Independent research for undergraduate students enrolled in the BA/BS/MPH 5 year program or other programs that may be related to Public Health or Ethics.
This course serves as the research methods seminar for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in a variety of regional studies programs, including (but not limited to) European Studies, East …
Introducing the questions, methods, and arguments that organize work in the Environmental Humanities (EH), this graduate seminar is open to MA and PhD students from any discipline, including the sciences …
Explores public safety leadership concepts and essential approaches needed in forging lasting, collaborative relationships with the public they serve. Students will analyze complex social and security issues. While maintaining a …
This course explores the premodern through a multidisciplinary and global lens. A series of UVA faculty team-taught modules will treat such topics as travel and trade, the invention of race, …
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to advanced research methods for investigating issues in European Studies. Each student will develop a research proposal and paper on a specific disciplinary topic under …
Leadership and Public Policy foundational skills course.
Learn a theoretical & applied process to identify risks in every public safety agency job description. From this basis, students will gain skills & knowledge to design & update control …
Explores the Constitution as the ethical compass that guides the work of public safety professionals and cement a fundamental understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the subsequent 27 amendments. Students …
Through a step-by-step process students learn to conduct statistical analyses to examine, evaluate, and share relevant public safety related data. Students also learn how to make practical interpretations of the …
Examines joint operations and incident command for complex events. Emphasis will be placed on command structure, continuity of operations, public safety response to community/public health emergencies, occupational health and safety, …
Focuses on the application of communication skills and principles in the context of public safety. Students will gain understanding and practice in engaging communities around such challenging issues as inequality …
Students will develop a detailed understanding of the legal aspects of public employment law, and the short and long-term impact of recruiting and retaining talented employees. Emphasis will be placed …
This course introduces first-year graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to the knowledge and skills fundamental to success in graduate school. Particular topics vary.
Course provides an introduction to leadership in the public arena. Through course readings, team projects, and discussion of case studies, students will develop skill at identifying the resources, options, and …
An introductory course in which principles of assessing educational policies are applied to the evidence currently available across a range of policies. Areas of education policy may include early childhood …
This course presents the simplest economic models explaining how individuals and organizations respond to changes in their circumstances and how they interact in markets, and it applies these models to …
The first part of a two-semester sequence in research methods and tools used to evaluate public policies. This course reviews basic mathematics and statistics used by policy analysts, and introduces …
This course is designed for first year Graduate students in the Computer Engineering Program to help orient new graduate students to the current research topics, available research tools, software and …
The purpose of this course is to develop the student's ability to define and solve public problems. Subsidiary objectives of the course are to help the student to integrate the …