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Undergraduate Record 2020-2021 
    
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Undergraduate Record 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

STS 2620 - Science and Technology Public Policy

Examines the development of public policies aimed at promoting and regulating science and technology. Topics include historical evolution of the federal government’s involvement in science policy; the players, organizations, and agencies who make science policy; the reasons the government funds the research it does; how science and technology is regulated by the government. Prerequisites: STS 1500 or equivalent.



Credits: 3