This course is focused on an exploration of "self" in relationship to the complexities and structures of the professional organizations in which students work as interns. The course combines organizational behavior concepts and content that emphasizes self and exploration.

Will expose student to fundamental coding languages in data science. Python and R will be the primary focus of the course. Popular packages such as pandas and tidyverse will be covered in depth. Additionally, project management skills such as Git and Github will be covered.

The Startup class is a fourteen-week course-plus-simulation designed to provide students with not only the basic tools and vocabulary of new ventures, but also a sense of what it feels like to start, fund, and manage such a venture. The course, by way of in-class case discussions, mentored group work, and startup simulations introduces students to a broad range of issues faced by founders and funders of both for-profit and non-profit ventures.

An introduction to the craft of writing poetry, with relevant readings in the genre. For more details on creative writing courses, see our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu.

Explore US mental health policy & analyze effectiveness of policies to address behavioral health needs. Examine how US Fed govt perceives mental illness, impact of science on policy initiatives & why US remains in state of crisis. Topics include: COVID, Social Determinants of Health, institutionalization vs community based svcs, impact of adverse childhood experiences, PTSD & military, brain science, financing mental health svcs & opioid crisis.

Exposes students to the emerging field of Data Science, its domain areas, and popular applications. Topics include analytical methods, ethical issues associated with the field, engineering, and systems necessary to support data-related work, and design principles commonly seen in data communications and human center design. Students learn from leaders in the field through a series of guest lectures and work through discussion examples.

This course explores migration's relation to global development initiatives. When do migrants "count" in development projects, and when do they not? What kinds of political, social, and economic claims are migrants permitted to make on their own terms, and when are these claims mediated by development and humanitarian initiatives?

In this class student will learn to describe, analyze, and create aesthetic phenomena, think critically about the nature of art and artistry, become aware of how aesthetic experience underlies social life and can frame our politics, reflect on the historical, geographical, and cultural differences that shape aesthetic expressions and hierarchies, and respond to and take stock of the moral and ethical capacities of the arts.

In this class students will learn to analyze claims about the material and social worlds through formulation and testing of new questions and hypotheses based on observation and experience.

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.