Catalog Supplement
This catalog supplement is provided to give a brief overview of the new programs and courses that have been approved since the 2024-2025 catalog was published.
(updated February 20, 2025)
New Undergraduate Programs
New Graduate Programs
New Undergraduate Courses
| Course No. | Title | Description | Effective Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTH 323 | Global Pop Art | Examines how Pop artists around the world have grappled with capitalism, mass media, political violence, imperialism, racism, homophobia, and sexism. Course asks what roles Pop Art plays in the mainstream and counterculture as well as in oppressive and liberatory messaging. | Fall 2025 |
| BIO 307 | Research in Revolutionary Genetics | Covers key concepts and methods in the field, including handling and analyzing next-generation sequence data. Students will apply those to independently driven group projects. The course will engage students in science communication, including a poster presentation. | Fall 2025 |
| DMVP 300 | Introduction to Virtual Production | Students use Unreal Engine to learn real-time graphics engine-based virtual filmmaking techniques for creating narrative virtual production. Topics include set/location/world building, lighting, camera setup and movement, digital human character creation, animation and final rendering. | Fall 2025 |
| DVMP 310 | In-Camera Virtual Production | Students will learn and practice with on-set virtual production technologies and techniques that bring virtual sets and locations to life on a Virtual Production display wall using real-time 3D graphics. | Fall 2025 |
| DVMP 320 | Live Event Virtual Production | Context areas covered include use of virtual production for live broadcasting and live internet video streamin/casting, as well as on-site live event production involving custom LED displays and AR video effects. Technology topics explored include live greenscreen compositing integrated with moving cameras and real-time graphics, live use of background display walls, and AR for video production | Fall 2025 |
| DVMP 330 | Realtime Virtual Cinematography | Students learn and practice cinematography principles, terminology and aesthetics design including the use of camera, framing, lighting, color, and action. | Fall 2025 |
| EAM 290 | Legacy Media & Publishing | This course presents an essential overview of legacy media content, business models, and market trajectories. | Fall 2025 |
| FASH 410 | Fashion Event Planning | In this experiential learning course, students will gain practical, hands-on experience producing the Drexel Fashion show. | Fall 2025 |
| FMST 201 | Modern Masters | This course takes a comprehensive look at the works, influences, and impact of a singular film artist whose monumental contributions to the film industry have been noteworthy. | Fall 2025 |
| FMST 350 | Environmental Activism Through Film | Students will explore environmental issues from local concerns to global climate change through viewing and responding to films that are designed to entertain, inform, and advocate for taking action to address the climate and environmental crises. | Fall 2025 |
| FMTV 393 | Money and the Media | Focuses on the economics of various segments of the media business with an emphasis on television through its past, present, and future incarnations. | Fall 2025 |
| HSCI 111 | Introduction to Health Professions | Introduces students to the variety of academic and career options in the health professions. Students will engage with health professionals from several fields, practice problem-solving from a variety of health professional perspectives, begin to think critically about health academic literature, and discover resources for pursuing health professions. | Fall 2025 |
| MIP 250 | Women in the Music Industry | Explores and celebrates women's contributions to the music industry in a variety of roles and capabilities. Students will be empowered and encouraged to reflect on the significance of equity and representation in today's industry landscape through examining women's experiences, challenges, and accomplishments as business people and creatives. | Fall 2025 |
| PBHL 450 | Vaccine Design, Testing and Implementation | Students will learn basic immunology and infections disease epidemiological concepts important for understanding how vaccines work both at the individual and population level. Students will also learn the history of many important vaccines currently used today and some of the controversies surrounding those vaccines. Students will learn reasons for vaccine hesitancy and refusal and will then be tasked with developing strategies to overcome these barriers. | Fall 2025 |
| PBHL 330 | Ensuring Health and Sustainable Environments for Children | Examines how children, from infancy through adolescence, may be at risk from exposures to environmental hazards, their unique vulnerabilities as they develop and grow, major adverse health outcomes of concern among children, and disparities in these outcomes related to poverty, racism, and other social determinants. Students will explore hazards in the indoor and outdoor environments, in schools, and places of work, and will consider policy solutions for harm prevention and health promotion in thee settings from the local to the global scale. | Fall 2025 |
| PHTO 227 | Generative AI for Photographers | This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts of generative AI and its practical applications in enhancing creativity, editing, and image generation. Throughout the course, participants will engage with a variety of AI tools and software, including Adobe Photoshop, RunwayML, and DALL-E, to learn how to enhance their photographic projects. | Fall 2025 |
| PHTO 228 | Social Media for Photographers | This course will equip photography students with the knowledge and skills to effectively use social media for marketing, brand building, and monetization. Students will learn to create compelling content, develop a personal brand, engage with audiences, and explore various monetization strategies. | Fall 2025 |
