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This course expounds on the instructional strategies and assessment options for engaging English Learners (ELs). It also explores the impacts of culture, linguistics, and language learning principles on ELs through in-depth study and reflection.

Designed for upper level students in the BALA program. Students will explore the changes occurring in higher education with regards to its past. Sustained attention will be devoted to the UR Inclusive History initiative. All students will have opportunities to share their work in this discussion-based class.

Designed for educators in the MLA program. Students will engage with the 2020 Governor's Report of the Virginia Commission on African American History Education. All students will have opportunities to share their work in this discussion-based class.

Exploration of organizational change, an ongoing reality in today's organizations. Human resource practitioners need to understand the theories and processes of organizational development and change, in addition to having a robust set of resources, tools and personal capabilities to lead and support change in their organizations. This course will focus on building HR practitioner knowledge and capabilities. Therefore, the course will be taught with a mixture of assigned readings, class discussion, case studies, in-class group exercises, and short lectures.

HRM 531U

This course examines the historical relationship between management and labor unions as well as current and future issues facing the labor movement in the U.S. Specific emphasis will be placed on collective bargaining, grievance process, arbitration and negotiation. Differences and similarities between public and private sector labor relations will also be examined as well as comparisons of labor relations in other countries.

HRM 531U.

Course uncovers what happens in the brain when we hear, sing, or play music. Course includes musicological and scientific literature that documents the differing and often surprising ways in which music measurably affects the human body. We'll survey selected ancient and cross-cultural traditions in which music is used to drive out disease and restore health. The class will investigate emerging applications of music in 21st-century medicine and discuss the outcomes and implications of the most current studies of music as a viable alternative to certain conventional western medical practices. After students have learned how to aurally identify musical elements such as meter, mode, melodic activity, patterns of rhythm, and types of harmony, they'll monitor their own responses to music and test its strategic use in their own health and sense of well-being. The course is designed for non-musicians and musicians alike; all students are welcome regardless of musical experience and training.

Course uncovers what happens in the brain when we hear, sing, or play music. Course includes musicological and scientific literature that documents the differing and often surprising ways in which music measurably affects the human body. We'll survey selected ancient and cross-cultural traditions in which music is used to drive out disease and restore health. The class will investigate emerging applications of music in 21st-century medicine and discuss the outcomes and implications of the most current studies of music as a viable alternative to certain conventional western medical practices. After students have learned how to aurally identify musical elements such as meter, mode, melodic activity, patterns of rhythm, and types of harmony, they'll monitor their own responses to music and test its strategic use in their own health and sense of well-being. The course is designed for non-musicians and musicians alike; all students are welcome regardless of musical experience and training.

Focuses on the origins, size, scope and composition of the nonprofit sector; operational issues encountered in the management of nonprofits; and the development of strategic solutions to manage and move the sector forward. Topics include theory, public policy, advocacy, management, collaboration, culture, strategy and innovation.