familiarizing students with leadership concepts in multiple contexts. Students will identify and evaluate the knowledge, skills, & values that different organizations and communities expect their leaders to possess. Through course readings, case studies, guest speakers and discussion, students reflect on what leadership roles will demand of them.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 3001 - Public Policy Writing Lab
Develops professional writing skills.
Credits: 1
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LPPP 3200 - Introduction to Public Policy
This course will introduce students to both the process of public policy and the tools of policy analysis. The first part examines the actors, institutions, and procedures involved in the adoption, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. The second part introduces students to the basic concepts and tools of policy analysis including problem definition, specification of alternatives, and solution analysis.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 3230 - Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century
This survey course that introduces students to the history, politics, and economic and social significance of the major challenges facing 21st century U.S. policymakers. Examples of topics that may be explored include: the federal deficit and debt, the rise of China and India, health care costs, climate policy, energy security, economic opportunity in an era of globalization, the future of public higher education, and U.S. foreign policy.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 3250 - Global Development Policy
The course introduces students to the theories, policies and policy debates relevant to developing and transition economies. It introduces standard theories of development economics and discusses of how current trends in the global economy challenge those theories and existing policies. We will focus on the macro and micro-economic challenges facing governments in developing countries and the international institutions that attempt to assist them
Credits: 3
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LPPP 3255 - Comparative Policy History
Course will survey the historical development of key public policy issues in cross-national perspective. What explains the similarities and differences in the content of the policy agendas across nations? Why do different nations often respond to similar problems in very different ways? Examples of issues that will be explored include health care, education, immigration, environment, and social policy.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 3500 - Special Topics in Social Entrepreneurship
Topical course in social entrepreneurship
Credits: 3
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LPPP 4200 - Institutional and Political Context of Public Policy
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the major policy-making institutions, and how does the current system of American governance compare with that of other advanced societies? This class will examine the key institutional and political actors in policymaking; focusing on the increasing fole of non-governmental institutions in problem solving.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 4210 - Integrating Ethics in Public Policy
This course explores how ethical considerations are integrated in public policy choices. How do legal, regulatory and political mechanisms facilitate or impede their integration? Can ethical concerns keep pace with disruptive technological change? We consider obstacles to informed ethical decision-making, including technical competence, and the challenge of addressing ethical concerns when society is divided by divergent viewpoints and values.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 4500 - Topics in Public Policy and Leadership
Topical courses in public policy and leadership
Credits: 1
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LPPP 4599 - Special Topics in Public Policy
This is an upper level topics course offered in the Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy
Credits: 3
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LPPP 4725 - NGOs in the Policy Arena
Since the 1960s, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations have played an increasingly central role in the domestic public policy arena. This class explores their involvement in the interpretation and implementation of federal policy, the coordination of policy solutions, and advocacy for the policies and populations they serve. Policy areas we may consider include poverty and social welfare; the environment; and civil and political rights.
Credits: 4
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LPPP 4991 - Capstone Seminar
Students will produce a report providing an analysis of the problem, the policy options available, and their action recommendations. Students will improve their ability to work in teams and hone their written and oral presentation skills.
Credits: 3
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LPPP 4993 - Independent Study
Independent study in the field of public policy and leadership.
Credits: 1 to 6
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LPPP 4999 - Independent Study
Independent study for international student studying abroad.
Credits: 1
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Public Policy - Substance |
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LPPS 3050 - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is an approach to creating system-level change through the application of entrepreneurial thinking to social ventures, non-profit organizations, government institutions, and NGOs to create economic, environmental, and social value for multiple stakeholders. In this course you will be introduced to a range of entrepreneurial approaches aimed at solving social problems - from the non-profit to the for-profit.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3225 - Conscious Social Change
An experiential learning course and social venture incubator integrating and applying contemplative practice, mindful leadership skills, conscious social change methodologies and social entrepreneurship frameworks in the development of new ideas to solve local and global social issues. The course provides future change leaders with the skills to invest in their own self-understanding and initiate social change with impact at home and abroad.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3235 - International Public Policy
This course examines how public problems are defined, how different policy solutions are crafted, and the ways in which we judge their effec¬tiveness in the U.S. and around the world. We will use the countries we visit to illustrate the different ways that countries craft public policies, why they do so, and what the tradeoffs and consequences are.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3240 - Counter-Terrorism and the Role of Intelligence
Explores the various ways our federal government, primarily the DoJ & the FBI, have responded to the threat of terrorism, in the US & abroad. The modern terrorist threat, electronic surveillance authorities, US detention authority, terrorist debriefing, cooperating witnesses in terrorism cases, enhanced interrogation techniques, the differences between the intelligence & law enforcement approaches and other topics will be covered.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3241 - Science and Technology Policy for Interns
