| 920 | 2024-08-05T04:00:00Z | <img alt="" src="/news/PublishingImages/Biden-School_fall-2024-courses.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Fall Semester 2024 at the Biden School | <p dir="ltr">The Biden School is again pleased to offer a wide range of undergraduate courses for the fall semester, including new additions for 2024. Whether you’re already a student of the school, enrolled in a major in another college or still undecided, our offerings can enhance your studies in leadership, public policy, energy and environmental policy, and more.</p><p dir="ltr">Check out some examples below of what’s available for registration:<br></p> | <h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=300903&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">LEAD110 Perspectives on Leadership</a> </h3><p dir="ltr">What is leadership? What are the different perspectives on what it means to lead? Develop your own leadership identity and confidence through an introduction to leadership skills, abilities and knowledge. Note: Registration priority for this course is given to freshmen.</p><p dir="ltr">1 credit</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=303108&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=011">UAPP301-011 Topics in Public Policy: Media, Disinformation and Democracy</a></h3><p dir="ltr">This course examines the relationships among media, disinformation, and democracy through a multidisciplinary lens of public policy, communication, political science, and sociology. Students will explore how media shapes information, public discourse, and democratic participation and how media and information literacy support informed and engaged citizenship. It is sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Ithaca Initiative.</p><p dir="ltr">1 credit</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=303108&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">UAPP301-010 Topics in Public Policy: Test Drive a Legal Career</a></h3><p dir="ltr">This course introduces students to the U.S. legal system and allows them to test-drive a legal career. Students will select a track based on their interests, participate in hands-on legal exercises, and receive one-on-one guidance and feedback from a Delaware judge turned professor. Students will leave this course with a better appreciation of what it means to be a lawyer and whether a career in the law may be right for them.</p><p dir="ltr">2 credits</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=302806&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">LEAD125 Personal Finance</a></h3><p dir="ltr">An overview of the concepts and skills in personal financial management, including understanding how leaders impact the financial environment of individuals, families and communities. Topics include developing financial goals, budgeting, debt, savings, retirement planning and investing in insurance, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.</p><p dir="ltr">3 credits</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=301617&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=082">UAPP110-082 Changing the World and Public Policy</a> (Honors section)</h3><p dir="ltr">“Going Green,” the haves and have-nots, relevant politics - all huge contemporary issues. Can you get a job AND make a difference? Public Policy addresses such issues and begins with you. In this course, you’ll examine basic policy concepts/strategies used by citizens, government and other societal institutions.</p><p dir="ltr">3 credits</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=304943&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">UAPP403 Disasters in Film</a></h3><p dir="ltr">This course considers crises and disasters as represented in film and various media. The emphasis is on understanding how portrayals of these phenomena often depart from scientific understanding and on evaluating how the depiction of crises and disasters in various media can shape both public and official awareness. </p><p dir="ltr">3 credits (cross-listed with SOCI403)</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=302500&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">UAPP461 Conflict Resolution: Collaborative Problem Solving</a></h3><p dir="ltr">This course examines the nature of interpersonal conflicts in organizations and communities, and methods of resolution through negotiation and collaborative problem-solving. Students will learn how to select and apply appropriate conflict management techniques.</p><p dir="ltr">3 credits</p><h3><a href="https://udapps.nss.udel.edu/CoursesSearch/courseInfo?&courseid=302265&offernum=1&term=2248&session=1§ion=010">UAPP473 Governing Nonprofit Organizations</a></h3><p dir="ltr">This course addresses governance issues facing nonprofit executives and governing boards. Topics include board relationships and voluntary leadership, board development, advocacy, records management and the use of information technology in management and governance, and other key challenges to the nonprofit sector.</p><p dir="ltr">3 credits</p> | <p dir="ltr">Are you looking to add a Biden School undergraduate course to your schedule? Search the following codes in the academic catalog:</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>ENEP</strong> = Energy & environmental policy</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>LEAD</strong> = leadership</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>SPPA</strong> = school of public policy & administration*</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>UAPP</strong> = Urban affairs & public policy</p><p dir="ltr">*includes 1-credit Biden Institute seminars (SPPA400 & 600)</p><p>The Biden School student services team is available for registration assistance and questions about breadth requirement eligibility or other relevant topics. For help, please email <a href="mailto:bidenschool@udel.edu">bidenschool@udel.edu</a>​.</p> | | | | | | Undergraduate courses in various focus areas offered this fall, including new offerings | | | | | | | | <img align="left" alt="Undergraduate fall semester at the Biden School" src="/news/PublishingImages/Biden-School_fall-2024-courses.jpg?RenditionID=4" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | https://www.bidenschool.udel.edu/news/Pages/Fall-Semester-2024-at-the-Biden-School.aspx | |
