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LAW 9246 - Providing K-12 Education; Taxes and Money
The seminar will explore challenges in determining just what a “right” to k-12 education means.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9247 - Advanced Topics in Constitutional Law
This course will focus on judicial review of legislative intention.
Prerequisite: LAW 6001 - Constitutional Law
Credits: 3
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LAW 9248 - Therapeutic Justice and the Evolving Role of Specialty Courts
This seminar will address the evolution of therapeutic justice, looking at specialty courts, primarily as they function in the criminal justice system. The focus will be on the theoretical and practical aspects of functioning drug courts, mental health courts, juvenile and family law courts, veterans’ courts and other specialty courts.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9249 - White Collar Investigations, Enforcement and Business Risk Mitigation
This course will provide an overview of the key aspects of white collar investigations and defense, along with segments on risk assessment, avoidance strategies and the uses and benefits of compliance and ethics programs.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9250 - Constitutional Interpretation
This seminar will explore debates surrounding constitutional interpretation, connect them with related issues arising in the context of statutory interpretation, and examine how these issues might be illuminated by exploring interpretive questions arising with respect to literature, art, and religious texts.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9251 - Law and Finance of Venture Capital-Backed Firms
This course aims to introduce students to the financial and legal aspects of advising a venture capital-backed firm with a quantitative emphasis. The financial consequences of venture capital funding agreements will be explored, with an emphasis on bridging the gap between legal terms and financial outcomes.
Prerequisite: LAW 6100-Accounting and LAW 6103 Corporations or LAW 6109 Corporations (Law and Business)
Credits: 2
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LAW 9252 - Poverty in Law, Literature, and Culture
In this seminar, we will examine the ways in which poverty in the United States is defined, represented, and regulated by legal and literary texts. Our main objectives will to be to develop an understanding of the myriad ways in which law and legal doctrine interact with the lives of those who exist on the economic margins of our culture.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9253 - Wage and Hour Law Seminar
The seminar will be structured as a workshop, in which students and the instructors will collaborate to develop detailed teaching materials covering the subject of wage and hour law.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9254 - Human Rights Study Project (YR)
This is the first semester of a yearlong study project. Part of the class will be focused on identifying research topics in advance of a fieldwork trip to a site country to be determined. The second goal of the class is to practically prepare for human rights fieldwork.
Credits: 1
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LAW 9255 - Human Rights Study Project (YR)
This is the second semester of a yearlong study project. Part of the class will be focused on identifying research topics in advance of a fieldwork trip to a site country to be determined. The second goal of the class is to practically prepare for human rights fieldwork.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9256 - Corporate Law Policy
This seminar will discuss works on pressing issues in corporate law policy such as misreporting of corporate performance, differences between US and Europe and corporate law reforms.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9257 - Rescue, Charity, and Justice Seminar
This course will explore the nature and the implications of the positive duties we owe to others (that is, the duties we have to positively assist others, not merely to refrain from directly harming them).
Credits: 3
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LAW 9258 - Environmental Ethics
This seminar introduces students to major figures and frameworks in environmental ethics, including ecocentric and biocentric theories; consequentialism (including economic approaches); rights-based approaches, including environmental justice, the rights of animals, the rights of nature, and the argument among them; virtue ethics; religious perspectives; and relationships among law, philosophy and culture.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9259 - Civil Liability: Analysis and Critique
This seminar will explore contemporary issues in civil liability for physical harm, including the proper scope of liability for accidental harm, problems of causation, and the scope of damages awarded in tort cases. The focus of the seminar is on the rigorous analysis and criticism of policy and scholarly arguments. The readings will consist of both classic works in the field and important current studies.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9260 - Corporate Rights
This course will explore the legal, historical, and philosophical foundations of corporate rights.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9261 - Criminal Procedure Seminar: Comparative Reform
This is a seminar on selected topics in U.S. criminal procedure that are contemporary topics for reform. The course takes up a series of topics with a primary aim of assessing the need for options for reform.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9262 - Current Issues in Forensic Science
This seminar will examine the legal, scientific, and the practical questions raised by the use of forensic evidence in our legal system, by bringing in a series of leading scholars, lawyers, judges, and researchers to present cutting edge work.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9263 - Government Contract Law
The statutes, regulations, case law and other requirements that govern the Federal Government’s expenditure of over $500 billion every year are addressed in this seminar. The course serves as an introduction to this body of law, which can be described as a blend of traditional contract law, administrative law and litigation practice.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9264 - Discrimination Theory
This seminar will examine what exactly discrimination is and what makes it wrong.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9265 - Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law
This seminar will discuss current issues in intellectual property law. Topics will relate to recent and currently pending legislation and appellate litigation in copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret law.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9266 - Government Secrecy
This seminar will explore the ways in which each branch of government keeps secrets and whether structural and statutorily-created tools to check secret actions have proven effective.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9267 - Legal History Workshop
This seminar requires students to workshop works-in-progress by legal historians.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9268 - LGBTQ Rights Before and After Obergefell
This seminar will examine how the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges has changed the landscape of LGBTQ rights. We will focus on the question: how will the decision in Obergefell affect the litigation strategies of LGBTQ plaintiffs as they continue to advocate for equality?
