TECHNOLOGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Catalog description

This course focuses on the current challenges of the developing world and the technological advances which are improving lives and empowering the poor in terms of access to health care, clean water, nutritious food, sanitation, and communication technology. We will also consider the theoretical and historical relationship between technology and economic growth and development. By working with both interdisciplinary and external partners, students will develop their own proposals for new technologies designed to meet the needs of underdeveloped communities around the world. Prerequisite: Completion of an English Sequence (4 credits)