Current Term Classes

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Summer 2026

Class registration for the Summer term begins on March 26 for SCPS degree and certificate students.

Degree Programs

BIS students should register in BIS classes. Classes outside of BIS are by permission of your advisor. See class details for restrictions. Others may register with program permission as Community Scholars. Community Scholar registration opens during the fall and spring terms.

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies | Undergraduate

Summer Term

ISBU 3422 - Managing your Emotions in the Workplace
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
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 3610 - Organizational Behavior
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Studies the basic theories and research related to the practices of contemporary organizational behavior. Emphasizes the interpersonal skills that promote individual, group, and organizational effectiveness. Class activities are interactive and include experiential exercises, case analyses, and collaborative learning.
Robert Kirsch | 3 UG Credits

ISBU 4750 - Intergroup Relations
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 1-Aug 3
Examines the basic cognitive and motivational processes involved in intergroup relations, while also considering the roles of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination in everyday life.
Susan Erenrich | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3185 – Literature About the Body
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Explores the relationship between the physical body and human identity through such topics as body image, eating disorders, sexuality, aging, disease and its affects on the body by reading and discussion of short stories, poems, and novels. Engages students in frequent formal and informal writing, beginning with personal narratives and journal responses.
Jada Ach | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3193 - Writing About the Environment
Online Synchronous | Monday-Friday 6-10pm | May 18-May29 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day); Class will be held Saturday 9am-1pm, May 23
Focuses on classic, contemporary, and non-traditional literature about the environment. The course is divided into three sections: nature writing, place-based writing, and environmental writing. Readings focus on issues beyond landscape as gender, race, politics, ethics, and culture all play a part in environmental writing.
Charlotte Matthews | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3251 - Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 4-Aug 6
Explores the process, form, and voice of writing poetry.  Offers the chance to read widely in contemporary American poetry and develop reflective prose essays on poetry, poetics, and the philosophy of poetry.
Charlotte Matthews | 3 UG Credits

ISHU 3301 - Introduction to Film
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
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 4120 - The American Short Story: The Writer and Tradition
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
Examines the American short story from the perspective of the both reader and writer. Defining recurrent themes and conventions of the genre by reading major stories spanning the last 200 years of American literature, students explore the importance of tradition to the writer analytically in critical essays and experientially in their own short stories.
Seth Horton | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4510 - Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Social Sciences: Globalization, Liberalism, Reform in 19th Century
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 3-Aug 5
Surveys major trends in 19th 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 caparative history. Explores the processes of cultural interaction and globalization. Introduces students to a broad range of sources.
Richard Floyd | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4510 - Special Topics in Conduct of Inquiry: Social Sciences: Economics of Terrorism
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 4-Aug 6
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 approches 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 D. Schnur | 3 UG Credits

ISIN 4520 – Special Topics in Conduct of Humanities: Art in Society
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
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

ISLS 3190 - Good Cop/Bad Cop
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 4-Aug 6
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 3244 - 20th Century American Literature
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 1-Aug 3
Explores fiction and poetry of Hemispheric American writers ranging from early modernists to the mid-twentieth century.
Seth Horton | 3 UG Credits