Credits: 3
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LAW 9269 - Mental Health Law Reform
This seminar will explore some of the major challenges of designing and implementing mental health law and policy in the 21st century.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9270 - Family Economic Policy
Marriage creates legal relationships between the parties to the marriage which can vary the interests each might have in property or other economic rights each might have as unmarried individuals. These changes impact important property interests which may be subject to regulatory restrictions, chief among them, retirement accumulations.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9271 - Separation of Church and State
This course will explore the legal, historical, and philosophical foundations of the separation of church and state in the United States.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9272 - Financial Innovation: Opportunities and Problems
This course aims to study financial innovation, both in its contemporary manifestations, as well as in history.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9273 - Climate Change Law and Policy
This seminar will explore climate change law and policy at the local, state, national and international levels.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9274 - Regulation of Addictive Drugs Seminar
This seminar will focus on medical management of pain, and particularly the use of opioid analgesics, the public health consequences of misuse and abuse of these drugs and the actions that should be taken to protect the public health while assuring adequate access to pain control by patients with severe and chronic pain.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9275 - Legal History and the Scholarly Process - Fall (YR)
This first half of a year-long seminar requires students to workshop works-in-progress by legal historians.
Credits: 1
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LAW 9276 - Legal History and the Scholarly Process - Spring (YR)
This second half of a year-long seminar requires students to workshop works-in-progress by legal historians.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9277 - Conservation Planning and Law
This seminar will explore planning techniques and legal issues surrounding protection of landscapes of natural, historical and cultural value and public uses of those landscapes. The seminar will be conducted in coordination with seminars in the Architecture School and the Department of Environmental Sciences.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9278 - Twentieth Century Legal Thought
This course is a survey of 20th Century Anglo-American legal thought. In it we will examine some of the most important works of that century on the nature of law and adjudication. Authors covered include Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Cardozo, Learned Hand, Jerome Frank, Lon Fuller, Ronald Dworkin, and Richard Posner.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9279 - Current Issues in Law and Psychological Science
This seminar will examine the legal and scientific questions raised by the use of psychological evidence in the courtroom.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9280 - Rule of Law and Threats to It
This seminar will examine the rule of law in theory and practice. What is the rule of law and why (if at all) is it valuable? We will take up such questions by reading the philosophical literature on the rule of law and and by looking at case studies of situations where many have seen the rule of law to be under threat.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9281 - Legal Theory Workshop Seminar
This seminar will explore legal issues from a philosophically informed perspective. The course offers the opportunity for students to interact with prominent scholars, to help shape cutting-edge work, to hone their writing skills, to develop their own ideas through independent research, and to gain practice and feedback about the art of asking a good question.
Credits: 2 to 3
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LAW 9282 - Constitutional Law and Economics
This course will explore how economic reasoning informs constitutional and public law processes, including bargaining, voting, delegating, and enforcement. We will consider the incentive effects of legal rules and institutional designs and evaluate their implications for public and semi-public goods (like civil rights and international cooperation on climate change) and club and private goods (like welfare benefits and the right to immigrate).
