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Science and Innovation

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The Science and Innovation specialization focuses on career development in the fields of science and technology, as well as the environmental sciences.

  • Student may choose to specialize in Leadership in Society in general or select one of two narrower pathways:

Note: those interested in the broader specialization can choose their three content and three skill courses from any of the pathway lists below

Environmental Leadership

  • ACCAD 5100: Concept Development for Time-Based Media
  • ANTHROP 5505: Wicked Science
  • ANTHROP 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  • ARTSSCI 2400: Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society
  • COMM 2110: Principles of Effective Public Speaking
  • COMM 2331: Strategic Communication Principles
  • COMM 2367: Persuasive Communication
  • COMM 3325: Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • COMM 3333: Crisis Communication
  • COMM 3620: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  • COMM 4635: Communication Dynamics in Groups
  • DESIGN 3105: Exploring Design Thinking
  • DESIGN 3505: Presentation as Thinking
  • EEOB 5505: Wicked Science
  • EEOB 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  • ENGLISH 2276: Arts of Persuasion
  • ENGLISH 3305: Technical Writing
  • ENGLISH 3395: Literature and Leadership
  • ESHESA 2570: Team and Organizational Leadership
  • ESHESA 2575: Student Organization Leadership Training
  • FRIT 3054: The 21st-Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship
  • LING 5700: Training in Informal Science Outreach
  • PSYCH 2311: Psychology of Motivation
  • PSYCH 2376: Interpersonal Relationships
  • PSYCH 2500: Applied Psychology: Human Behavior in the Wild
  • PSYCH 3325: Introduction to Social Psychology
  • PSYCH 3530: Theories of Personality
  • ANTHROP 3623: Environmental Anthropology
  • ARTSSCI 3192: Leadership Experiential Learning
  • COMM 3340: Principles of Environmental Campaigns
  • EARTHSC 2122: Climate and Life over Billions of Years on Earth
  • EARTHSC 2155: Energy and Environment
  • EARTHSC 2203: Environmental Geoscience
  • EARTHSC 2204: Exploring Water Issues
  • EARTHSC 2210: Energy, Mineral Resources, and Society
  • EARTHSC 2911: The Climate Crisis: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Mitigation
  • EARTHSC 3411: Water Security for the 21st Century
  • EARTHSC 3530: Learning From Disasters: Extreme Events and Their Impact on Infrastructure, Engineering and Society
  • EARTHSC 5663: Global Change and Sustainability in the Earth System
  • EEOB 2410: Biological Invasions: The Ecology and Evolution of Species Introductions
  • EEOB 2911: The Climate Crisis: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Mitigation
  • EEOB 4410: Conservation Biology
  • EEOB 5320: Society and Evolution
  • EEOB 5505: Wicked Science
  • EEOB 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  • ENGLISH 3360: Ecopoetics
  • ENGLISH 4321: Environmental Literatures, Cultures, and Media
  • GEOG 3597.01: World Urbanization
  • GEOG 3597.03: Climate Justice
  • GEOG 3800: Geographical Perspectives on Environment and Society
  • HISTORY 2040: History of Agriculture and Rural America
  • HISTORY 2700: Global Environmental History
  • HISTORY 2702: Food in World History
  • HISTORY 2704: Water: A Human History
  • HISTORY 2710: History of the Car
  • HISTORY 2711: History of Nuclear Energy
  • HISTORY 2911: The Climate Crisis: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Mitigation
  • HISTORY 3700: American Environmental History
  • HISTORY 3706: Coca-Cola Globalization: The History of American Business and Global Environmental Change, 1800-Today
  • HISTORY 3724: History of the Arctic
  • PHILOS 2342: Environmental Ethics
  • PHYSICS 2367: Uses of Science in Solving Problems of Society
  • POLITSC 4335: International Environmental Politics
  • WGSST 3530: Women, Environment and Development

Sample Curriculum

Core

  • HISTORY 3676: Leadership in History
  • PHILOS 2390: Ethics and Leadership in A Diverse World
  • WGSS 4403: Gender, Race, and Leadership
  • PSYCH 3522: Organizational Psychology
     

