• PSHM 5805

    Health Information Systems and Applications
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    Spring 2026

    Examines how informatics in the healthcare industry improves patient care, health outcomes, efficiency, quality & evidence-based decision making; evaluates challenges and strategies for healthcare managers in implementing health information systems & their costs, benefits, and impacts in healthcare organizations. Analyzes key issues in data management, security, privacy and confidentiality. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate

  • HHE 5960

    Supervised Independent Research
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Independent research for undergraduate students enrolled in the BA/BS/MPH 5 year program or other programs that may be related to Public Health or Ethics.

  • ENVH 6000

    Introduction to Environmental Humanities
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Introducing the questions, methods, and arguments that organize work in the Environmental Humanities (EH), this graduate seminar is open to MA and PhD students from any discipline, including the sciences and social sciences. There are no prerequisites. ENVH 6000 serves as the required course for the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Humanities, yet is open to graduate students not pursuing the Certificate.

  • EURS 6000

    Research Inquiries in European Studies
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This interdisciplinary course introduces students to advanced research methods for investigating issues in European Studies. Each student will develop a research proposal and paper on a specific disciplinary topic under the supervision of a faculty member in that discipline, with the requirement that the paper include significant insights from at least one other discipline.

  • DS 6015

    Data Science Capstone
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Designed for capstone project teams to meet in groups with advisors and clients to advance work on their projects. Capstone course is for MSDS students.

  • DS 6021

    Machine Learning I: Introduction to Predictive Modeling
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Comprehensive introduction to predictive modeling, a cornerstone of data science and machine learning. Learn the fundamental concepts, techniques, and tools used to build models while emphasizing both theoretical understanding and practical applications. The topics include we will cover are an in-depth analysis of linear models and different variants, their extension to generalized linear models, and an introduction to nonparametric regression.

  • GHSS 6050

    Introduction to Graduate Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course introduces first-year graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to the knowledge and skills fundamental to success in graduate school. Particular topics vary.

  • DS 6051

    Decoding Large Language Models
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    Spring 2025

    Evolution of language models, from encoding words to simple vectors to training LLMs. Train and build LLM, understand concepts like self- and cross-attention in LLMs and their applications, review research on Tokenizers, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Prompt Engineering, Fine-tuning LLMs using Low-Rank Adapters (LoRA), Quantization in LLMs, QLoRA, In-context Learning (ICL) and Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning. Using Python libraries.

  • LPPS 6330

    Confronting US Climate Policy
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Project oriented course that will research specific climate problems, proposing new solution to decision makers at local & state level. Course expands understanding of broad societal scope relevant to climate action. Students are exposed to federal, state & local policy challenges and opportunities as well as understanding how business & politics shape the policy landscape. Gain understanding of diverse climate-relevant career opportunities.

  • LPPS 6365

    Effectual Entrepreneurship
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    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Course uses expert entrepreneurs with decades of starting & running new ventures. Expert entrepreneurs learn to tackle the unpredictable, but also to embrace and leverage it to cocreate enduring new ventures. Students will grapple with the principles and process of effectual action and interaction. The course is designed to delve into effectual entrepreneurship ¿ philosophically, psychologically and practically.