Credits: 3
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LAW 9283 - Constitutionalism: Nation, Culture, and Constitutions
This seminar will examine the extent to which constitutions and constitutionalism reflect the history, traditions, culture, and politics of a particular people. How do countries give voice, in their constitutional arrangements, to national impulses and aspirations? Using Anglo-American constitutionalism as a point of reference, we will consider what other countries do.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9284 - World War I
This course will examine the many occasions when international law influenced events in World War I.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9285 - Corporate Governance New Paradigm - Shareholder Activism
In recent years shareholder activism has emerged as a major force in shaping and influencing corporate governance . The seminar will review three major sources of this influence: shareholder proposals, proxy advisory companies, and hedge fund activism.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9286 - English Legal History to 1776
This lecture course covers the development of legal institutions, legal ideas, and legal principles from the medieval period to the 18th century, emphasizing the impact of transformations in politics, society, and thought on the major categories of English law: property, torts and contracts, corporations, family law, constitutional and administrative law, and crime.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9287 - Law and Economics Colloquium
In each meeting, a leading scholar will present a current legal research paper using the methodology of law and economics.
Credits: 1
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LAW 9288 - The US President & Policy Making: History, Theory and Simulation
Designed as a semester-long simulation, this course will explore the policy-making process from the perspective of the Executive branch of government.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9289 - Juvenile Justice Seminar
This seminar will explore the history of the juvenile courts, troubling issues within the current juvenile justice system, recent Supreme Court cases regarding juveniles, and advocacy and policy reform currently occurring at the state and national level. This seminar will also explore related topics, such as the school-to-prison-pipeline and the recent push to consider community based alternatives to incarceration.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9290 - The Law and Social Science of Health Equity
Inequity characterizes health care access, quality, and choice in America and consequently produces inequitable health outcomes. This seminar uses social science literature to explore ways that law shapes the causes, consequences, and cures for population health inequity.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9291 - Feminism in Practice
The seminar will focus on the ways in which feminist legal theory is derived from and embodied in feminist practices. Readings will include historical texts, legal judgments, and literary works. Students will write short papers responding to the readings, and we will work as a group and in teams to identify new practical applications to support the movement for equal justice for women and men.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9292 - Tax Discrimination Seminar
This seminar covers constitutional prohibitions of tax discrimination against taxpayers with interstate income or activities. We will read Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Privileges and Immunities Clause and dormant Commerce Clause. For comparison, each U.S. case will be paired with a case decided by the European Court of Justice addressing a similar tax issue under a similar legal standard.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9293 - Commercial Arbitration
This course delivers an understanding of arbitration by approaching it in three ways: the practical steps to putting on, winning, and enforcing an arbitration; a case-oriented approach to how courts approach arbitration; and a public policy approach that examines arbitration’s impact on access to justice.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9294 - Drug Product Liability Litigation Seminar
This seminar will consider the theory and practice of such lawsuits before, and now after, the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Wyeth v. Levine (2009), Plia v. Mensing (2011), and Barnett v. Mutual Pharm. (2013).
Credits: 2
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LAW 9295 - Federal Criminal Pre-Trial and Trial Practice
This course will focus on federal criminal proceedings and introduce students to the stages of a federal prosecution by following a case from indictment through trial.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9296 - National Security Law and Practice Seminar
This seminar will examine a series of urgent and difficult national security legal and policy issues.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9297 - Law and Psychology: Wrongful Convictions Seminar
This seminar course addresses the psychology research regarding behaviors in the criminal justice system – by police, prosecutors, jurors, judges, and witnesses – that can result in wrongful convictions.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9298 - Appellate Practice
This seminar is designed to teach the skills required of appellate advocates. We will begin with the necessary steps lawyers must take at the trial level to preserve issues for appeal and present an adequate record for appellate review.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9299 - The Role of the Federal Prosecutor
This course will explore the powers and responsibilities of the federal prosecutor.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9300 - Lawyering for In-House Counsel
In this course, students practice and develop some of the skills needed to become an effective in-house counsel through the lens of higher education law, including synthesizing and evaluating legal materials in the context of a particular problem, interviewing and counseling clients, drafting contracts, crafting policies, and working as a part of a team to respond to institutional challenges.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9301 - Legal History of the Founding Period
This class explores the legal world of the late eighteenth century, from the period just before the Revolution to the ratification of the Constitution. Among other topics, the class covers debates over the economic and political conditions that shaped the constitutional moment, and the implications of those debates for constitutional interpretation.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9302 - Criminal Justice Policy
