Students register for this course to complement an industry work experience. Topics focus on the application of engineering principles, analysis, methods and best practices in an industrial setting. A final report is required.

Guiding students in a 2-credit undertaking that culminates in a Public Safety Capstone project. MPS faculty support topic identification, literature review and research, and analysis/synthesis of data to demonstrate achievement of project objectives. Interactive sessions involve Q&A, progress presentations, and peer feedback. Course completes with an article-length paper and video presentation.

This course provides an opportunity for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to reflect upon and plan for post-graduation career opportunities both in the academe and in other areas.

Teams will solve an analytics challenge from a sponsoring company. The company will provide the data and the problem. You and your team will design a solution in the form of a set of visualizations and a model and assess the business impact in conjunction with the sponsoring company. Key questions: How much money will the proposed solution save? How many new customers will the proposed solution attract? The core deliverable is a presentation.

In the second capstone course you will assess the business impact of your solution and should be done in conjunction with the sponsoring company. Key assessment questions may include: a) how much money (or other resources) will the proposed solution save? b) How many new customers will the proposed solution attract? c) how much money will current customers spend? The core deliverable is a report on the business impact your proposed solution.

Graduate-level poetry writing workshop for advanced writing students. A weekly 2.5 hour workshop discussion of student poems. For more details, visit our program website at creativewriting.virginia.edu.

International relations studies often overlook underlying geographic, economic, & intern¿l order dimensions that varyingly benefit some states & disadvantage others. How does access to open seas or having a veto at the UN benefit a country? How does being landlocked or lacking natural resources disadvantage a country? Course highlights underlying dimensions shaping how a country perceives its interests & what it emphasizes in foreign policy.

Current state and future trends in Machine Learning Systems are covered. Topics include hardware systems, software systems, and Machine Learning optimized for metrics beyond predictive accuracy.

The DI Seminar will provide a unique learning experience that combines interdisciplinary inquiry with diverse forms of scholarly engagement, opportunities to interact with distinguished guests, both academics and community leaders, from on and off-Grounds. The fall semester will be devoted to readings that explore critical, conceptual, and methodological problems on the seminar theme.

This course exposes students to how business analytics are used in various global managerial contexts. Students develop a toolkit of analytical competencies while gaining experience in solving business problems and communicating analytical findings.