42 courses with the subject LPPS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LPPS 3040US National Security Policy3
Effective Date 10/20/2020 This course examines the problems and issues confronting American national security policymakers and the factors that influence the policies that emerge. Types of questions we will address include: What threatens those interests? How should the U.S. defend those interests? What kind of military should we build? Should the U.S. enter alliances with other countries? The course is organized along an historical time line.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 This course explores leadership in U.S. diplomacy through oral histories, memoirs, biographies, and documentaries from post-WWII to today. Students examine how diplomats shaped policy, influenced institutions, and faced ethical and leadership challenges. Readings compare figures such as “The Wise Men,” Ralph Bunche, and Dean Rusk with more contemporary leaders including Richard Holbrooke, William Burns, Prudence Bushnell, and Ron Capps. Requisites Students cannot enroll if they previously completed LPPP 3559 Topic #40 Leadership in U.S. Diplomacy
Effective Date 02/23/2018 Social entrepreneurship is an approach to creating system-level change through the application of entrepreneurial thinking to social ventures, non-profit organizations, government institutions, and NGOs to create economic, environmental, and social value for multiple stakeholders. In this course you will be introduced to a range of entrepreneurial approaches aimed at solving social problems - from the non-profit to the for-profit.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 A hands-on seminar on AI governance exploring challenges of generative and agentic AI, from algorithmic bias to workforce disruption, across local and global contexts. Weekly lectures, discussions, and applications build toward a group project where students use AI tools to design solutions addressing real-world policy issues. Requisites Students cannot enroll if they have previously completed LPPP 3559 Topic #42 AI Policy
Effective Date 08/01/2026 This course focuses on the things that threaten and empower individuals and their families. As noted in UN resolution 66/290, “human security is an approach to assist States in identifying and addressing widespread and cross-cutting challenges to the survival, livelihood and dignity of their people.” Questions will include: What threatens human survival? What are the sources of human disability? What leads to personal satisfaction and wellness?
LPPS 3150For a Good Cause: Practical Nonprofit Fundraising3
Effective Date 04/10/2020 Nonprofits – from refugee advocacy groups to homeless shelters to world-class museums and universities – along with political campaigns and social movements share a common problem: they need money. Fundraising is fuel for action and a marketable skill. This experiential learning class will help you to understand the different types of fundraising and the essentials of designing and executing a development plan by actively raising money.
Effective Date 08/01/2021 Universities can foster opportunities for social advancement for all or they can facilitate ongoing economic inequality. How we incorporate lower-income and first-generation students is a defining factor. This learning lab poses the question for UVA: how well does the university support its first-gen and lower-income students? What can we do about it? Students will gain research experience addressing these questions.
Effective Date 09/27/2024 Through a mix of case studies, official documents, and online media, this course provides a deeper dive into: (1) the industries we now call “Big Tech,” (2) the policy landscape that both influences and is influenced by technology innovation, as well as (3) the business and cultural challenges at this intersection of technology and policy.
Effective Date 08/01/2023 The 9-11 attacks ushered in a new era of international terrorism. Over the course of the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations, experts have grappled to employ an effective strategy for countering Al Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates. This course explores the lessons of this long, troubled chapter, especially through our engagement in Afghanistan, and seeks to apply those lessons to countering future terrorist threats at home and abroad.
LPPS 3280Lessons in Leadership: JFK and the Most Personal Office3
Effective Date 10/15/2018 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 3290Social Innovation in Emerging Markets: India and South East Asia3
Effective Date 04/27/2018 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2019 Course will look at critical questions defining global humanitarian action and policy. The inability to deliver aid inside Syria, record refugee flows, drought in Ethiopia, brutal conflict in Yemen, are only some of today’s crises. Using historical and critical analysis, case studies, and insights from guest speakers, the foundations, dilemmas, and operations of humanitarian aid will be explored.
LPPS 3310Police-Community Relations: Problems and Prospects3
Effective Date 03/04/2019 The current state of US police-community relations is in a precarious condition. Recent incidents of negative police-citizen encounters resulting in deaths of unarmed citizens & police officers has affected public trust & confidence in local law enforcement. Class focuses on problems of police-community relations & deliberates prospects for policy solutions. Students develop & present policy proposals to address a particular problem.