This seminar will explore current debates about how to best improve our criminal justice system. The focus will be on concrete research projects to improve criminal justice outcomes in Virginia. Students will learn how to conduct policy-based research on criminal justice problems, and students will each choose projects and write research papers studying possible reforms.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9303 - Nonprofit Organizations: Principles and Practice
This course will allow students to delve deeper into the theory and practice of representing nonprofit organizations. Throughout the term, students will have the opportunity to supplement their reading with hands-on simulated case studies.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9304 - Lying and Lie Detection
This seminar will discuss the nature of lying, the societal costs and legal implications of lies, and whether we can effectively prevent and detect lies.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9305 - LawTech
Legal practice has always been shaped by technology as lawyers seek out new ways to better meet the needs of their clients at the lowest cost. In this seminar, we will examine some of these new technologies, how they are being put to use, and the potential upside and downside risks associated with the further automation of legal work. No prior knowledge of coding or computer science is assumed.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9306 - Securities Litigation and Enforcement
The course will examine current developments and controversial issues in private securities litigation and SEC enforcement, as well as the special considerations raised by securities class actions.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9307 - Urban Legal History
This research seminar focuses on the legal issues relating to Charlottesville’s political, social, and economic development. It explores larger themes in land use, local government, and property theory by studying the physical development of Charlottesville and Albemarle from 1634 to the present.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9308 - Liberalism and Its Critics
In this seminar we will study liberalism and its contemporary critics. We will begin by considering what liberalism is, in its political, philosophical, economic, and legal forms. Then we survey various critiques–religious, communitarian, libertarian, socialist, populist, among others.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9309 - Professional Liability
This course takes a deep dive into the prosecution and defense of professional liability cases. Students will learn how to prosecute and defend professional liability cases while gaining competency with the nuts and bolts of pretrial and trial litigation generally.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9310 - Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance
Hedge funds and mutual funds have shown a willingness to intervene in questions of corporate strategy, management, and even issues of social importance. This class will investigate how these trends are changing the reality of corporate governance by engaging with both academic articles from a variety of disciplines and documents created by corporate governance practitioners to gain an understanding of these phenomena.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9311 - Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice
This seminar will explore current issues in criminal justice.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9312 - Seminar on Mental Health Law Reform - Fall (YR)
This year-long seminar will explore some of the major challenges of designing and implementing mental health law and policy in the 21st century. Coverage will be coordinated with the work of an expert advisory panel chaired by Professor Bonnie for the Virginia General Assembly. Students will review ongoing empirical research and participate in work groups focusing on key topics being addressed by the expert advisory panels/Gen. Assembly.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9313 - Seminar on Mental Health Law Reform - Spring (YR)
This year-long seminar will explore some of the major challenges of designing and implementing mental health law and policy in the 21st century. Coverage will be coordinated with the work of an expert advisory panel chaired by Professor Bonnie for the Virginia General Assembly. Students will review ongoing empirical research and participate in work groups focusing on key topics being addressed by the expert advisory panels/Gen. Assembly.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9314 - Law of Adolescence - Fall (YR)
This seminar will explore advances in scientific understanding of adolescent development and the implications of this knowledge for laws and policies governing parenting, education, employment, health, child welfare, juvenile justice and other social systems affecting adolescent wellbeing. The seminar will be coordinated with a major consensus study on adolescence and equity now being conducted by NASEM.
Credits: 2
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LAW 9315 - Law of Adolescence - Spring (YR)
This seminar will explore advances in scientific understanding of adolescent development and the implications of this knowledge for laws and policies governing parenting, education, employment, health, child welfare, juvenile justice and other social systems affecting adolescent wellbeing. The seminar will be coordinated with a major consensus study on adolescence and equity now being conducted by NASEM
Credits: 2 to 3
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LAW 9316 - Biotechnology and the Law
This course examines issues ranging from food and drug regulation, clinical trials, assisted reproductive technology, telemedicine, and stem cell development/regulation to the commercialization of the human body. The course examines ethics, socioeconomics, and market demands for technologies, exploring whether the various issues emerging from biotechnological conflicts are best resolved by regulation, judicial intervention or private negotiation.
Credits: 3
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LAW 9500 - Tax Treaties and Other International Tax Topics
This seminar examines the fundamental structural issues that states confront as they attempt to impose income taxes on cross-border transactions involving the movement of goods, services, capital, and individuals.
Credits: 3 to 4
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LAW 9997 - Dissertation Colloquium - Fall (YR)
The Colloquium assists S.J.D. candidates in planning and writing their dissertation, as well as to expose candidates to a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives widely used in legal scholarship. The Colloquium will also allow candidates to present their work in progress, to comment on each others work, and to receive comments from the instructors.