ISLS 4821 - Concepts In Cultural Analysis
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Teaches the examination of 'Culture' not as a monolith, but as a result of specific historical conjunctures and conceits, differing intellectual frameworks, varying modes of social production and reproduction. Considers the transmission of ideas across cultures, historical periods, and disciplines, and the traveling of texts through the press as a producing society.
Luke Wright | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3202 - American Hist through Public Hist II - The Revolution through the Civil War
In Person | Charlottesville | Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, May 18-May 29; Class will meet on Saturday May 23, 8am-5pm | No class May 25 (Memorial Day) | Instructor Permission Only
Explores topics in American history from the American Revolution through the United States Civil War using scholarship applied to critical visits to historic sites and museums.
David Corlett | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3360 - Making Sense of the News
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6-10pm | Jun 3-Aug 5
Develops thoughtful and informed perspectives on some of the most intriguing news stories of our times. Examines aspects of current event topics. Students will have opportunities to share their discoveries and report their findings and judgments and discuss the relevant issues.
Robert Gutman | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3410 - Topics in Abnormal Psychology
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6-10pm | Jun 4-Aug 6
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.
Lillian Wallace | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3420 - Human Thought and Behavior
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-May 29
Students will explore a variety of psychological topics in depth, from these major disciplines within psychology: Developmental, Social, Clinical, and Cognitive, and discuss their impact on the field of psychology and how they apply to behavior and life experience. Learning will be assessed by essay responses to questions posed from journal articles, book chapters, and class discussions and demonstrations.
Lillian Wallace | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3422 - Managing Your Emotions in the Workplace
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
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 3670 - Ethnic and Race Relations
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 1-Aug 3
Introduces the study of race and ethnic relations, including the social and economic conditions promoting prejudice, racism, discrimination, and segregation.  Examines contemporary American conditions, and historical and international materials.
Fredrick Dixon | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 3830 - Critical Issues in American Foreign Policy
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Examines the critical foreign policy challenges facing the United States in the 21st century.  Explores the principal challenges and opportunities for American policymakers, such as: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, environmental issues, and human rights and democratization.
Peter Ronayne | 3 UG Credits

ISSS 4750 - Intergroup Relations
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | Jun 1-Aug 3
n this course, students develop an understanding of the basic cognitive and motivational processes involved in inter-group relations. They are encouraged to consider the roles of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination in everyday life. Topics include: variations in racist and sexist beliefs; the effect of stereotypes on how we perceive others and interact socially; and the psychological processes that may change stereotypes and reduce prejudice.
Susan Erenrich | 3 UG Credits

Bachelor of Professional Studies in Health Sciences Management | Undergraduate

PSHM 4052 - Global Health Care
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Introduces key concepts of health care in a global context, including the impact of cultural and economic forces influencing health care access in developed and developing nations. Appraises and explores different systems and logistical issues in health care delivery; identifies international actors and roles in health and humanitarian action. Prerequisites: Admission to BPHM or BIS Program; and completion of PSHM 3010
Mark Erath | 3 UG Credits

PSHM 4300 - Introduction to Population Health: Programs, Policy & Epidemiology
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
Examines health issues from a population health perspective of  policy and programs; introduces students to principles of population health practice with emphasis on history, philosophy and scope. Examines how health care delivery systems, public health agencies and community organizations work together to develop interventions to improve the health outcomes in the various communities they serve.  Prerequisite: Admission to BPHM or BIS Program.
Mark Hutchinson | 3 UG Credits

PSHM 4600 - Service Excellence in Healthcare: Quality Improvement & Customer Service
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
Explores the concepts and organizational factors that impact service delivery and quality in healthcare. It emphasizes service excellence and resources to improve customer service and quality of services. It will also focus on the concepts, theories, practices, tools, and strategies for quality improvement and quality management in healthcare organizations and in service delivery. Prerequisite: Completion of PSHM 3010
Herron Mitchell | 3 UG Credits

PSHM 4900 - Capstone I: Development of the Health Sciences Management Project
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6-10pm | May 18-Aug 6
ntroduces the development of the health sciences management capstone project; students select a relevant project or research question and a focused topic of investigation, conduct a comprehensive literature review of the topic, engage with a project mentor, plan out the research project and complete a capstone project proposal. Prerequisites: Completion of PSHM 4400.
Julia May | 3 UG Credits