This course is designed to prepare undergraduates for internships in science and technology policy. In the longer term, it aims to develop future leaders in science and technology, inside and outside of government, by equipping students with knowledge and skills in public policy. Enrollment is limited to Instructor permission. Students are strongly encouraged to find an internship in the Summer, but this is not required.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3270 - Comparative Social Policy
This course examines social policy in the high-income countries of Western Europe, North America, and Australasia. Using a number of frames to define social citizenship, we will consider the scope of the welfare state in advanced economies. In particular, this will include considering the policies that affect the decisions of young adults: from employment, to forming a family, to acquiring housing.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3290 - Social Innovation in Emerging Markets: India and South East Asia
This is an introductory course, aimed at exposing students to modern Indian and South Asian society, culture, business and policy through a variety of materials. The course may be particularly important due to the rising stature and importance of India and more generally, South Asia, in the global economy.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3295 - Global Humanitarian Crises Response
Course will look at critical questions defining global humanitarian action and policy. The inability to deliver aid inside Syria, record refugee flows, drought in Ethiopia, brutal conflict in Yemen, are only some of today’s crises. Using historical and critical analysis, case studies, and insights from guest speakers, the foundations, dilemmas, and operations of humanitarian aid will be explored.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3410 - Innovation and Social Impact
This course introduces students to the strategies and processes required in the contemporary economy to leverage innovation in order to maintain overall competitiveness and make a difference. Students will examine several firms, and individuals who have catalyzed positive social change through different organizational platforms in the market, in government, within the nonprofit sector, and increasingly in the space between these three sectors.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3415 - Sci, Eng, Tech for National Security & Leadership
Science, engineering and technology (SET) are seminal assets for economic growth, social progress, innovation and national security. Global challenges impact national security and leaders must be conversant about SET to develop related domestic and international policies. The seminar examines these challenges, probes strategic foresight for global “megatrends” and assesses emerging and disruptive SET for leaders in a national security context.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3420 - Law and Public Policy: Great Britain, Europe and the US
This course examines the legal underpinnings of key public policy challenges facing Great Britain, Europe, and the U.S. From the policy and regulatory perspective, problem-solving in such areas as the environment, immigration, trade, labor, social welfare, national security, and education depend on nations having functional and effective laws in place.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 3460 - Intro to Social Policy & Legislative Process
Intro to social/political context, significance, & consequences of landmark social policies. Students analyze current policies which strive for equitability, protection, & prevention such as: disability, welfare, juvenile justice, domestic violence, gender equity, exposure to environmental stress, & other topics. Study legislative process, influences that alter course of process & how to work w/in context to effect change w/in areas of social policy.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4220 - Comparative Budgeting & Economic Policy
This course examines how the world’s major states and regions manage their public finances and economic policies through their budgetary processes and institutions.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4550 - Social Entrepreneurship: Global Field Experience
Social Entrepreneurship Global Field Experience Topics Course
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4569 - Sustainable Practices Denmark
This course is an intensive examination of how one progressive country in Europe is working toward sustainability through a variety of interconnected programs. This course in Denmark examines several programs being undertaken by local leaders to address problems in their communities. We will see what is being done to promote sustainability in four areas: green energy, sustainable transportation, food security, and what are called “livable cities”
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4720 - Open Source for the Common Good
Open source technology plays a major role in society and embodies a different culture with different tradeoffs and societal impacts. Open source is highly innovative and holds considerable promise for addressing most of the critical problems facing society such as sustainability, inequality, the cost of technology, and open access to knowledge. We will study the role of open source through numerous case studies and discussions.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4730 - Impact Investing
‘Impact Investing’ is the proactive deployment of financial resources to organizations for a positive return on investment and an additional, intentional social impact beyond financial returns. Impact Investing explores how funders (grant funders, investors, and policymakers) deploy capital to support social entrepreneurs. This course provides an introductory understanding of utilizing finance as a tool for solving social problems worldwide.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4735 - Experiential Social Entrepreneurship
This experiential learning course applies basic principles of social entrepreneurship to real-world problems that social entrepreneurs are facing. Students will work in teams on challenges proposed by a set of local and international social entrepreneurs. This is a design-thinking-centric course for students interested in investigating how our world is adapting to solve the greatest social and environmental challenges of this century.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4740 - Philanthropy
This is a course on the philanthropic sector, comprising a set of private actors - foundations, nonprofit organizations, and private citizens - engaged in work to promote the public good. What distinguishes this sector is that while interacting with government and the business community, it operates differently than either, with its own ethics, goals, standards, and practices. Requisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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LPPS 4750 - Political Leadership in American History
This course will consider political leadership in American history as illustrated in decisions taken by U.S. Presidents, such as Lincoln, Wilson, Truman, Kennedy and Nixon. We shall analyze the pressures and constitutive factors leading to these decisions.
Credits: 3
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LPPS 4760 - International Financial Institutions
What are the IFIs and how have they influenced development policy and country outcomes? What factors do internal and external politics play in their operation and the panoply of international aid efforts? Are groups like “50/60 years in enough” and the Meltzer report right? Come explore IFIs (the IMF, the World Bank, and the Multilateral Development Banks) in a seminar setting examining policy in practice. Cross-listed with PLIR 5060.
