Science and Technology Policy Workshop

Catalog description

Provides the capstone experience for the Professional Science Master's in Science and Technology Policy. Builds on theoretical and analytical work carried out in the program's required courses, providing an integrative experience that requires students to synthesize knowledge gained in prior coursework and apply it to real-world policy problems and settings. By blending exposure to national science and technology policy officials and nationally recognized academic experts, the workshop both advances student learning beyond that possible in the classroom while encouraging students to expand their abilities to connect theoretical and practical insights. At the same time, the workshop provides a natural transition from the student's formal classroom learning to their required applied policy internships, which commences upon the end of the workshop.