Master of Public Safety | Graduate

PSPS 5500 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership: Advances in AI Impacting Public Sector Leadership
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 7-8:30pm | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
Explores how AI advancements create opportunities and challenges for public sector leaders. Through case studies and professional examples, students examine AI’s transformative impact on work and leadership. Focus on the ethical, strategic, and operational issues of AI integration, enhancing leadership strategies for effective, intentional, and responsible AI-driven changes.  
Sara McClellan & Michael Boyce | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPS 6000 - Transformational Leadership in Changing Times
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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 mindset of sociocultural awareness and sensitivity, students craft solutions to those public issues by applying advanced knowledge of public safety planning, management, and response. Prereq: Admission to MPS Degree Prog.
Shannon Dion & Gladis Griffith | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSPS 6005 - Practical Applications of Risk Management in Public Safety Operations
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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 measures to proactively prevent tragedies from occurring. Final project to develop an instrument to recognize, prioritize, mobilize & address identified public safety risks in community/agency. Prereq: MPS student or Instructor permission
Gordon Graham & Michelle Wucker | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPS 6010 - Constitutional Framework of Public Safety
Online Synchronous | Mondays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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 will develop a detailed understanding of both the powers and limitations that arise from the Bill of Rights, and closely examine the evolution of the rule of law that frames and guides their work.
Tani Cantil-Sakauye & Timothy Quinn | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSPS 6030 - Developing and Implementing Systems of Emergency Preparedness
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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, local systems and resources, inter-agency cooperation, and communications and technology support. Students will engage public safety response issues and apply their knowledge through scenario exercises.
Oscar Odom & Eric Plummer | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSPS 6040 - Creating and Sustaining Community Dialogue
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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 and power; interactions in the aftermath of tragedy; officer fear and anger; historical, political, and economic divides; implicit biases and stereotype threat; and the importance of building coalitions across boundaries.
Tracie Keesee & Thomas Bradshaw | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSPS 6050 - Stewardship of Public Assets and Managing Human Capital
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
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 on the means by which evidence-based strategies may be applied to determine the appropriate number of resources to deploy to normal and complex operations. Prereq: Admission to MPS Degree Program
Deborah Spence & Jennifer Wong | 3 GR Credits | Required

Certificate Programs

Accounting

ACCT 3010 - Introductory Financial Accounting
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6:30-9:30pm | May 18-Aug 3 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day)
Designed to introduce students to the language of business, the course begins with the role of financial data in contemporary society, proceeds to develop an accounting model for capturing financial data, and finishes with the problems of measuring and reporting incomes, assets, liabilities, and equities. The focus is on external reporting with core financial statements.
Rita Fox | 3 UG Credits | Required in Post-Bacc program; fulfill Graduate program prerequisite

ACCT 5110 - Intermediate Accounting I
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 21-Aug 6
Provides an intensive study of the generally accepted accounting principles for asset valuation, income measurement, and financial statement presentation for business organizations, and underlying processes behind principles. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 3010.
Leon Hutton | 3 GR Credits | Required

ACCT 5120 - Intermediate Accounting II
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6:30-9:30pm | May 18-Aug 3 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day)
Continuation of ACCT 5110. Provides an in-depth study of accounting for the equities of a firm's investors and creators. Covers special problem areas in financial accounting including accounting for leases, pensions, income taxes, and shareholder's equity considerations. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 5110.
Nammy Lee | 3 GR Credits | Required

ACCT 5200 - Introduction to Accounting Information Systems
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 20-Aug 5
Explores how accounting information systems are designed and implemented to meet organizational accounting and decision-making needs. Analyze how capabilities and limitations inherent to current technology may shape organizational operations and strategy. Topics include firm value of AIS, block chain, artificial intelligence, mapping business processes, database design and queries, internal controls, mitigating information risks, and more.
Richard Evans | 3 GR Credits | Required

ACCT 5210 - Introductory Auditing
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 21-Aug 6
Examines auditing methodology through a study of auditing standards. Includes the nature of evidence, program planning, work papers, internal control evaluation, types of audit tests, and audit reports. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 5120.
Gary Brooks | 3 GR Credits | Required

