• LPPS 3280

    Lessons in Leadership: JFK and the Most Personal Office
     Rating

    4.78

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course introduces students to the history, politics and leadership legacy of John F. Kennedy. From topics as wide-ranging as tax policy and space exploration to the war in Vietnam, dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, the class will trace the impact of a brief Presidency over nearly sixty years and focus on how Kennedy's life, presidency and tragic assassination influenced the leadership styles and impacted public policy.

  • LPPS 3290

    Social Innovation in Emerging Markets: India and South East Asia
     Rating

    2.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This is an introductory course, aimed at exposing students to modern Indian and South Asian society, culture, business and policy through a variety of materials. The course may be particularly important due to the rising stature and importance of India and more generally, South Asia, in the global economy.

  • GSVS 3310

    Sustainability Policy at Home & Abroad
     Rating

    3.50

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.94

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Students will survey the main currents of US & international sustainability policy (air & water quality, endangered species protection, public land management, private land conservation), consider their origins in conservation thought, and learn to evaluate these policies via examples and assignments from current natural resource and environmental challenges. Students will learn about the actors and processes by which policy decisions are made.

  • LPPL 3450

    Resilient Leadership for Teams and Teammates
     Rating

    3.83

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Course builds students' skills in "the art of getting things done". Students will establish the critical leadership & team-building competencies that distinguish highly effective leaders. We will introduce frameworks that will enhance student's: resilience; team leadership skills; capacity for thriving in times of adversity; emotional intelligence; interpersonal skills (including conflict resolution & negotiation skills) & decision making.

  • LPPL 4660

    Value and Bias in Public Policy
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.61

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course moves beyond the traditional economic approach to public policy and explores the role of psychological analysis. Decision-making is not always rational, but involves various cognitive biases that can result in mistrust and prejudice, preference for avoidance of loss rather than maximization of gain, and overweighting of short-term outcomes.

  • LPPS 4730

    Impact Investing
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    'Impact Investing' is the proactive deployment of financial resources to organizations for a positive return on investment and an additional, intentional social impact beyond financial returns. Impact Investing explores how funders (grant funders, investors, and policymakers) deploy capital to support social entrepreneurs. This course provides an introductory understanding of utilizing finance as a tool for solving social problems worldwide.

  • EBUS 4810

    New Product Development
     Rating

    1.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Students will learn the fundamentals of product management. Topics include identifying unmet needs, understanding markets, implementing product development frameworks and processes, building businesses, and working with multi-functional teams. The application of these concepts to different phases of the product lifecycle will be explored. Students will build technical, professional, and soft skills necessary for success in product management. Prerequisite: EBUS 1800 and enrolled in the Engineering Business Minor or Entrepreneurship Minor - Tech Concentration and 3rd or 4th year standing

  • DS 5110

    Data Engineering II: Big Data Systems
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.87

    Last Taught

    Summer 2025

    Trends in hardware and software for Big Data Systems and applications. Cover principles driving data infrastructures, which enabled the training of AI models on datasets (speech, sounds, images, video, languages) and may extend to structured data (text, images, time series). AI and machine learning practitioners build and deploy data science projects on Amazon Web Services unifying data science, data engineering, and application development.

  • LPPP 5500

    Short Course Topics
     Rating

    3.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.80

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Courses examine special topics in public policy and/or leadership.

  • EGMT 1530

    Engaging Differences
     Rating

    3.73

     Difficulty

    2.01

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    In this class, students will learn to critically reflect on one's own situation and perspective in relations to one's expanding knowledge of other human experiences, seeking to cultivate a framework for informed reflection on human diversity and social complexity while developing empathy as a foundation for democratic citizenship.