| PHTO 337 | Editorial Location Lighting | This course provides an in-depth study of editorial location lighting, focusing on practical applications and real-world scenarios. Students will learn how to work with various lighting setups and adapt to different environments to create compelling editorial stories. Includes hands-on experience in lighting for interior architecture, weddings, and editorial shoots. | Fall 2025 |
| PROD 222 | Introduction to CAD Product Design | Introduces the creation and manipulation of three-dimensional digital models and the resultant two-dimensional drawings using computer techniques | Fall 2025 |
| PROD 242 | Computer Aided Imagining in Product Design | This course will concentrate on digital techniques and methods of 3D representation and production. Using software to produce models for both representation and rapid prototyping, students will produce photorealistic renderings along with physical 3D printed models. | Fall 2025 |
| PROD 315 | Aging, Design and Healing | Provides students with a fundamental understanding of empathic design, the aging process, knowledge of public health, technology, and ways of healing. Students will learn from a variety of experts in the field of design, nursing, and healthcare. By the end of the class, students will gain the skills and knowledge of how to incorporate cultural awareness, avoid implicit bias and ageism, understand health care and therapy methods, and use intergenerational collaborative design method to create age-friendly solutions. | Fall 2025 |
| PROD 335 | Food + Design | This course asks its participants to reflect on food through the lens of design and addresses the impact it has on our daily lives while discovering new outcomes. Many aspects will be looked at such as ingredients, materiality, the culture of eating, social and political impacts, community building, experiential and sensory qualities, industry, acts of cooking, packaging, and many others to create thought provoking projects. | Fall 2025 |
| PROD 355 | Design Ethics + Climate Futures | Through immersive experiences, discussions and speculative world-building, students contemplate the virtues of designing and producing consumer goods for a more inclusive and just society. | Fall 2025 |
| SCRP 365 | Industry Communication & Creative | The is a crash course in the art of communication and collaboration within the entertainment industry. A heavy focus is placed on the ability to read and evaluate material. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 121 | User Experience Design I | This course covers the design, prototyping, and evaluation of graphical user interfaces for mobile, tablet and desktop devices by exploring topics like user-centered design, information architecture, heuristic evaluation, wireframing, grid systems, color theory, typography, prototyping and usability testing. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 122 | User Experience Design II | This course builds upon the topics covered in User Experience Design I by exploring advanced topics of graphical user interface design including high-fidelity design, animation and movement, accessibility, and heuristic analysis. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 221 | User Interface Design Styles & Trends | Explore the evolution and diversity of user interface design in this dynamic survey course, delving into the historic, current, and emerging user interface styles and trends shaping modern digital interactions. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 223 | Interaction Design | This course is a study of interaction design. Students will explore principles, patterns, and processes for interaction design, define the structure and behavior of interactive systems and how these can be used to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 224 | User Interface Design for Accessibility | Explore the principles of user interface design tailored to ensure accessibility for all users, focusing on inclusive design practices and techniques. Learn to create digital interfaces that prioritize usability and equal access, fostering a more inclusive online experience for diverse user popuulations. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 231 | Web Authoring I | Covers the essential skills and knowledge to create, deploy, and maintain functional, standards-compliant websites. Students will explore the core technologies of the web while developing an eye for aesthetics and user experience. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 232 | Web Authoring II | This course delves deeper into the intricacies of web development, focusing on cutting-edge techniques and industry best practices. Students will explore advanced concepts and emerging technologies shaping the modern web. The course emphasizes the creation, delivery, and maintenance of sophisticated, standards-compliant web content. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 233 | Web Scripting I | This course equips students with the fundamental programming concepts and techniques essential for creating interactive and responsive web experiences. Students will explore popular scripting languages used in modern web development. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 241 | Web Scripting II | Provides a comprehensive introduction to server-side web programming. Students will learn the fundamentals of server-side scripting, including basic syntax, control structures, functions, and form handling. The course also covers essential database concepts and SQL operations, enabling students to connect front-end applications to databases and perform CRUD operations. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 301 | Product Management for UX | Learn to efficiently plan, execute, and iterate design concepts, ensuring user-centricity at every stage. Learn to craft compelling digital products by integrating user-centric design principles with effective product development strategies. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 311 | User Research Methodologies | Understanding the user is the fundamental backbone of User Experience Design. This course will teach students how to construct, implement and analyze user interviews in a way that will allow them to gain deep insight into their target audience. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 312 | Storytelling for User Experience | Students will learn how to use stories to understand the user, his/her goals and objectives, explain research, and describe design concepts. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 313 | UX Experience Mapping | Explore the art of understanding user needs and behaviors through UX Experience Mapping to create intuitive and engaging digital interfaces. Through hands-on projects and case studies students will learn how to create and utilize various experience mapping methods to craft seamless user experiences. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 314 | Validating Product Ideas | This course will teach students how to design, implement, and measure multichannel experiences with greater impact for customers, businesses, and society. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 331 | Scripting for Accessibility | Students will explore the fundamental principles and practices of web accessibility, learning how to develop inclusive web experiences that cater to diverse user needs. Students will gain expertise in optimizing web content, structure, and functionality to ensure equal access for all users, including those with disabilities. The course will cover accessibility guidelines, assistive technologies, and best practices for creating accessible web interfaces. Students will learn how to audit and remediate accessibility issues and integrate accessibility considerations into the development workflow. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 332 | Scripting for Microinteractions | Students will learn to identify and implement the elements required to create incredible digital experiences. Through the application of user-experience design practices, students will develop predictive and enjoyable interactive designs based on a holistic consideration of users' experience. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 343 | Internet of Things | Students will explore the dynamic landscape of interconnected devices and systems that form the backbone of our modern digital age. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will delve into coding intricate physical sensors, actuators, and data collectors that enable objects to communicate and collaborate seamlessly via the web. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 351 | Native App Scripting I | This course offers a seamless transition for students with a foundation in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript into the realm of Native iOS app development. Through hands-on exercises and practical projects, students will leverage their existing web development skills to help master the intricacies of Xcode's Storyboard, Apple's Visual Interface Builder. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 352 | Native App Scripting II | This course caters to students with a foundation in Xcode Storyboard, empowering them to elevate their iOS app development skills with the modern industry standard SwiftUI framework. Through hands-on exercises and practical projects, students will explore the seamless integration of design and development principles within SwiftUI's declarative syntax. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 391 | UX Project I | This course explores the process of developing a successful user centric interactive digital experiences. Students work in team environments to analyze project requirements, develop a project plan, and utilize their research, design, and development skills to present their findings. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 392 | UX Project II | This course builds upon the topics covered in UX Project I. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 403 | Gamification for UX | Explores the fusion of game design principles with user experience design. Discover how gamification strategies enhance engagement and interaction within digital interfaces to create compelling user experiences. Students will learn the psychology behind gamification, examine case studies, and apply game mechanics and motivational techniques to real-world UX projects | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 441 | API-Driven Web Applications with CMSs | This is an advanced course that immerses students in developing modern, interconnected web applications. Through a hands-on approach, students will design and implement custom Content Management Systems (CMSs) to manage inventory data, and create APIs to facilitate communication between systems. | Fall 2025 |
| UXID 490 | UX Senior Project | Students produce professional-level interactive content for a team-based senior project in a simulated real-world production environment. | Fall 2025 |
New Graduate Courses
| Course No. | Title | Description | Effective Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| AADM 500 | Foundations of Cultural Practice | This course utilizes an ecosystems approach to examine the organization and function of arts and culture in the United States. Students will gain a greater understanding of cultural policy, the creative economy, arts and culture's impact, and its role within communities. We explore the wide range of enterprises and business structures that comprise the arts, culture, and creative sector. Students examine, reflect upon, the discuss topical articles, reports, and other required materials. Real-world examples, assigned and self-directed readings, and experts from the field provide context to a range of topical materials and subjects. Students engage in group and individual research projects and presentations, and practical exercises, to build their skills as arts, cultural, and creative leaders. | Fall 2025 |