ACCT 5450 - Introduction to Taxation
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 20-Aug 5
Analyzes basic federal income tax laws and their application to individuals, corporations, and other entities. Employs a study of scenarios and problems covering personal and business tax situations for tax avoidance results. Assigns several cases for which the student prepares illustrative tax returns. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 3010.
Harvey Hutchinson | 3 GR Credits | Required

ACCT 5460 - Entity Tax Compliance and Planning
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 19-Aug 4
Analyzes the federal income tax laws and their application to corporations, shareholders, partnerships, partners, estates, and gift transactions. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 5120.
S. Travis Bartee | 3 GR Credits | Elective

ACCT 5480 - Corporate Governance and Ethics
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 19-Aug 4
Provides in-depth understanding of corporate governance and ethics related to the public accounting profession. Explores different ethical decision-making models and apply formal corporate governance frameworks to resolve ethical conflicts as faced by accountants. Examines the challenges to ethical decision-making faced by internal accountants & auditors and learn to evaluate & resolve ethical conflict.
Michale Hood | 3 GR Credits | Elective

ACCT 5490 - Information Systems Assurance and Data Management
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 21-Aug 6
Provides essential knowledge needed to make sound strategic decisions related to investments in cybersecurity. Explores methods used to raise general security awareness, review current industry practices, and develop knowledge needed to adapt policies to protect and safeguard proprietary information. Recommended prerequisite: ACCT 5200.
Richard Evans | 3 GR Credits | Elective

Certified Financial Planning | Noncredit

NCPR 500 - Personal Financial Planning
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 21-Aug 6
Introduces the concepts of the financial planning process, client/planner interactions, time value of money applications, personal financial statements development and assessment, cash flow and debt management, and asset acquisition. Other topics and an overview of practice management concepts will be discussed. Recommended but not required: Financial Accounting, Macroeconomics, Statistics.
Salman Sadiq | Noncredit | Required

NCPR 501 - Insurance Planning
Online Synchronous | Mondays 6:30-9:30pm | May 18-Aug 3 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day)
Introduces students to risk management and insurance decisions in personal financial planning. Topics include insurance for life, health, disability, property and liability risks, as well as annuities, group insurance, and long term care.  Prerequisites: Recommended but not required: Financial Accounting, Macroeconomics, and Statistics.
Carol Bell | Noncredit | Required

NCPR 502 - Investment Planning
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 19-Aug 4
Provides an understanding of the various types of securities traded in financial markets, investment theory and practice, portfolio construction and management, and investment strategies and tactics. Prerequisites: Recommended but not required: Financial Accounting, Macroeconomics, and Statistics.
Carol Bell | Noncredit | Required

NCPR 503 - Income Tax Planning
Online Synchronous | Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 21-Aug 6
Focuses on principles and current law and practice of income taxation and its impact on financial planning for individuals, couples, and families in their roles as investors, employees, and business owners. Prerequisites: Recommended but not required:  Financial Accounting, Macroeconomics, and Statistics.
Stephen Chang | Noncredit | Required

NCPR 506 - Capstone: Financial Planning
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm | May 19-Aug 4 | Restricted course, contact Program Administrator Cindy Lu for registration (CindyLu@ virginia.edu).
Engages students in critical thinking and decision-making about personal financial management topics in the context of the financial planning process. Focuses on refining and developing skills for personal financial planners when working with individuals, families, and business owners in meeting financial needs and objectives. Prerequisites: Completion of all other required courses.
Gary Roseman | Noncredit | Required

Cloud Computing | Undergraduate

IT 3000 - Cloud Computing Foundations

Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous meeting schedule TBA by instructor.

