Current Term Classes - BIS

Summer 2023

Class registration for Summer 2023 term opens on March 30 for BIS students (may be subject to change).

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies may cancel, modify, or make substitutions for any published class or program, may change instructors, and may change the dates and times a class is offered. The information published here and in the catalog is subject to change.  For the most up-to-date and complete information, please use the SIS Class Search.  

BIS students should register in BIS classes. Classes outside of BIS are by permission of your advisor. Other students may register as Community Scholars for BIS classes with program permission. See class details for restrictions.

ISBU 3410: Commercial Law
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 11 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Surveys the American legal system and principles of constitutional, criminal, and tort law, emphasizing legal issues related to contracts, agency, corporations, and partnerships.
Roger Pao | 3 UG Credits

ISBU 3422: Managing your Emotions in the Workplace
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Gives a fundamental overview of Emotional Intelligence and shows how understanding Emotional Intelligence leads to a beneficial working career and personal life. Presents an E.I. competence framework and reviews basic domains, such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management through various methods to promote learning by doing. Applies theoretical concepts to real world situations. Stephen Oliver | 3 UG Credits

ISBU 3710: Managerial Finance
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 8-Aug 10 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Principles and practices of business finance focusing on managerial decision-making in financial policy. Topics include capital structure, types of securities and their use in raising funds, risk, valuation, and allocating resources for investment. Prerequisite: ISBU concentration prerequisites or instructor permission.
John Hulburt | 3 UG Credits 

ISBU 4670: Organizational Change and Development
Online Synchronous | Monday thru Friday 6-10pm | May 22-Jun 2 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Studies organizational change and development with an emphasis on corporate culture, ethics, diversity, decision making, and team building. Focuses attention on the impact COVID-19 has had on businesses and organizations and how the effects of the pandemic might direct future outcomes. Addresses the ways both individuals and corporations can manage and adapt to said changes.
Mary Repass | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3061: Sacred Paths: Introduction to World Religions
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 11 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Introduces six major religious traditions deeply rooted in different cultures including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Examines the historical evolution, the doctrines, beliefs, practices, institutions, and cultural expressions of these religious traditions.
Luke Wright | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3301: Introduction to Film
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 6-Aug 8 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines the cultural and commercial contexts of film production, including the directors, the intended audience, and the audience's response. Investigates film structure, how meaning is created, and how this structure can be read and understood. Examines genres, stories, and the ways in which films and their audiences are a part of the larger structure of the culture in which they exist.
Hyeyon Moon | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3621: The Biological Basis for Art
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 6-Aug 8 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Investigates the idea of approaching art as a form of human evolution. Examines the art of several past and present cultures. Blends art and science to connect aesthetics to an understanding of human nature from the cognitive and biological sciences. Examines existing personal and cultural theories of art and art criticism.
George Andrews | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3901: Dance: Anthropological Origins of Dance and Music in World Cultures
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 9 | Mandatory synchronous sessions Wednesdays, 12-1:15pm | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines the anthropological origins of dance history in world cultures. Discusses the importance of dance to define and preserve the historic traditions within a culture. Explores the inherent relationship between dance and music within both the socio-cultural and folk aspects, as well as the ceremonial, religious, and ritual aspects of a culture.
Christie Mendoza | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 4090: Writing: Comfortable as a Hearth Rug
Online Synchronous | Monday thru Friday 6-10pm | May 22-Jun 2 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates. Writing begins with intuition, moves towards consciousness and strives for clarity.
Such movement calls for a steady eye and an enduring approach. Accordingly, this course focuses upon resurrecting the fading art of patience, a faculty required for writing. Students will read widely, respond to assigned readings through weekly essays and share work in a workshop setting with an emphasis on revision. Writing intensive.
Charlotte Matthews | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 4190: Writing Strategies
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Explores non-fiction writing. Develops and hones skills needed to write stories and essays that readers are compelled to read. Learn the power of personal narrative and begin to grasp how that power affects a reader by understanding the difference between 'telling' and 'showing'.
Robert Henry | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4510: Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Social Sciences - Economics of Terrorism
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 8-Aug 10 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Explores the historical trends and modern day threats of terrorism to society through economic analysis in combination with political schemes. The application of empirical and theoretical economic/political approaches to terrorism provides an understanding of the prospective approaches by policy makers to these occurrences, founded in the study of rationalism, cost/benefit analysis, comparative advantage, and utility.
Michael Schnur | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4510: Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Social Sciences - Globalization, Liberalism, Reform in 19th Century
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 5-Aug 7 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Surveys major trends in 19 century world history. Explores a representative sample of peoples and cultures of the period. Considers how societies in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia coped with similar problems and innovations. Introduces students to theoretical frameworks for world and comparative history. Explores the processes of cultural interaction and globalization. Introduces students to a broad range of sources.
Richard Floyd | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4520: Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Humanities - Art in Society
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 11 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Proposes to examine the history of western culture through the history of the performing arts beginning with plays of ancient Greece and ending with musicals of twentieth-century Broadway and Hollywood. Examines different works of art in order to discover what they can tell about the aspirations, fears, and basic conflicts of the societies from which they emerged.
Christine Bhasin | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4520: Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Humanities - Britain & Its Empire: Art, Media, other Forms
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 6-Aug 8 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Introduces major events and themes in the history of Britain and the British Empire, and places these developments in wider context of world history. Prioritizes non-traditional approaches and sources (paintings, engravings, film and television) to explore the past. Challenges national and ethnic stereotypes, and pursues a definition of British "character".
Richard Floyd | 3 UG Credits

