INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Program Committee: N.S. Vonortas (Director), D. Grier, H. Farrell, H. Hertzfeld, J.M. Logsdon, R.W. Rycroft, R. Williamson
Master of Arts in the field of international science and technology policy—The Elliott School of International Affairs offers an interdisciplinary program that focuses on interactions among scientific development, technological innovation, and governmental activities, both domestically and internationally. The program is designed to train individuals to understand and manage issues of science and technology policy and strategy.
Prerequisite: the admission requirements stated under the Elliott School of International Affairs and a bachelor's degree in a social, life, or physical science or in engineering.
Required: The general requirements stated under the Elliott School. The program requires 40 credit hours, with a thesis option. Students take a core field in international science and technology policy and a three-course elective field that may be in an academic department, another Elliott School program, or a specific issue area, such as space policy or economics of technological change.
Students must also successfully complete 7 hours of analytical competency. To fulfill this requirement, students may choose between (a) two courses from policy analysis, economic theory, or statistics and one Elliott School skills-based course; or (b) one three-credit course listed above and four credit hours of skills-based courses.
All students must conduct a policy research project and pass a capstone course during the final semester of residence. More details on the curriculum are provided in the program guidelines available in the Elliott School.
In instances where proficiency in a foreign language is judged by the program director to be integral to the student's program of study, it may be used to fulfill the analytical competency requirement. However, courses taken to develop language proficiency may not be counted toward the degree.
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