INFO 4200

Information Policy: Applied Research and Analysis

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2021-2022 Catalog.

This course will address a wide range of information policy issues such as privacy, security, antitrust, intellectual property, algorithmic fairness, net neutrality, risk mitigation strategies, and other legal and policy compliance concerns in a simulated project management environment. Patterned on life cycle project management for products and services in contemporary large-scale technology companies, students will adopt specific topic areas for applied research and analysis working dynamically with other team members. Course outcomes include conducting upper-level research in specific information policy domains, experiential group dynamics, persuasive analytic presentations, fundamentals of project management in the technology sector, and insights into corporate hierarchies, organization, and functionalities.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: INFO 1200 or INFO 1260, or permission of instructor.

When Offered Spring.

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