Science and Technology Policy Concentration
CIPA fellows in the Science and Technology Policy Concentration train future managers to evaluate the effect of new technologies on policy decisions. Students interested in this concentration, for example, may examine the role of the Internet in public schools, consider how giant steps in military technology have altered modern warfare, or weigh whether or not telecommunications regulation have kept up with innovations in that sector.
In addition to the nine foundation courses, CIPA fellows who select the Science and Technology Policy concentration take a minimum of five courses related to their specific area of focus. The course list below, organized thematically to facilitate course selection, is designed to help fellows develop a particular area of study, but should not limit choices. CIPA fellows may elect to substitute other relevant courses, by petition, with the approval of their advisor.
Course List
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Administration Politics and Public Policy | |||||
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Dept |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Professor |
|
COMM |
466 |
Public Communication of Science and Technology |
3 |
F |
Lewenstein |
|
GOVT |
483 |
The Military and New Technology |
4 |
S |
Vogel |
|
PAM |
420 |
Management Information Systems for the Public Sector |
4 |
S |
O’Neill |
|
S&TS |
391 |
Science in the American Polity, 1960-Now |
4 |
S |
Reppy |
|
Economics and Public Finance | |||||
|
AEM |
655 |
Electric Systems Engineering and Economics (Electricity Markets) |
2 |
F |
Mount Thomas |
|
MA&AE |
461 |
Entrepreneurship for Engineers |
3 |
F |
Callister |
|
NBA |
553 |
Accounting and Finance for Engineers |
4 |
F,S |
D’Souza |
|
OR&IE |
473 |
Empirical Research Methods in Financial Engineering |
4 |
S |
Ruppert |
|
S&TS |
700 |
Technology Transfer Issues |
4 |
F |
Rossiter |
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Focus Courses | |||||
|
HADM |
489 |
The Law of the Internet and E-Commerce |
3 |
F |
Klausner |
|
NBA |
655 |
Advanced Valuations |
1.5 |
S |
Swaminathan |
|
NBA |
665 |
Management of Technology and Innovation |
3 |
S |
Sine/Wesley |
|
OR&IE |
435 |
Introduction to Game Theory |
4 |
F |
Friedman |
|
PAM |
435 |
The US Health Care System |
3 |
F |
Battistella |
|
PAM |
601 |
The Policy Process and Theory |
4 |
F |
Swisher |
|
PAM |
640 |
Consumer Policy: Information, Markets, and Regulation |
4 |
F |
Mathios |
|
S&TS |
407 |
Law, Science and Public Values |
4 |
S |
Lynch |
|
S&TS |
532 |
Inside Technology: The Social Construction of Technology |
4 |
F |
Gillespie |
Recently Completed Theses:
"Nuclear Energy: Sustainable, Necessary and Inevitable" (Author: Michael Brody. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Richard Schuler)
"Public Diplomacy in Action: Is it the Only Option to the Inadequate US International Relations with the Arab Muslim World?" (Author: Donovan Fox. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Matthew Evangalista)
"Public Participation in Biotech Policy in Mexico: Views for Key Stakeholders" (Author: Rafael Escalona
Reynos. Thesis Advisor: Prof. David Pelletier)
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