It is the goal of the Public and Urban Affairs program to provide education in understanding the economic, environmental, social, and governmental consequences of growth and change, and in addressing and resolving the problems that emanate from them.
The EPP degree provides students the opportunity to study environmental problems and their solutions from an interdisciplinary perspective involving humanities, natural and social sciences, planning, and public policy.
Located in Old Town Alexandria, the Washington Semester is an eleven-week summer program that provides students the opportunity to acquire professional experience in a governmental agency or any relevent enterprise in the private or nonprofit sector.
Along with the internship, the students will attend seminars that enable them to better understand their Washington Semester internship from a range of analytical perspectives.
While the program is open to all majors, it is of special relevance for students with career interests in politics, public management, public policy, law, nonprofit, or private sectors.
Students receive twelve hours of academic credit for the program.
The Watershed Management Minor/Certificate is a cross-college program available to all undergraduate students in the university.
Students must declare the minor by completing the "Change-of-Major" form (minor section), complete the courses on the checksheet, and satisfy course prerequisites.
With satisfactory completion of the program's 20-hour requirements with at least a 2.0 GPA in those courses, the student will receive a printed certificate from the Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
Upon graduation, the minor will be noted on the student's transcript.
Through the years, the real estate industry has placed a growing emphasis on education and professionalism.
Because of the considerable investment in real estate in the United States, the number of people employed in the field, and the importance of professional management to the real estate industry, this minor is a vital aspect of educating students for careers in real estate and in the real estate aspects of many facets of modern life.
The curriculum in real estate reflects the needs of students in several colleges to take a minor in real estate while pursuing their individual majors. This curriculum is relevant to a wide range of real estate organizations.
The real estate minor is open to students in all colleges of the University and draws its courses from a number of departments and colleges within the University.
A goal of the program is to educate teachers, researchers, and advanced-level practitioners in the fields of architecture, planning, landscape architecture, urban studies, and building sciences, while contributing to the base of knowledge underlying these fields.