Provides an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. Covers cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. Helps students prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

Kiran Chittargi | 3 UG Credits | Required

IT 3110 - Networking Fundamentals
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Introduces the Amazon Web Services (AWS) suite of network-related products, including AWS VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), AWS Direct Connect, Elastic Load Balancing, and Route S3. Covers troubleshooting tips and security best practices.
Laura Malave | 3 UG Credits | Required

IT 3130 - Cloud Security
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions Thursdays, 7-8:30pm, May 21-Aug 6
Introduces several Amazon Web Services (AWS) that can be used to improve security posture, security design principles and the fundamentals of AWS cloud security concepts, including AWS access control, data encryption methods, and how network access to AWS infrastructure can be secured. Focuses on additional topics such as AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance. Prerequisite: IT 3000 or equivalent.
Regelio Ofarril | 3 UG Credits | Elective

IT 3405 - Database Management and Administration
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day); Optional synchronous sessions Mondays, May 18-August 3, 6-7:30pm.
Uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) to teach the reads and writes that can be handled with insertion, update and delete to optimize the performance. Covers deploying AWS database resources, managing those resources, and completing the assignments using AWS services.  Includes information on monitoring and troubleshooting and how to perform investigations and minimize downtime, thereby increasing availability.
Majed Al-Ghandour | 3 UG Credits | Required

Cybersecurity Analysis | Undergraduate

SEC 3020 - Cyber Security Policy, Law, and Ethics
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day); Optional synchronous sessions Mondays, May 18-Aug 3, 7-8:30pm.
Provides overview of cyber security (CS) policies, laws, regulations, and ethical considerations that can be used to help protect and improve an organization's security posture. Explores related topics including ethics, CS policy requirements and controls, compliance, and implementation issues. Examines modern CS regulations and frameworks, and the various policies and procedures that may be used in an organization's security strategy.
Derek Holbert | 3 UG Credits | Required

SEC 3030 - Human Factors in Cyber Security
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | No class May 25 (Memorial Day); Optional synchronous sessions Tuesdays, May 19-Aug 4, 7-8:30pm.
Explores human aspects of cyber security -- including security training and awareness, cyber ethics, hacktivism, hacker culture -- with emphasis on human motivations and responses. Examines common human-centered attacks, such as phishing, social engineering, and other psychological manipulation.
Derek Holbert | 3 UG Credits | Required

IT 3000 - Cloud Computing Foundations
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous meeting schedule TBA by instructor.
Provides an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. Covers cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. Helps students prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
Kiran Chittargi | 3 UG Credits | Elective

IT 3130 - Cloud Security

Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions Thursdays, 7-8:30pm, May 21-Aug 6
Introduces several Amazon Web Services (AWS) that can be used to improve security posture, security design principles and the fundamentals of AWS cloud security concepts, including AWS access control, data encryption methods, and how network access to AWS infrastructure can be secured. Focuses on additional topics such as AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance. Prerequisite: IT 3000 or equivalent.
Regelio Ofarril | 3 UG Credits | Elective

Cybersecurity Management | Graduate

BUS 5010 - Cybersecurity Management
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Jul 24 | Optional synchronous sessions every other Tuesday, May 19-Jul 14; 7-8:30pm
Provides managers with the essential framework needed to design and develop an effective cybersecurity program.  Explores methods used to raise general security awareness, review current industry practices, and develop expertise needed to adapt policies to achieve confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational assets and data.
Angel Jones | 3 GR Credits | Required

BUS 5040 - Creating and Conducting a Security Assessment
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions Thursdays, Jun 4-Aug 6, 7-8:30pm.
Reviews the essential components of a security assessment and explores how to integrate methodology with company needs.  Covers the pitfalls connected with conducting a security assessment.  Addresses how to create security assessment reports, identifying threats and vulnerabilities and managing organizational audits and compliance metrics. Case studies are used to illustrate course concepts.
Michael Wojcik | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSLP 5300 - Foundations of Leadership
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Introduces students to various styles and theories of leadership.  Through self-assessment and guided inquiry, students examine and create their own unique style of leadership.   Students will develop approaches to adapt and modify leadership styles to various situations and individual personalities to influence organizational outcomes.
Kai Degner | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSLP 5500 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership: Advances in AI Impacting Public Sector Leadership
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
Explores how AI advancements create opportunities and challenges for public sector leaders. Through case studies and professional examples, students examine AI’s transformative impact on work and leadership. Focus on the ethical, strategic, and operational issues of AI integration, enhancing leadership strategies for effective, intentional, and responsible AI-driven changes.  
Sara McClellan & Michael Boyce | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPM 5030 - Introduction to Project Managementroject Mgmt
Online Asynchronous | Available May 26-Jul 31 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Introduces students to the various aspects of the project life cycle and project management. Explores best practices and the application of these best practices for project success.
Edward Kropp | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPM 5290 - Agile Project Management
Online Asynchronous | Available May 26-Jul 31 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Introduce Agile Project Management as an iterative and incremental method of managing the project design and build activities for engineering, information technology, and new product or service development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner. Provides thorough exposure to agile and lean methods, and explores differences between these methods and traditional techniques.
Susan P. Schwartz | 3 GR Credits | Elective