Credits: 3
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RELA 2700 - Festivals of the Americas
Readings will include contemporary ethnographies of religious festivals in the Caribbean ans South, Central, and North America, and increase their knowledge of the concepts of sacred time and space, ritual theory, and the relationships between religious celebration and changing accounts of ethnicity.
Credits: 3
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RELA 2750 - African Religions
Introduces the mythology, ritual, philosophy, and religious art of the traditional religions of sub-Saharan Africa, also African versions of Christianity and African-American religions in the New World.
Credits: 3
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RELA 2760 - African Religions in the Americas
Studies the African religious heritage of North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Credits: 3
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RELA 2850 - Afro- Creole Religions in the Americas
A survey course which familiarizes students with African-derived religions of the Caribbean and Latin America
Credits: 3
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RELA 3000 - Women and Religion in Africa
This course examines women’s religious activities, traditions and spirituality in a number of different African contexts. Drawing on ethnographic, historical, literary, and religious studies scholarship, we will explore a variety of themes and debates that have emerged in the study of gender and religion in Africa. Topics will include gendered images of sacred power; the construction of gender through ritual; sexuality and fertility; and women.
Credits: 3
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RELA 3351 - African Diaspora Religions
This seminar examines changes in ethnographic accounts of African diaspora religions, with particular attention to the conceptions of religion, race, nation, and modernity found in different research paradigms. Prerequisite: previous course in one of the following: religious studies, anthropology, AAS, or Latin American studies
Credits: 3
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RELA 3730 - Religious Themes in African Literature and Film
An exploration of religious concepts, practices and issues as addressed in African literature and film. We will examine how various African authors and filmmakers weave aspects of Muslim, Christian and/or traditional religious cultures into the stories they tell. Course materials will be drawn from novels, memoirs, short stories, creation myths, poetry, feature-length movies, documentaries and short films.
Credits: 3
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RELA 3890 - Christianity in Africa
Historical and topical survey of Christianity in Africa from the second century c.e. to the present. Cross listed with RELC 3890. Prerequisite: A course in African religions or history, Christianity, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELA 3900 - Islam in Africa
Historical and topical introduction to Islam in Africa. Cross-listed as RELI 3900. Prerequisite: RELA 2750, RELI 2070, RELI 2080, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELA 4085 - Christian Missions in Contemporary Africa
: An examination of Christian missions in Africa in the 21st Century. Through a variety of disciplinary lenses and approaches, we examine faith-based initiatives in Africa–those launched from abroad, as well as from within the continent. What does it mean to be a missionary in Africa today? How are evangelizing efforts being transformed in response to democratization, globalization and a growing awareness of human rights?
Credits: 3
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RELA 4100 - Yoruba Religion
Studies Yoruba traditional religion, ritual art, independent churches, and religious themes in contemporary literature in Africa and the Americas.
Credits: 3
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RELA 4510 - Advanced Topics in African Religions
This topical course provides upper level undergraduate students in Religious Studies an opportunity for advanced coursework in African Religions
Credits: 3
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RELB 2054 - Tibetan Buddhism Introduction
Provides a systematic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with a strong emphasis on tantric traditions of Buddhism - philosophy, contemplation, ritual, monastic life, pilgrimage, deities & demons, ethics, society, history, and art. The course aims to understand how these various aspects of Tibetan religious life mutually shape each other to form the unique religious traditions that have pertained on the Tibetan plateau for over a thousand years.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2100 - Buddhism
Theravada, Mahayana, and Tantrayana Buddhist developments in India.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2120 - Buddhist Literature
Introduces Buddhist literature in translation, from India, Tibet, and East and South East Asia.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2130 - Taoism and Confucianism
Surveys the major religions of Chinese Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2135 - Chinese Buddhism
This course examines the ways in which Chinese Buddhism differs from the Buddhisms of other countries. The first half of the course introduces Buddhism with a focus on the historical development of the tradition.The second half of the course surveys several philosophical schools and forms of practice including Huayan, Chan, Pure Land, and Tantric Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2165 - Buddhist Meditation & the Modern World
This course offers a survey of Buddhist meditation traditions in India and Tibet, an introduction to the ways that meditation is adapted and used today throughout many areas of life, and a chance to practice secular meditation techniques in a contemplative lab. In class meetings are experimentally based.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2252 - Buddhism in Film
This course is an introduction to Buddhism and an exploration of the place of Buddhism within contemporary Asian, European, and North American cultures through film. The goals are 1) to identify longstanding Buddhist narrative themes in contemporary films, 2) to consider how Buddhism is employed in films to address contemporary issues, and 3) to gain through film a vivid sense of Buddhism as a complex social and cultural phenomenon.
Credits: 3
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RELB 2450 - Zen
Studies the development and history of the thought, practice, and goals of Zen Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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