Futuring

Catalog description

This course teaches students to evaluate and exploit emerging technologies through the use of futuring techniques in the areas of society, technology, politics, and economics. Techniques include Delphi, modeling, regression models, and scanning. Students also are introduced to an innovation life cycle, describing the origination points of technology, and will discuss diffusion of innovation. Consequences of technology are discussed and modeled and used as a means to evaluate technologies. Some programming is required.