Develops strong writing competencies for technical fields, including communication of complex information to a variety of audiences through various print and online media. Teaches students to write, organize, edit, and design information with clarity and accuracy. Covers organizing, managing, communicating, and facilitating technical information. Topics include conciseness, simplicity, information arrangement, presentation, and readability.

Provides an overview of the laws governing healthcare institutions and the ethical dilemmas facing healthcare managers and providers; reviews ethical principles utilized to examine health care issues. Evaluates the procedures followed by healthcare organizations in making legal and ethical decisions; addresses such contemporary issues as cloning, euthanasia, and organ donation. Prerequisite: Admission to BPHM or BIS program.

In this experiential, workshop-based course, students will develop leadership skills in translating ideas into action, using UVA's Grounds as a living lab for sustainability - the campus as a sustainability classroom. Students will gain insight into a process in which individuals can catalyze change to solve global problems and advance strategic goals on a local level though a place-based, project-based, and human-centered approach.

Ecological Economics augments standard economics by stressing the coevolution of natural systems with human institutions, including markets, and elevating sustainability and justice (not merely efficiency) as essential societal goals. In this course, students examine ecological-economic relationships, outcomes, challenges, and solutions, in the context of local and global agricultural, resource, environmental, and development issues.

This course will examine Special Education policy in the United States as it relates to practice, policy, and research. Students will understand the historical context of special education, the development of IDEA policy and relevant case law, as well as the changes that have been passed and proposed in regard to the current law in recent years. This class will be a mixture of lecture and discussion and will be taught from an equity in education lens.

An intermediate level creative writing course that involves workshop of student work, craft discussions, and relevant reading. Topics vary from year to year. For more information, visit the department website at english.as.virginia.edu.

Various topics offered in Global Studies. See department website for full course descriptions. 

This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Global Studies.

Introduces foundational knowledge and emerging trends in health informatics, and examines how information systems can be utilized to improve patient care, health outcomes, efficiency, and quality. Provides knowledge on how health informatics can enhance evidence-based decision making, cost-management, and performance; analyzes key issues in data management, and confidentiality in health informatics. Prerequisite: Admission to BPHM or BIS Program.

The course is focused on an exploring the dynamics of teams and leadership within the complexities and structures of the organizations in which students work in professional practice internships. The course combines organizational behavior with concepts of teams and organizations.