Health Sciences Management | Graduate

PSHM 5052 – Global Health Care
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6
Analyzes key concepts of health care in a global context, including the impact of cultural and economic forces influencing health care access in developed and developing nations. Evaluates different systems and logistical issues in health care delivery; assesses international actors and roles in health and humanitarian action.
Mark Erath | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSHM 5300 - Population Health: Programs, Policy, and Epidemiology
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
Focuses on the unique integration of public health and healthcare systems. Provides students with key knowledge and skills to effectively promote health and prevent disease, while navigating public health and healthcare challenges. Emphasizes the identification of populations at risk; evidence-based care, care coordination, patient and community engagement, and reporting of outcomes. Prereq: Bachelor's Degree
Mark Hutchinson | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSHM 5600 - Service Excellence in Healthcare: Quality Improvement & Customer Service
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays 6-10pm | Jun 2-Aug 4
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.
Mitchell Herron | 3 GR Credits | Required

Information Technology | Undergraduate

IT 3230 - Basics of Web Design
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Master the basics of website construction, design, and maintenance using XHTML and CSS.  The course provides an overview of aesthetic, business, and technical website design concepts. Attention is also given to the underlying concepts of website design such as navigation for websites, usability, accessibility issues, and the process of putting a completed website online.
Mary Smith | 3 UG Credits | Required

IT 4400 - Web Application Development - Building Dynamic Websites
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
This course serves as a capstone course to be taken after all other required courses in the program.  Using a project-based approach, students will develop Web applications using the PHP scripting language and MySQL databases. Topics include PHP scripting, data-driven interactivity, writing secure PHP programs, and code frameworks.
Kiran Chittargi | 3 UG Credits | Required

IT 3000 - Cloud Computing Foundations
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous meeting schedule TBA by instructor.
Provides an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. Covers cloud concepts, Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. Helps students prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
Kiran Chittargi | 3 UG Credits | Elective

Leadership | Graduate

PSLP 5320 - Organizational Leadership
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Focuses on the challenging role of leaders in today's complex organizations.  Identifies ways to adapt the organizational structures, policies, and management workforce to enhance competitive advantage.  Topics include change management, organizational dynamics, and crisis management.  Upon completion of the course students will be able to assess risk, perform root cause analysis, and employ effective decision-making processes.
Roxann Allen | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSLP 5330 - Communication and Team Development
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Prepares today's leaders for success in communication skills with diverse audiences, as well as effective team building and management. Communication topics address technical and non-technical audiences using presentations; interpersonal skills; and writing skills. Team development instruction focuses on managing teams, identifying and understanding the leadership role, the importance of shared leadership, and team decision-making.
John McCarthy | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSLP 5500 - Contemporary Issues in Leadership: Advances in AI Impacting Public Sector Leadership
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays 7-8:30pm | May 18-Aug 6 | Synchronous sessions will be recorded.
Explores how AI advancements create opportunities and challenges for public sector leaders. Through case studies and professional examples, students examine AI’s transformative impact on work and leadership. Focus on the ethical, strategic, and operational issues of AI integration, enhancing leadership strategies for effective, intentional, and responsible AI-driven changes.
Sara McClellan & Michael Boyce | 3 GR Credits | Elective