Skills

  • COMM 2367: Persuasive Communication
  • COMM 3333: Crisis Communication
  • ANTHRO/EEOB 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
     

Content

  • GEOG 3800: Geographical Perspectives on Environment and Society
  • EEOB/EARTH SCIENCES/HISTORY 2911: The Climate Crisis: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Mitigation
  • PHILOS 2342: Environmental Ethics
     

Capstone

  • ASC 4676: Leadership Major Capstone 

Leadership in Innovation

  • ACCAD 5100: Concept Development for Time-Based Media
  • ANTHROP 5505: Wicked Science
  • ANTHROP 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  • ARTSSCI 2400: Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society
  • COMM 2110: Principles of Effective Public Speaking 
  • COMM 2331: Strategic Communication Principles
  • COMM 2367: Persuasive Communication 
  • COMM 3325: Introduction to Organizational Communication
  • COMM 3333: Crisis Communication
  • COMM 3620: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
  • COMM 4635: Communication Dynamics in Groups
  • DESIGN 3105: Exploring Design Thinking
  • DESIGN 3505: Presentation as Thinking
  • EEOB 5505: Wicked Science
  • EEOB 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  • ENGLISH 2276: Arts of Persuasion
  • ENGLISH 3305: Technical Writing
  • ENGLISH 3395: Literature and Leadership
  • ESHESA 2570: Team and Organizational Leadership
  • ESHESA 2575: Student Organization Leadership Training
  • FRIT 3054: The 21st-Century Skill: Intercultural Competence for Global Citizenship
  • LING 5700: Training in Informal Science Outreach
  • PSYCH 2311: Psychology of Motivation
  • PSYCH 2376: Interpersonal Relationships
  • PSYCH 2500: Applied Psychology: Human Behavior in the Wild
  • PSYCH 3325: Introduction to Social Psychology
  • PSYCH 3530: Theories of Personality
  • ARTSSCI 3192: Leadership Experiential Learning
  • COMPSTD 2340: Introduction to Cultures of Science and Technology
  • COMPSTD 2341: Technology, Science, and Society
  • COMPSTD 2367.04: Science and Technology in American Cultur
  • COMPSTD 4597.01: Global Studies of Science and Technology
  • DESIGN 2700: Introduction to Design Practice
  • DESIGN 3105: Exploring Design Thinking
  • DESIGN 3305: Visualization as Thinking
  • DESIGN 3505: Presentation as Thinking
  • EEOB 5505: Wicked Science
  • ENGLISH 3305: Technical Writing
  • ESHESA 3221: Innovation and Leadership
  • HISTORY 2701: History of Technology
  • HISTORY 2702: Food in World History
  • HISTORY 2710: History of the Car
  • HISTORY 2711: History of Nuclear Energy
  • HISTORY 3706: Coca-Cola Globalization: The History of American Business and Global Environmental Change, 1800-Today 
  • HISTORY 3711: Science and Society in Europe, from Copernicus to Newton 
  • HISTORY 3724: History of the Arctic
  • PHILOS 2340: The Future of Humanity
  • PHYSICS 2367: Uses of Science in Solving Problems of Society
  • WGSST 4845: Gender, Sexuality, and Science

Sample Curriculum

Core

  • HISTORY 3676: Leadership in History
  • PHILOS 2390: Ethics and Leadership in A Diverse World
  • WGSS 4403: Gender, Race, and Leadership
  • PSYCH 3522: Organizational Psychology
     

Skills

  • ANTHROP/EEOB/FABE 5505: Wicked Science
  • COMM 3325: Introduction to Organization Communication
  • COMM 4635: Communication Dynamics in Groups
     

Content

  • ANTHROP/EEOB 5505: Wicked Science
  • PHILOS 2340: The Future of Humanity
  • COMPSTD 2367.04: Science & Technology in American Culture
     

Capstone

  • ASC 4676: Leadership Major Capstone