| AADM 600 | Community Cultural Engagement | This course explores the relationship between arts, culture, people, and place. Using the lens of creative democracy, students will learn how arts and culture organizations build competency in creative placemaking, cultural planning, powering community change, and measuring impact. Students will reckon with questions of equity, inclusion, and justice in the cultural sector. A community-based learning course, Drexel students will learn side-by-side with artists and culture workers in an applied, experiential setting. Students will gain competency through projects and presentations, and practical experiences, to advance their skills as arts, cultural, and creative leaders | Fall 2025 |
| BMES 667 | Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Manufacturing and Regulatory Requirements | This course explores the principles and current challenges of manufacturing cell and gene therapy drug products while following regulatory requirements to maintain patient safety. This course provides insight info foundational introductory concepts of cell and gene therapy and manufacturing principles associated with each. Cell and gene therapy manufacturing life cycle is discussed in detail along with the current challenges associated with end-to-end supply/production. | Fall 2025 |
| BMES 669 | Techniques in Cell Engineering and Gene Therapy | This course provides training and experiences for skills relating to cell engineering and gene therapy in a hands-on laboratory setting. The course addresses cellular work and aseptic techniques, as well as experimental foundations of gene therapy, transfection and gene editing. Assays will be performed and experimental data of proteins and cellular readouts will be analyzed. | Fall 2025 |
| BMES 670 | Introduction to Immune Engineering | This course introduces students to the fundamentals of immune engineering, including the major cell types of the innate and adaptive immune systems and the major tools and techniques that are used to modulate the immune system for therapeutic or diagnostic benefit. | Fall 2025 |
| BMES 671 | Advanced Topics in Immune Engineering | This course exposes students to cutting edge topics in immune engineering, including novel targets, new tools and techniques and special applications. | Fall 2025 |
| BUSN 610 | Strategic Career Management and Professional Development | This course equips individuals with essential skills for career progression through two modules. The first module, conducted virtually, emphasizes self-awareness, self-leadership, and effective career management, drawing from career management literature. The second, in-class module features career advisors and industry professionals who provide practical guidance on career exploration and communication strategies. Students will also learn professional etiquette, resume writing, cover letter preparation, LinkeIn profile optimization, and networking. The course includes virtual lectures, interactive group sessions, and personalized meetings with career advisors, preparing students for internships or job searches. | Fall 2025 |
| BUSN 611 | Strategic Career Advancement for Professionals | This course is designed for experienced professionals seeking to advance their careers in evolving and uncertain market. Combining research-based insights with practical tools, students will develop a deeper understanding of career transitions, self-leadership, and strategic career management. The course consists of two modules: a virtual component focusing on self-awareness and advanced career strategies, and an in-person session with career advisors and industry professionals who provide guidance on communication, networking, and navigating career challenges. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to seize career opportunities and manage setbacks, preparing them for high-level career advancement. | Fall 2025 |
| CHEM 572 | Chemical Reactions in Metabolism | Introduces chemical reactions and mechanisms in the major metabolic pathways, including carbohydrates, fatty acids, and amino acids, toward energy generation and use. Will also discuss the catalytic and regulatory mechanisms of enzymes in metabolic reactions and their relevance to physiology. | Fall 2025 |
| CHEM 573 | Tools in Biochemistry | This course provides the conceptual foundation for biochemical methods used in contemporary biochemistry research. The course will focus on experimental biochemical tools and methods for biochemistry research related to nucleic acids and proteins. The course exposes students to data analysis and interpretation by including practical examples and discussion topics. | Fall 2025 |
| CIVE 514 | Steel Bridge Design Team | As the name suggests, this course is centered around the annual Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC) supported by AISC and ASCE. In general, the competition (and therefore this course) is intended to introduce students to the complex and multifaceted process by which steel bridge superstructures are designed, detailed, and fabricated - progressing from specification review and conceptual design through final design/detailing and construction. SSBC is the single-best project available to graduate civil engineering students, as it simulates the critical thinking and decision making required to design and construct our nation's bridge infrastructure. | Fall 2025 |
