Business, Growth, and Development

STIA’s concentration in Business, Growth and Development explores the policy and management issues arising from advances in technology, and the role of technology in international development. Students in this concentration also build essential skills in international business and economics. Coursework covers the technological elements of business (information, biotechnology, energy, industry, and agriculture); business-government relations from regional to international scales; and national technology and competitiveness strategies; and technologies for development in a variety of international and global contexts.

Concentration Chair: Rajesh Veeraraghavan

Concentration Courses:

Fall 

• STIA 3331- Disruptive Technologies
• STIA 3334 – Emerging Technology Policy
• STIA 3376 – Financial Technologies in the Global South
• STIA 3491 – Cybersecurity: Policy/Technology/Operations
• STIA 3501 – Science & Finance in Global Innovation
• STIA 4180 – Science Policy Development in Latin America
• STIA 4220 – Biotechnologies for Development
• STIA 4303 – Haiti: Development Case Study
• STIA 4416 – Spaceflight and Globalization
• STIA 4432 – Technology and Intelligence
• GBUS 4413 – Global Business Strategies
• GBUS 4430 – Technology, Innovation and International Trade
• MSFS 5530 – IR, Technology & ENtrepreneurship
• MSFS 5585 – Technology & Design in Public Service

Spring 

• STIA 3375 – Science Innov and Entrepreneurs
• STIA 3387 – Emerging Tech and Science Fiction
• STIA 4210 – STI Strategies for Sustainable Development
• STIA 4355 – Reimagining Tech in Africa
• STIA 4375 – Financial Markets and International Security
• STIA 4375 – Markets, Security and Transformational Analytics
• STIA 4420 – Cybersecurity, Conflict, and Policy
• STIA 4434 – Artificial Intelligence: Policy Problems
• STIA 4935 – Data and Democracies
• STIA 4935 – Economy and Technology in Africa
• STIA 4935 – Technology and Futures of Work
• STIA 4935 – Technology and the Futures of Work
• STIA 4967 – Senior Seminar: Surveillance, Governance, and IT
• GBUS 4401 – Foundations in Data Science
• IECO 3300 – Applied Econometrics for Development

*Exact course offerings may vary each semester. Please refer to the schedule of classes for the latest STIA course schedules and search by the concentration attribute (SFS/STIA Growth/Development).