Effective Date 03/16/2022 Through global case studies in regions including Africa, the Middle East, the US, & Australia, course explores relationship betwn education & conflict: how education systems exacerbate conflict through curricula, inequalities such as access & knowledge gaps; how educ systems can alleviate poverty & other factors leading to armed conflict; how external factors (resource scarcity, global climate change,political instability) impact educ & conflict.
Effective Date 08/01/2024 Experiential course where students work directly w/U.S. Dept. of Defense to address real-world nat’l security challenges, gaining problem-solving & prof. skills for any field. Through research, stakeholder interviews, & engagements w/outside experts, student teams develop policy recs for project sponsors’ orgs. Recent project sponsors: US Strategic Command, Space Security & Defense Program, & Nat’l Ground Intelligence Center.
Effective Date 09/27/2024 “This course offers an exploration into the evolution of constitutional rights, liberties, and justice from 1953 to the present day, focusing on the tenures of Chief Justices Warren, Burger, Rehnquist, and Roberts. Emphasis is placed on landmark Supreme Court cases and the distinct personalities and leadership styles of the aforementioned Chief Justices. Students will examine the means by which the Constitution can be “”changed,”” such as through interpretation, convention, or societal shifts. By the end of the course, students should be able to critically engage with constitutional debates, understand the evolving nature of rights and liberties in the U.S., and appreciate the significance and power of the Supreme Court in shaping American society.”
Effective Date 10/09/2024 This course brings you the lessons expert entrepreneurs have learned over decades. Through their experiences, expert entrepreneurs learn not only to tackle the unpredictable, but also to embrace and even leverage it to cocreate enduring new ventures. In this course, you will have the opportunity to explore in depth the principles and practices of effectuation. We will grapple with the principles and process of effectual action and interaction.
Effective Date 03/08/2019 This course explores trauma in the context of child development and how the United States public school system serves to address this issue from policy perspective. Applied policy will be a unique focus of this course with case studies. School based mental health services, educational supports, and the historical context of education will be covered.
Effective Date 10/03/2019 Discussion-based course w/a developmental examination of child poverty (multi-layer effects of history, culture,&geographic location). Examine: school reform efforts (“turnaround” schools,charter schools); implications of No Child Left Behind &2015 Every Student Succeeds Act; barriers (social isolation,violence,oppression,etc.) that contribute to failure of previous reform initiatives; education policies&proposals aiming to address these issues. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken LPPP 3559 topic 9 Child Poverty in Schools
Effective Date 09/30/2022 This course will examine Special Education policy in the United States as it relates to practice, policy, and research. Students will understand the historical context of special education, the development of IDEA policy and relevant case law, as well as the changes that have been passed and proposed in regard to the current law in recent years. This class will be a mixture of lecture and discussion and will be taught from an equity in education lens.
Effective Date 04/27/2018 This course introduces students to the strategies and processes required in the contemporary economy to leverage innovation in order to maintain overall competitiveness and make a difference. Students will examine several firms, and individuals who have catalyzed positive social change through different organizational platforms in the market, in government, within the nonprofit sector, and increasingly in the space between these three sectors.
Effective Date 10/09/2024 From the policy and regulatory perspective, problem-solving in such areas as the environment, immigration, trade, labor, social welfare, national security, and education depend on nations having functional and effective laws in place. Course examines the legal and constitutional underpinnings of key public policy challenges facing Great Britain, Europe, and the U.S.
LPPS 3440Intro to Mngmt Consulting & Strategic Decision Making3
Effective Date 09/28/2021 Students study complex & ambiguous problems like a strategy consultant. The immersive, case-based course gives students the skills & confidence to navigate complex business problems & facilitate discussion around the psychology of decision making teams. Learn hypothesis driven structured problem-solving approach & apply to mock case interviews & live consulting project w/a real-world client. Final case competition is presented to alumni leaders.
Effective Date 08/01/2023 How landmark social policies have impacted how we live, work, and die and how to use the legislative process to change these policies to ensure their relevance in today’s society.
Effective Date 09/25/2018 Course focuses on structure & function of US healthcare system. Covers history & current status of education, financing & delivery systems, including comparison with other nations. Topics include challenges that face current & future leaders, providers, patients, & policy makers. Examines issues of: workforce, financing, access, disparities & technology. Addresses problems and opportunities.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 Healthcare is a major concern for U.S. policymakers, accounting for nearly 20% of GDP and large portions of federal and state budgets. This course introduces the key economic trade-offs in healthcare policy. Rather than focusing on institutional details, it uses economic principles and models to examine issues such as health inequality, insurance design, system costs, waste, and innovation, equipping students to analyze healthcare policy decisions. Requisites Students cannot enroll if they have previously completed LPPP 3559 Topic #41 Trade-offs in Healthcare Pol.