| CRTV 617 | Neuroscience of Learning and Artificial Intelligence | This transdisciplinary course navigates the intersection of the neuroscience of learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and the workforce, exploring the impact on education, teaching, and training. The course introduces neuroanatomy, neuroplasticity, neurodiversity, and the mechanisms of memory and emotions, to understand the biological bases of learning and behavior. The course examines cognitive processes related to learning, creativity, and human intelligence. Students will gain a foundation in AI including neural networks, large language models, generative AI, robotics and robotic processes automation. Ethical issues related to AI are addressed. Students engage in real-world AI application to support creativity, ideation, complex problem-solving, and transformative learning. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 551 | Critical and Speculative Design for Digital Media | This course challenges students to think beyond traditional design principles by engaging with speculative and critical design approaches. Students create projects that question conventional narratives and explore new ways of applying digital media in storytelling, game design, or interactive installations. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 552 | Visual Storytelling in Digital Media | Focused on the principles of visual communication, this course teaches students how to craft compelling visual narratives for various digital platforms, from animation and games to interactive media. Students learn how to blend narrative structure with design to engage and captivate audiences. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 553 | Experimental Digital Media Lab | In this hands-on lab, students experiment with emerging tools and techniques, applying their creative vision to produce innovative digital media projects. This course encourages risk-taking and exploration, helping students develop unique projects that push the boundaries of digital art and design | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 561 | Digital Media Technologies | This course introduces students to a variety of tools and platforms used in the production of digital media, including game engines, immersive development platforms, and tools for real-time rendering. Students will develop projects using these tools, gaining a practical understanding of how to create digital experiences. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 562 | Interactive Media and User Experience | This course teaches students the principles of interaction design and user experience (UX), with a focus on creating intuitive, user-centered interfaces for digital platforms. Students will design and prototype interactive experiences, learning how to create engaging interfaces for various digital media formats, such as games, apps, and interactive installations. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 563 | Emerging Technologies in Digital Media | Students explore and experiment with the latest technological innovations shaping the digital media landscape, such as machine learning, AI-driven content generation, and immersive media tools. This course encourages students to apply these technologies in creative ways, exploring the potential future of digital media production. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 571 | Digital Media Project Management | This course equips students with the skills to plan, execute, and manage complex digital media projects. Topics include project management, team coordination, timeline development, and risk assessment. Students will learn to balance creative goals with technical and logistical constraints, ensuring that digital media projects are completed on time, within scope, and to a professional standard. The course emphasizes the importance of leadership, communication, and problem-solving in the successful delivery of digital media projects. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 572 | Digital Media Research Strategies | This course introduces students to various research methodologies and analytical approaches essential for digital media projects and academic inquiry. Students will learn to design research studies, collect and analyze data, and apply findings to inform digital media creation and critique. The course covers both qualitative and quantitative research methods, emphasizing their application in digital media contexts. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 573 | Critical Theories in Digital Media | This course explores critical media theory and its direct relationship to digital media creation and design practice. Students will engage with theoretical frameworks, such as media studies, cultural studies, and critical technology theory, to analyze creative works in digital media, examining how artistic practices shape, and are shaped by cultural and societal forces. This analysis will inform students' ability to critically evaluate and apply theory to their own creative projects in digital media. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 664 | Advanced Topics in Digital Media | In this course, students will explore specialized areas within digital media, such as emerging digital trends, interdisciplinary innovations, and advanced design methodologies. The topics covered will vary based on current industry demands and faculty expertise. This course encourages students to employ advanced technologies and apply critical thinking an creativity to solve complex digital media problems. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 674 | Ethics and Social Impact of Digital Media | This course examines the ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies, such as AI and immersive media, with a particular focus on their implications for artistic and design practices in digital media. Students will explore topics such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and digital inclusivity, and will apply this ethical understanding to the creation and critique of artistic digital media projects. This course fosters a deeper understanding of the responsibilities that digital artists and designers hold in shaping media that is both innovative and ethically sound. | Fall 2025 |
| DIGM 675 | Future Trends in Digital Media | This course explores the future of digital media through the lens of creative and design practices, examining potential technological, cultural, and societal shifts. Students will engage in forecasting exercises, speculative design, and research to anticipate how art and design in digital media will evolve in response to emerging technologies. Through speculative projects, students will create future-focused media works, blending design thinking and critical analysis of technological trends. | Fall 2025 |