ISLS 3190: Good Cop, Bad Cop
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
This course examines the current use of the police power in a variety of situations, informed by the past and motivated by the future. Particular emphasis is on contemporary real-life examples to inform the discussion on the proper use of the police power. Those examples are subjected to a variety of perspectives, societal and individual, to gain a fuller understanding of the delicate balance of competing values.
Alan Rasmussen | 3 UG Credits

ISLS 3250: The Notion and the Heft of Home
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 5-Aug 7 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Explores the myriad meanings of home through such questions as: is home a preposterous notion? Considers and analyzes personal definitions of home. Explores readings from sermons of Puritan New England to personal narrative of Native Americans to testimonials of the homeless.
Charlotte Matthews | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3160: Democracy in America
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 8-Aug 10 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines democracy, free speech, elections and the press; considers the role of a free press in a time of civil discord, challenges to free speech in America at large and on college campuses; evaluates threats to democracy and the electoral process by analyzing Russian hacking and the role of PACs and Super PACs; examines mainstream and social media, "fake news" and posits if democracy can survive in a culture of 24/7 news coverage and "tweets."
Paul Pitman | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3410: Topics in Abnormal Psychology
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 11 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines biological and genetic predispositions for major mental illness diagnoses, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar, and personality disorders. Explores current treatment models, including medication and therapy interventions. Engages students in analyzing recent scholarly articles and clinical case studies; and conducting independent research.
Kelvin Bentley | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3422: Managing your Emotions in the Workplace
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Gives a fundamental overview of Emotional Intelligence and shows how understanding Emotional Intelligence leads to a beneficial working career and personal life. Presents an E.I. competence framework and reviews basic domains, such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management through various methods to promote learning by doing. Applies theoretical concepts to real world situations.
Stephen Oliver | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3850: Media and Politics
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 5-Aug 7 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
This course will examine the role of mass media in the political process focusing on the presidency and includes such topics as print and broadcast news, social media and election campaigns, political advertising, fundraising, and media effects on public opinion and political participation.
Robert Guttman | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 4290: An Alternative History of Early America
Online Asynchronous | Available May 22-Jun 2 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examine America's colonial period (to the eve of the American Revolution) as that of a foreign country. Investigates the people, cultures, institutions, and events of the period on their own terms rather than through the lens of modern America. Uncovers the origins of many later American issues and debates; freedom and slavery; warfare; religion and revival; sectionalism; race; class; and commercialism.
David Corlett | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 4432: Theories of Interpersonal Communication
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 5-Aug 11 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Examines latest research findings in interpersonal communication theories, with a focus on listening, verbal and non-verbal expression, interpersonal conflict, intimate relationships, and workplace communication. Engages students in independent research to apply theoretical constructs to a range of scenarios encountered in professional, social, and relationship settings.
Clair Berube | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 4456: Russian-American Relations
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 7-Aug 9 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Focuses on the post-1945 period and the evolution of Russian-American relations since the fall of the Soviet Union, through an interdisciplinary lens based on contributions from international relations scholars and practitioners as well as historians, economists, philosophers, and political psychologists in historical and contemporary perspectives.
Yuri Urbanovich | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 4670: Organizational Change and Development
Online Synchronous | Monday thru Friday 6-10pm | May 22-Jun 2 | May 29th (Memorial Day); June 19th (Juneteenth); and, July 4th (Independence Day) are official University of Virginia holidays and no class sessions will be scheduled on those dates.
Explores system theories, organizational structure and design, organizational culture, organizational diagnosis, and several basic frames of reference for understanding change.
Mary Repass | 3 UG Credits

*Asynchronous online courses at SCPS can sometimes include synchronous sessions. Attendance is strongly encouraged but not mandatory. Synchronous sessions will be recorded

* The information contained on this website is for informational purposes only. The Undergraduate Record and Graduate Record represent the official repository for academic program requirements.