HR 5020 - Staffing and Career Management
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Examines the processes and techniques that establish and govern the flow of interrelated organizational staffing activities. Includes case studies covering the latest staffing models and systems, economic conditions that impact staffing, laws and regulations, strategy and planning, measurement, job analysis, internal and external recruiting, and decision making.
Ronald Beckwith | 3 GR Credits | Elective

HR 5040 - Organizational Performance Management
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Examines the influence of human performance elements (such as quality of work-life, rewards and recognition, job design, teambuilding, and participative management) on organizational performance.
Roderick French | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPA 5030 - Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-July 24 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Provides a basic understanding of the financial activities of U.S. governments at all levels. Explores the purposes, characteristics, processes, and operations of financial management systems and focuses on financial operations analysis, coordination across relevant public entities, and effective public resource management. Topics include budgeting theory and practice, debt management, treasury and cash management, and revenue/tax administration.
Corey Beckett | 3 GR Credits | Elective

PSPM 5290 - Agile Project Management
Online Asynchronous | Available May 26-Jul 31 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Introduce Agile Project Management as an iterative and incremental method of managing the project design and build activities for engineering, information technology, and new product or service development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner. Provides thorough exposure to agile and lean methods, and explores differences between these methods and traditional techniques. Susan P. Schwartz | 3 GR Credits | Elective

Leadership in Human Resources Management | Graduate

Procurement and Contracts Management | Graduate

PC 5010 - Procurement Policy & Practices
Online Asynchronous | Available May18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Covers all subchapters of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), providing an intensive review of practical technical, business and contractual issues that the government deals with in establishing and managing a federal contract. Topics include acquisition process, governmental acquisition plans, inspection and termination as well as some of the basics necessary for contracts and acquisition personnel.
Thomas Eller | 3 GR Credits | Required

PC 5040 - Advanced Contract Management
Online Asynchronous | Available May 18-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Reinforces and increases knowledge of the principles of contract formation and administration. Major topics include: market research, acquisition and source selection planning, contract types and financing, RFPs, protests, subcontract administration, contract finance and debt collection, contract payments and prompt payments, termination, delays, quality assurance and changes, claims, and closeout.
John McCarthy | 3 GR Credits | Required

Project Management | Graduate

PSPM 5200 - Project Schedule, Cost, and Budget Control
Online Asynchronous | Available May 26-Jul 31 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Introduces students to a variety of project scheduling and cost control techniques that are vital for a project to meet its schedule and cost goals and objectives. Concentrates on the variety of scheduling techniques (Gantt Chart, Critical Path Method, and Program Evaluation Review Technique) that can be used to guide and monitor project performance. Activities that are critical in preparing a realistic schedule are explored, discussed, and practiced. Students are then introduced to a variety of budgeting, cost estimating, and cost control techniques.
Douglass Smith | 3 GR Credits | Required

PSPM 5230 - Project Management: Leaderhip and Managing the Project Team
Online Asynchronous | Available May 26-Jul 31 | Optional synchronous sessions TBA by instructor.
Analyzes the difference between leadership and management in the project management environment. Evaluates the role of the project manager as team leader, and reviews the application of various leadership and management techniques to project management.
Michael Powers | 3 GR Credits | Required

Public Administration | Graduate

PSPA 5010 - Public Policy Analysis
Online Asynchronous | Available Jun 1-Aug 6 | Optional synchronous schedule TBA by instructor.
Introduces traditional and alternative approaches to policy analysis while exploring public policy theory. Develops knowledge necessary to identify contemporary public issues, assess policy alternatives, and analyze strategic impact. Covers policy stages from stakeholder engagement and agenda setting through policy formulation, adoption, and evaluation. Examines how politics can influence policy making across levels of government.
Sara McClellan | 3 GR Credits | Required

* 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.

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