| ECE 513 | Introduction to Radar | This course will provide an introduction to radar systems, range equation and radar signal processing techniques as well as the nature of physical observables and propagators, the effects of the propagation medium on sensor performance, the relationship between signals and noise, and the characteristics of critical sensor functions (including detection and tracking). Radar subsystems will be studies, including antennas, transmitters, receivers, and signal processors. This class will also feature a project component for students to identify, research and present open problems that are relevant to radar systems | Fall 2025 |
| ECE 514 | Basic Electronic Warfare Concepts | This course will provide an introduction to electronic warfare (EW), including electronic support, electronic attack, and electronic protection. Topics including jamming/anti-jamming techniques, low probability of intercept waveforms, EW detection, EW identification, and EW countermeasures. This class will also feature a project component for students to identify, research and present open problems that are relevant to EW systems. | Fall 2025 |
| EDCR 610 | Organizations and Institutions: Concepts and Principles | This course provides students with a foundational understanding of the multi-paradigmatic nature, behavior, structure, and dynamics of organizations and institutions. It covers a broad range of organizational concepts, principles, policies, processes, and practices that apply across diverse settings, including schools, higher education institutions, corporations, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and NGOs. Students will explore the role of leadership, learning, and policy in shaping organizational and institutional culture, behavior, and overall effectiveness. | Fall 2025 |
| EDLT 505 | Virtual Learning Environments | This course delves into the innovative and evolving realm of Virtual Learning Environments (VLES). Learners will explore the theoretical foundations, design principles, and practical application of VLEs, examining how these platforms transform traditional educational paradigms and enhance learning experiences. A special focus will be placed on learning and identity in the design, implementation, and evaluation of virtual learning environments. | Fall 2025 |
| EEDD 805 | Global Leadership: Cultural Immersion and Perceptive-Taking | This course pairs academic instruction with a two-week international immersive experience. Students explore intercultural collaboration as it relates to leading complex systems and the essential capacities of perspective-taking. Students are introduced to the inner-development goals that will guide their development as leaders throughout the program, while exploring the field of adult development and its relationship to leadership and perspctive-taking. | Fall 2025 |
| EEDD 806 | Change Agency in Complex Adaptive Systems | This course develops change agency through a focus on inner development. Students will engage with tools and inventories designed to enhance leadership capacity and nuanced applications of system thinking. They will map their change agent skills and abilities while examining personal and organizational systems of resistance to change as a precursor to strategy development in the context of complex, adaptive systems. | Fall 2025 |
| EEDD 807 | Strategic and Human Development in Complex Adaptive Systems | This course considers the role of strategy in static and complex adaptive systems, utilizing a variety of tools and frameworks for application to problems of practice. Students explore their own growth related to inner development goals and consider how culture can promote human and organizational developments. | Fall 2025 |
| EEDD 820 | Research Seminar | This course is a continuing seminar that involves exploring relevant literature, reflecting, and refining a theory of action around a specificied problem of practice in service of a reflective case study dissertation. Students will access current and historical literature and document their personal and professional growth in this program, including specific turns and insights. Specific foci will change each term and be aligned to student progression toward their dissertation. The course is designed to capture students' evolving thinking and developmental milestones, culminating in a reflective case study dissertation. | Fall 2025 |
| EDSP 565 | Virtual Learning Environments | This course delves into the innovative and evolving realm of Virtual Learning Environments (VLES). Learners will explore the theoretical foundations, design principles, and practical applications of VLEs, examining how these platforms tranform traditional educational paradigms and enhance learning experiences. A special focus will be placed on learning and identity in the design, implementation, and evaluation of virtual learning environments. | Fall 2025 |
| EOH 530 | Ensuring Healthy and Sustainable Environments for Children | Examines how children, from infancy through adolescence, may be at risk from exposures to environmental hazards, their unique vulnerabilities as they develop and grow, major adverse health outcomes of concern among children, and disparities in these outcomes related to poverty, racism, and other social determinants. Students will explore hazards in the indoor and outdoor environments, in schools, and places of work, and will consider policy solutions for harm prevention and health promotion in thee settings from the local to the global scale. | Fall 2025 |
| ESTS 510 | Foundations I: Introduction to STEM Education and Society | This course is the first in a three-course sequence designed to critically engage students in the design, research, and application of STEM education principles. Each course builds on the last, offering a comprehensive exploration of STEM learning environments, research methodologies, and social justice in education. | Fall 2025 |