Effective Date 10/09/2024 Course teaches the fundamentals of military strategy, reviewing the political uses of military power & the respective roles of military & civilian leaders in formulating & implementing foreign policy. Students investigate how war affects civil society and how the characteristics of states’ domestic politics and culture affect how leaders execute their chosen strategies. The common theme each week is to investigate the connection between the nature of the societies in conflict and how they prosecute the wars between them.
Effective Date 10/08/2024 This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, practices, and challenges of diplomacy in the context of humanitarian policy and action. We will explore the role of diplomacy in addressing humanitarian crises, the ethical and legal considerations, and the practical skills required to engage in humanitarian diplomacy effectively.
LPPS 3724Just Policy: Justice, Goodness, & Public Policy3
Effective Date 10/09/2024 Course explores the integration of moral & ethical considerations in addressing U.S. public policy challenges. Students study & contrast major philosophical & political theories of justice & the common good, including those that are embedded in the U.S. constitutional architecture; and consider and contrast how these theories would guide public policy choices.
Effective Date 03/13/2018 This course examines how the world’s major states and regions manage their public finances and economic policies through their budgetary processes and institutions.
Effective Date 01/01/2021 Explore US mental health policy & analyze effectiveness of policies to address behavioral health needs. Examine how US Fed govt perceives mental illness, impact of science on policy initiatives & why US remains in state of crisis. Topics include: COVID, Social Determinants of Health, institutionalization vs community based svcs, impact of adverse childhood experiences, PTSD & military, brain science, financing mental health svcs & opioid crisis.
Effective Date 10/04/2021 How can we understand patterns of human development around the world? More specifically, how does politics affect health, prosperity and security? Through this course, you will become a critical consumer of explanations for human development and you will learn how to propose and evaluate development initiatives with a keen understanding of the importance of political factors.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 This course examines the politics of federal budgeting and its role in economic policy making. Students will learn about the creation of the presidential budget, the politics of the Congressional budget process, tax policy, defense spending, social spending, fiscal federalism-the connection between federal and state governments-and the relationship between fiscal policy and the Federal Reserve’s making of monetary policy.
Effective Date 08/01/2022 This class explores the intersection between how we perform elections and how we craft public policy. We investigate two broad questions (1) the effect of policy on elections – how rules around voting, funding, and the organization of elections influence election outcomes and larger policy discourse, and (2) the effect of elections on policy – how elections shape elite motivations and citizen expectations around the development and passage of policy.
Effective Date 10/10/2024 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.
Effective Date 04/27/2018 This course is an intensive examination of how one progressive country in Europe is working toward sustainability through a variety of interconnected programs. This course in Denmark examines several programs being undertaken by local leaders to address problems in their communities. We will see what is being done to promote sustainability in four areas: green energy, sustainable transportation, food security, and what are called “livable cities”
LPPS 4620Technology Policy I: Industry Analysis, Strategy, & Finance1
Effective Date 01/01/2026 Introduces advanced undergrads to technology policy and industry analysis. Covers competitive dynamics, firm strategy, value chains, and economic/financial assessment. Uses semiconductors as a running case, with AI and quantum comparisons on standards, export controls, IP, safety, and ethics. Labs, memos, and debates build skills to evaluate regulation, international coordination, innovation, economic competitiveness, and societal welfare.
LPPS 4625Technology Policy II: Semiconductors, AI and Quantum2
Effective Date 08/01/2026 Advanced applications of Tech Policy I frameworks to real policy challenges in semiconductors, AI, and quantum. Emphasizes supply-chain resilience, governance, national security, and global competitiveness; analyzes policy tools such as export controls, workforce development, R&D incentives, and standards-setting. Through case studies, scenarios, and simulations, students produce a final integrative report with actionable recommendations.
Effective Date 04/27/2018 ‘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.
Effective Date 04/27/2018 This experiential learning course applies basic principles of social entrepreneurship to real-world problems that social entrepreneurs are facing. Students will work in teams on challenges proposed by a set of local and international social entrepreneurs. This is a design-thinking-centric course for students interested in investigating how our world is adapting to solve the greatest social and environmental challenges of this century.
