For more than 200 years, Americans and Europeans have exchanged ideas about prison reform. Today, few Europeans look to America for examples of prison reform. Why would they? This course explores the US prison system as well as why and when Norway adopted a different approach to crime and punishment than the U.S.

Provides students with experience in discerning & analyzing ethical issues pertaining to institutional policies & operations as they arise in healthcare settings. Each student spends several hours a week in an administrative sector of the UVA Health System (same setting throughout the semester) under the mentorship of an administrator engaged in that setting. Focuses on the students' observations and analyses of ethical issues that arise.

Provides basic overview of economic and financial management concepts in healthcare. Introduces important economic concepts and issues in healthcare, including market factors, production, costs, labor issues, and economic evaluation. Provides an overview of basic financial management principles, capital planning and financing, financial statements, and budgeting in healthcare organizations. Prerequisite: Admission to Grad Certificate Program.

This course examines ethical, social justice and legal issues related to sexual health and reproduction, including topics such as personhood; consequences of overturning Roe; obstetrical violence & coerced medical interventions; genetic selection and enhancement; infertility & assisted reproduction; research with pregnant persons; fertility preservation in transgender youth; gender norms; power & health inequalities; AI, Big Data & reproduction.

Course provides students experience w/data science within a framework of data ethics in service of equity-oriented public policy. Primary goals are:collaborate w/community partner on project that advances social justice and policy understanding; practice working with real data and moral & ethical implications of work; and develop experience in data workflows that support ethical data science.

Moves through individual, group, and organizational levels of behavior, drawing on concepts and practices from the field of Organizational Behavior (OB). Provides a basic understanding of one's own and others' behavior, particularly in teams, and enhances students' ability to communicate and work effectively with others, including core leadership skills. Prerequisites: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate; and completion of PSHM 5010 or 5020.

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

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.

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.

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.