| HRM 535 | Wine Regions of the World | Provides a detailed study of the classification, production, identification, and service of alcoholic beverages, with a major emphasis on wines. Uses a systematic approach to tasting and evaluation. Must be 21 years old prior to the first day of the term. | Fall 2025 |
| INDS 605 | Human Plus: Augmenting Decision Intelligence through AI | Humans and digital technologies reciprocally effect and transform each other within the complex, fast-evolving external environment. This close, ongoing relationship is increasingly dynamic and multi-dimensional. Making faster, more consistent, and higher-quality decisions at scale can enhance individual, team, and organizational performance. Leaders must leverage decision intelligence models to facilitate highly accurate and contextualized decisions within the organizational culture. In this course, students will explore the human-centric aspects of decision intelligence, understand how the concept of decision intelligence improves decision-making, examine how artificial intelligence techniques support, automate, or augment aspects of decision-making and learn ethical managerial procedures. | Fall 2025 |
| LAW 691S | Intensive Course Abroad: France | This course covers fundamentals of French and European Union law through a series of lectures and a one-week visit to a law school in Rennes, France - Faculty de Droit et Science Politiques of Universite de Rennes. The visit includes additional lectures from professors affiliated with the University and expeditions to major cultural sites in the region with legal or historical significance. In addition to participating in formal activities, students have the opportunity to meet with students at Universite de Rennes to learn about legal education and legal careers in France. The course also includes post-trip class meetings to share reflections on the visit and present their topics and research for a term paper. | Fall 2025 |
| LAW 766S | Artificial Intelligence and the Law | This course will delve into the way artificial intelligence (AI) is constantly shaping and reshaping different legal systems around the world, focusing on the US, the EU, China, and Canada. It will focus on AI's usage and influence upon different legal areas such as the criminal justice system, national security, and elections. To illustrate the legal shift AI has created throughout the world, students will review three case studies focusing on facial recognition, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Chinese social credit system. This course will then examine the different solutions suggested by scholars and government officials for AI governance to allow the wide usage of this technology, while mitigating its negative effects. | Fall 2025 |
| LAW 767S | Information Privacy Law | This course will explore legal institutions, protections, and norms, including tort law, consumer protections, surveillance safeguards, and the interplay of state, federal, and international privacy regulations. The purpose of the course is to provide a foundation for both law students who are considering tech-focused careers and those who have no concerted interest in technology being a key professional focus. | Fall 2025 |
| LSTU 690 | Foundations of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging | This course examines, in depth, the discipline and practice of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). The coursework explores the legal basis from which DEIB developed and the forces of law and society that have guided its evolution. The professor will guide students through critical analysis and iterative dialogue regarding the challenges that DEIB has faced, overcome, and been molded by. By the end of this course, students will be able to explain the purpose and impact of well-designed, well executed DEIB practices on organizations across industries, and develop an evidence-based rationale for continued organizational commitment to DEIB. | Fall 2025 |
| MGMT 610 | Artificial Intelligence in Strategic Decision Making | In this course, participants will explore the potential impact of AI on strategic management and decision-making within organizations. Moving beyond the technical aspects, this course will focus on the management and leadership implications of AI adoption. Participants will discuss the need for effective human-AI collaboration as well as the practical applications of AI in solving decision-making problems. Participants will utilize conceptualize frameworks and hands-on exercises to learn how to identify potential AI opportunities and evaluate their impact on human decision-making. Participants will also discover how to design decision-making processes that leverage the strengths of both human judgment and AI-generated insights. | Fall 2025 |
| NFS 626 | Sport and Exercise Nutrition | An advanced level course covering nutrient needs to maximize exercise performance. Energy metabolism, with emphasis on macronutrient, micronutrient, hydration, body composition and dietary supplementation during different levels of exercise will be emphasized | Fall 2025 |
| NPM 500 | Foundations of Nonprofit Management | This course offers a comprehensive introduction to nonprofit organizations and the nonprofit sector within which they are embedded. It covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of the nonprofit sector, the diverse kinds of nonprofits, an overview of administrative/management functions, international nongovernmental organizations, the history/development of philanthropy, and the relationship to human service practitioners. Students will also gain a thorough understanding of the legal and public policy frameworks that establish nonprofit organizations and regulate their activities. | Fall 2025 |
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