Credits: 0 to 2
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LAW 9998 - Dissertation Colloquium - Spring (YR)
The Colloquium assists S.J.D. candidates in planning and writing their dissertation, as well as to expose candidates to a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives widely used in legal scholarship. The Colloquium will also allow candidates to present their work in progress, to comment on each others work, and to receive comments from the instructors.
Credits: 1
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LAW 9999 - Dissertation Research
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Credits: 15
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LING 5090 - Teaching English as a Second Language
Studies the theory, problems, and methods in teaching English as a second language, with attention to relevant areas of general linguistics and the structure of English.
Credits: 3
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LING 5101 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Language
Through this course, students focus on the topic of language in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Prerequisite: 3250
Credits: 1
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LING 5102 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Culture
Through this course, students focus on the topic of culture in ESL, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Prerequisite: 3250
Credits: 1
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LING 5103 - ESL Teaching Practicum: Writing
Through this course, students focus on the topic of writing in an L2, while gaining experience in the practice of English-language teaching to international students, faculty, and staff at the University. This experience is an excellent opportunity to gain teaching experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor. For every 1 hour of credit, students must meet with an instructor for 5 classroom & practice 33 hours.
Credits: 1
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LING 5409 - Acoustic Phonetics
In this course on phonetics, students will explore the acoustic properties of different segment types, formants, pitch, intensity, spectra, and voice pulsing, among other phenomena. The emphasis is on parameters that influence speech intelligibility, the correlates of language variation (comparison between languages, effects of dialects), as well as some aspects of phonetic pathology.
Prerequisites: LNGS 3250 or Instructor Permission
Credits: 3
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LING 6010 - Between Two Cultures, Between Two Languages
Virginia teachers examine the relationship of language to culture and the motivational differences between native and non-native speakers learning standard English.
Credits: 2
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LING 7400 - Structure of English
This course provides students with a foundation in the grammar of the English language. Topics include phonology, morphology, syntax, with a focus on structural analysis. Students will gain confidence in discussing the form, function, & usage of linguistic structures. These topics will also be related to the teaching & tutoring of English as a second language including error correction & feedback which will be reflected in advanced final papers.
Credits: 3
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LING 8998 - Non-Topical Research
Preparation for Master’s Research, no thesis director.
Credits: 1 to 12
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LING 8999 - MA Thesis Research
For Master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 3
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LING 9010 - Directed Research
Special Areas Students should choose electives in one or more of the following areas: anthropology, Asian and Middle Eastern languages and Cultures, comparative Latin and Greek, English language study, Germanic linguistics, Indic linguistics, philosophy, psychology, Romance linguistics, Slavic linguistics.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6010 - Electronic and Crystal Structure of Materials
Provides a fundamental understanding of the structure of crystalline and non-crystalline engineering materials from electronic to macroscopic properties. Topics include symmetry and crystallography, the reciprocal lattice and diffraction, quantum physics, bonding and band theory. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6020 - Defects and Microstructure in Materials
Basic course designed to provide a foundation for correlating defect structure and microstructure with physical, mechanical and chemical properties of engineering materials. The fundamental properties of point, line and surface defects in ordered media will be formulated. The thermodynamics of point defects in various types of solids will be discussed as well as the geometry and mechanics of crystal dislocations and their role in crystal plasticity elucidated. The essential elements of microstructure will be characterized emphasizing the concepts of phase constitution, microconstituent, polycrystalline aggregate and multiphase materials. The concept of real materials embodying a hierarchy of structures is emphasized. The principles governing the genesis and stability of material structure at various levels will be discussed. Prerequisite: MSE 6010 and MSE 6230.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6050 - Structure and Properties of Materials I
This is the first of a sequence of two basic courses for first-year graduate students or qualified undergraduate students. Topics include atomic bonding, crystal structure, and crystal defects in their relationship to properties and behavior of materials (polymers, metals, and ceramics); phase equilibria and non-equilibrium phase transformation; metastable structures; solidification; and recrystallization. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6060 - Structure and Properties of Materials II
This is the second of a two-course sequence for the first-year graduate and qualified undergraduate students. Topics include diffusion in solids; elastic, anelastic, and plastic deformation; and electronic and magnetic properties of materials. Emphasizes the relationships between microscopic mechanisms and macroscopic behavior of materials. Prerequisite: MSE 6050 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6080 - Chemical and Electrochemical Properties
