Provides a multidisciplinary perspective on cross-sector societal, technological, economic, and/or global trends, possibilities, and/or disruptions. Students analyze real-world challenges and implications for leadership in the context of their own career and/or study area, particularly within public administration, human resources, project management, procurement and contracts management, cybersecurity management, public safety, and/or others.

Courses examine special topics in public policy and/or leadership.

Provides a multidisciplinary perspective on cross-sector societal, technological, economic, and/or global trends, possibilities, and/or disruptions. Students analyze real-world challenges and implications for leadership in the context of their own career and/or study area, particularly within public administration, human resources, project management, procurement and contracts management, cybersecurity management, public safety, and/or others.

Applied Policy Clinics Topics Course

This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Creative Writing and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Investigates a selected issue in public policy or leadership.

Independent research undertaken with faculty advisor. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only and can be repeated. Instructor permission required. Does not fulfill Batten elective or special topics for Batten programs.

Caring well for an aging population is among the greatest challenges facing both the United States and the world. Significant gaps persist between the health and social systems that older adults need, and those to which they have access. This course uses a multidisciplinary approach--encompassing history, public health, ethics, the social sciences, and literature--to explore these gaps, their impact, and their meaning.

Explores the concepts and organizational factors impacting service delivery and quality management in healthcare; examines service excellence processes/resources to improve customer service and quality. Applies strategies to address challenges in quality and service management; focuses on the concepts, theories, and applications to improve decision making in quality and customer service. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Grad Certificate Program.

A course for advanced short story writers. Student manuscripts are discussed in individual conference and in class. May be repeated with different instructor. For instructions on how to apply to this class, see www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.