INAF U8912y Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Goals 1.5 pts. It has become vital (because of mass poverty,climate change,biodiversity rapid erosion,water and food crisis,...), to shift to a more sustainable form of development.This will require effectively mobilizing all resources of human societies:scientific and technical resources,as well as behavioral and institutional moving forces.None may be neglected,and the way they are articulated will be decisive. SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Short Courses.

PUAF U8405y Science, Knowledge and Technology 3 pts. Contact Instructor for Permission (dv2146@columbia.edu)Not offered in 2011-2012. How do scientific and technical experts do their work and produce the results that they do? Over the past two decades, both the sociology of science and technology and the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies have grown rapidly. The result has been an innovative literature and research agenda that has become a critical, intellectual endeavor raising many challenges to traditional ways of thinking about expert knowledge and how it is produced and used. The most fundamental challenges are against the notions 1) that science is the standard for objective inquiry and 2) that scientific and technical knowledge is somehow special and different from other kinds of knowledge. Traditional thinking about human and non-human agency, networks, individual and society, and experts and expert knowledge is also challenged. This new field of interdisciplinary research focuses on science and technology as work, rather than "knowledge," refusing to divorce knowledge from interaction and social organization. The governing assumption of this diverse body of work is that scientific and technical experts - facts, findings, and theories - are shaped by the research project, the laboratory, the organization, the discipline of the scientist or technical expert, and political, historical, cultural, gendered, and economic relations in the wider society. Because we, as academics and professionals, spend our careers producing expert knowledge and consuming knowledge produced by others, understanding the production of scientific and technical knowledge has immediate relevance for research, theory, and policy. The purpose of this course is to read and critically evaluate the canonical works in the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology and to initiate a research project. The research paper for this course can be tailored to meet the student's long term research or professional interests. The readings are organized chronologically to introduce major works and their authors, present an overview of the development of the field, the diversity of perspectives, turning points, and controversies. SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: E&E- IEMP.

SDEV U9255y Science, Technology, and Sustainable Development 3 pts.Not offered in 2011-2012. Science and technology are increasingly viewed as important tools to address health, nutritional, and environmental challenges facing developing countries. They are also widely seen as means to create jobs, raise productivity, and thus improve living standards. Accordingly, there is growing consensus that science and technology policies are central to the process of sustainable development. This course provides an introduction to the academic and policy literature on science, technology, and development. We begin with a discussion of the roles of technology in growth and development, drawing on the historical and macroeconomic literatures. Next, we turn to the literature on the microeconomics of innovation, learning and diffusion. Third, we discuss the main policy instruments used by governments in developed and developing countries to affect the rate and direction of technical change and diffusion. Much of the literature in this field historically has focused on developed countries, and the reading list reflects this. However, class presentation and discussion will focus on drawing implications for economic development SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: Development Practice.

SIPA U0020x and y (Section 2) Specialization: Applied Science All SIPA candidates are required to register for one of the specializations in each semester of matriculation at SIPA. The specialization registration will be for zero academic credits and will not affect or be affected by fees or financial charges. SIPA: Applied Science.

EHSC P6300x or y Environmental Health Sciences 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: E&E- Environment Policy. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Electives.

EHSC P6301x or y Environmental Health Sciences Applications 1 pt. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science.

HPMN P6503y (Section 1) Introduction to Health Economics 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Electives.

SOSC P6712y Introduction to Health Advocacy 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Electives.

SOSC P6726y Public Health and Disability Policy 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Electives.

SOSC P6758y Theory and Research on Interpersonal Violence 3 pts. This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street.

For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses SIPA: Applied Science. SIPA: USP- Social Policy Track. SIPA: Electives.