Postgraduate Course: Policy and Management Issues in Science and Technology (PGSP11114)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
PMIST provides a comprehensive introduction to generic policy and management issues in science, technology and innovation, and approaches for analysing and acting on them. It uses examples from a range of science and technology areas, but focuses particularly on information and communication technologies, the life sciences and biotechnology. It includes material on approaches to analysing more general policy processes and governance issues, as well as providing some familiarity and experience with techniques and procedures used in policy-formulation, decision-making, assessment and implementation. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
none |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
none |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | Room 106, Old Surgeon's Hall | 1-11 | 10:00 - 13:00 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will have demonstrated through written work, oral presentations and other contributions in class, that they
- have a substantive knowledge and understanding of a selection of important policy and management issues in science, technology and innovation, and of the contending viewpoints and claims on these issues, across a range of different science and technology areas but particularly in their area of specialism
- can identify and characterise key approaches to understanding and evaluating policy and management processes and interventions in science, technology and innovation, and identify advantages, problems and implications of these approaches
- can critically evaluate contributions to the academic and public debates on these issues, and decisions on them
- can identify, deploy and evaluate a selection of techniques and procedures used in policy-formulation, decision-making, assessment and implementation
- can apply these understandings and skills, and deploy some of these approaches, concepts and techniques, in analysing a new problem in policy or management in science, technology and innovation, and in devising, evaluating and justifying options for intervention
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Assessment Information
| Two minor 500 word exercises (15% each) and one 3,000 word assignment (70%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
- science - technology - policy - innovation - management - governance |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Stewart Russell
Tel: (0131 6)50 6396
Email: Stewart.Russell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Madina Howard
Tel:
Email: Madina.Howard@ed.ac.uk |
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