Science and Innovation
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
- WGSS 3303: 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
- WGSS 3303: 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