Introduces the concepts of electrode potential, double layer theory, surface charge, and electrode kinetics. These concepts are applied to subjects that include corrosion and embrittlement, energy conversion, batteries and fuel cells, electro-catalysis, electroanalysis, electrochemical industrial processes, bioelectrochemistry, and water treatment. Prerequisite: Physical chemistry course or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6120 - Characterization of Materials
Provides a fundamental understanding of a broad spectrum of techniques utilized to characterize properties of solids. The methods used to assess properties are described through integration of the basic principles and application. Methods more amenable to analysis of bulk properties are differentiated from those aimed at measurements of local/surface properties. MSE 3670 or equivalent, or a solid state materials/physics course.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6130 - Transmission Electron Microscopy
Emphasizes the fundamental principles of transmission electron microscopy and illustrates its capabilities for characterizing the internal structures of materials by diffraction, imaging and spectroscopic techniques; includes weekly laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: MSE 6010 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6140 - Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Fundamental course on the principles governing the behavior of modern magnetic materials employed in technology from transformer materials to permanent magnets and magnetic recording media including such new areas as nanomagnetism. The approach integrates the basic physics of magnetism with the materials science paradigm of processing-structure-properties-performance. The subject matter is developed at a level to enable students to understand magnetism and magnetic materials at the forefront of the field and to readily read the current research and technological literature. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6160 - Scanning Electron Microscopy and Related Techniques
Covers the physical principles of scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments cover the operation of the SEM and EPMA. Applications of secondary and backscattered electron imaging, energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis, wave- analysis are applied to materials characterization. Laboratory experiments may include either materials science or biological applications, depending on the interests of the student. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6167 - Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials
Explore the fundamental physical laws governing electrons in solids, and show how that knowledge can be applied to understanding electronic, optical and magnetic properties. Students will gain an understanding of how these properties vary between different types of materials, and thus why specific materials are optimal for important technological applications. Cross-listed as ECE 6167. Prerequisite: Some background in solid state materials and elementary quantum principles.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6230 - Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria of Materials
Emphasizes the understanding of thermal properties such as heat capacity, thermal expansion, and transitions in terms of the entropy and the other thermodynamic functions. Develops the relationships of the Gibbs and Helmholtz functions to equilibrium systems, reactions, and phase diagrams. Atomistic and statistical mechanical interpretations of crystalline and non-crystalline solids are linked to the general thermodynamical laws by the partition function. Nonequilibrium and irreversible processes in solids are discussed. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6240 - Kinetics of Transport and Transformations in Materials
An introduction to basic kinetic processes in materials and develops basic mathematical skills necessary for materials research. Students learn to formulate the partial differential equations and boundary conditions used to describe basic materials phenomena in the solid state including mass and heat diffusion in single- and two-phase systems, the motion of planar phase boundaries, and interfacial reactions. Students develop analytical and numerical techniques for solving these equations and apply them to understanding microstructural evolution. Prerequisite: MSE 6230.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6270 - Introduction to Atomistic Simulations
Introduction to several classical atomic-level simulation techniques (molecular dynamics, Metropolis and kinetic Monte Carlo). The basic concepts, capabilities and limitations of the methods are discussed, an overview of the current state-of-the-art is provided, and examples of recent success stories are considered. The emphasis of the course is on getting practical experience in designing and performing computer simulations.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6310 - Nanomaterials
Introduces relevant concepts governing the synthesis, science, and engineering of nanomaterials. Course modules cover the fundamental scientific principles controlling assembly of nanostructured materials; the types of nanomaterials that are extant; synthesis, measurement and computational tools; new properties at the nanoscale, and existing and emerging applications of nanomaterials.
Credits: 3
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MSE 6320 - Deformation and Fracture of Structural Materials
Deformation and fracture are considered through integration of materials science microstructure and solid mechanics principles over a range of length scales, emphasizing the mechanical behavior of metallic-structural alloys and electronic materials. Metal deformation is understood based on elasticity theory and dislocation concepts. Fracture is understood based on continuum fracture mechanics and microstructural damage mechanisms. Additional topics include fatigue, elevated temperature behavior, material embrittlement, time-dependency, experimental design, damage-tolerant life prognosis, small-volume behavior, and material property modeling. Prerequisite: MSE 4320, or BS in MSE, or MSE 6050, or permission of instructor for graduate students outside of MSE.
Credits: 3
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