Guide to Graduate Education in Science, Engineering and Public Policy

Arizona State University

Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes

ASU Professional Science Masters in Science and Technology Policy Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes College of Liberal Arts and Sciences PO Box 875603 Tempe AZ 85287-4401 Phone: 480-727-8787 Fax: 480-727-8791 Email sciencepolicy@asu.edu  cspo@asu.edu Program Link: http://www.cspo.org/outreach/psmstp/

Daniel Sarewitz Co-Director daniel.sarewitz@asu.edu David Guston Co-Director david.guston@asu.edu

Background

The ASU Professional Science Masters in Science and Technology Policy provides professional education for students seeking advanced public, non-profit, or private sector careers in science and technology policy and related fields in the United States or abroad. Students will learn essential skills, knowledge, and methods for analyzing innovation, expertise, and large-scale technological systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the political and societal contexts and impacts of science and technology policy. The program is a one-year, 30-credit cohort-based program designed to attract students of the highest caliber in their early to mid-careers.

Students acquire:

• Understanding of the theoretical foundations of the interactions among science, technology, and society.
   
• Understanding of US and, where appropriate to a student’s career interests, international science and technology policies and the policy processes that generate them.
   
• Analysis of knowledge systems supporting policy decisions.
   
• Analysis of the social and policy dimensions and implications of large-scale technological systems.
   
• Analysis of scientific and technological innovation systems.
   
• Skills in collaborative, team-based analysis of science and technology policy problems.
   

Degrees Offered

Professional Science Masters in Science and Technology Policy

Admissions Requirements

To be eligible for admission, students are required to hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) or a graduate degree from a regionally accredited College or University or of recognized standing. Students are also strongly encouraged to have prior relevant education, training, or experience in science and technology policy. Students must also hold a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.0=A) in the last 60 hours of a student’s first bachelor’s degree program. The GRE test is required for admissions. Students may enroll only in the Fall Semester of each year.
Application available online here: http://www.cspo.org/outreach/psmstp/application.htm

Degree Requirements

The program requires 30 credits of coursework.
 The 30 credits include:

• 12 credits of required core courses:
  • Theories of Science and Democracy (3 credits)
  • Analysis of Knowledge and Expertise in Policy Advice (3 credits)
  • Analysis of Scientific and Technological Innovation (3 credits)
  • Analysis of Large-Scale Socio-Technological Systems (3 credits)
     
• 6 credits of applied policy analysis courses:
  • Science and Technology Policy Workshop
  • Capstone Science and Technology Policy Project
     
• 3 credits of Science and Technology Policy internship
   
• 9 credits of Electives

Faculty Information

Relevant Faculty and Staff include:

Daniel Sarewitz
Co-Director
daniel.sarewitz@asu.edu

David Guston
Co-Director
david.guston@asu.edu

Michael Crow
Founder and Chair
  
Daniel Barben
Associate Research Professor
daniel.barben@asu.edu

Ira Bennett
Assistant Research Professor
ira.bennett@asu.edu

Barry Bozeman
Research Professor
Arizona State University
University Of Georgia

 Richard Brandenburg
Senior Advisor
 
 Netra Chhetri
Assistant Professor
netra.chhetri@asu.edu

David Conz
Assistant Research Professor
conzd@asu.edu

Elizabeth Corley
Associate Professor
School of Public Affairs

Erik Fisher
Assistant Research Professor
efisher1@asu.edu

Tomasz Kalinowski
CNS-Biodesign Fellow
tomasz.kalinowski@asu.edu

Jason Lappe
CNS-Biodesign Fellow
jason.lappe@asu.edu

Merlyna Lim
Assistant Professor
merlyna.lim@asu.edu

Nat Logar
Post-doctoral Research Associate
nathaniel.logar@asu.edu

Clark Miller
Associate Professor
clark.miller@asu.edu

Claudia Nierenberg
Executive Director, CSPO-DC
claudia.nierenberg@asu.edu

Jason Scott Robert
Associate Professor
jason.robert@asu.edu

Regina Sanborn
CNS Program Manager
regina.sanborn@asu.edu

Cynthia Selin
Assistant Research Professor
cynthia.selin@asu.edu

Cathy Slade
Post-doctoral Research Associate
catherine.slade@asu.edu

Jameson Wetmore
Assistant Professor
jameson.wetmore@asu.edu

Financial Information

Cost for the 2009-2010 Academic year was $500 per credit ($15,000 for 30 credits) plus ASU tuition (which can be calculated online here: http://students.asu.edu/cost-attendance )

Other Information

The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes operates on multiple scales. CSPO is an independent unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, with university-wide faculty appointments, faculty affiliates, staff, programs and projects, as detailed on this website. CSPO also collaborates with an array of other units at ASU, including: the Biodesign Institute; the Global Institute of Sustainability; the Center for Biology and Society; the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing; and the Center for the Study of the Law, Science, and Technology.