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IS 190: ICTD in Practice (3 units) This course aims to provide students with an overview of the many dynamic and interdisciplinary skills that are required for successful practice in the field of ICTD. Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) is the broad study of information technology to alleviate poverty and stimulate development (economic, social, and human) in developing and transitional countries. In the last 15 years, there has been an exponential expansion in the number of ICTD projects, but insufficient human skills to design and manage them, leading to a “forever-pilot” culture and a rather dismal failure rate. Successful oversight of these projects requires a combination of interdisciplinary and dynamic skills. See course website for more information.
IS 190: Technology and Poverty (3 units) This course will encourage students to think broadly about the interplay between technological systems, social processes, economic activities, and political contingencies in efforts to alleviate poverty. Students will come to understand poverty not only in terms of high-level indicators, but from a ground-level perspective as ‘the poor’ experience and describe it for themselves. The role played by individuals and societies of the developing world as active agents in processes of technology adoption and use will be a central theme. Technologies connection to socio-economic development efforts will be put into historical context by exposing students to several phases of intensive interest including the ‘green revolution,’ the push towards industrialization, the ‘appropriate technologies’ movement, and more recent interest in digital technologies.
IS 213: User Interface Design and Development (3 units)
This course covers the design, prototyping, and evaluation of user interfaces to computers which is often called Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). User interface design and human-computer interaction. Examination of alternative design. Tools and methods for design and development. Human-computer interaction. Methods for measuring and evaluating interface quality.
IS 272: Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems and Management (3 units)
This course focuses on the use of qualitative methods for research about information technologies. Methods including interviewing, focus groups, participant observation and ethnography will be taught and practiced. Significant qualitative research findings about the social impact of information technologies will be read, to analyze what we know about IT thus far, how we know it, and as models of theories and methods for future research. Frequent field exercises will be assigned to develop qualitative research skills and best practices, but the primary assignment will be to engage in a substantial fieldwork project. Methods covered will include video if grant support or other budget resources are found.
IS 283: Information and Communications Technology for Development (3 units)
This course reviews the current literature in Information, Communications and Development (ICTD). Readings are selected from the range of disciplines contributing to this field: computer science, sociology, economics, business, public health, etc.
IS 290-8: Designing Rural Computing Applications (1 unit)
This class will investigate design methods for developing rural computing applications. The class will begin with a focus on participatory and value-sensitive design methods, and how they can be adapted for new cultures and social settings. We will also cover recent experiments in rural UI design, and what has been learned from them. We will conclude by discussing appropriate methods for design education in a rural computing context.
Development Policy
PP 261: Microeconomic Organization and Policy Analysis (3 units)
PP C253/AREC253: International Economic Development Policy (3 units)
PP 259: Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 units)
PS 202A,B: Theories of Dev & Political Change (3 units)
PS 208: Development Policy (3 units)
ARE 231: International Markets and Trade (3 units)
ARE 213P: Applied Econometrics (4 units)
ARE C251: Microeconomics of Development (3 units)
ARE 271: International Food and Nutritional Policies (3 units)
CRP 272: Third World Urban Development Issues and Policy Options (3 units)
SOC 172: Development and Modernization (3 units)
Development Theory and Methodology
GEOG 214: Development Theories and Practices (3 units)
ER 273: Research Methods In Social Sciences (3 units)
ER 102: Quantitative Aspects of Global Environment (4 units)
WS 241: Women and World Development (3 units)
PS 139: Development Politics (3 units)
AfrAm 112: Political and Economic Development in the Third World (3 units)
ARE 251: Microeconomics of Development (3 units)
CRP 270: Regional and Urban Development Strategies in the Third World (3 units)
CRP 271: Implementing Regional Development in the Third World (3 units)
GEOG 164: The Geography of Economic Development in China (3 units)
GEOG 215: Seminar in Comparative and International Development (3 units)
Resources and the Environment
CE 292A: Technologies for Sustainable Societies (1 unit)
CE/ER C293A: Technology and Sustainability (2 units)
ER 200: Interdisciplinary Energy Analysis (4 units)
ER 102: Quantitative Aspects of Global Environment (4 units)
ER C226: Photovoltaic Materials (3 units)
ER 275: Water and Development (3 units)
ER 273: Research Methods in Social Sciences (3 units)
ER 291-002: Design for Sustainable Communities (3 units)
Science, Technology, and Society Studies
ERG 290: Social Studies of Technology and Technical Systems (3 units)
AfrAm 134: Information Technology and Society (4 units)
CS 195: Social Implications of Computer Technology (2 units)
Engr 124: Ethics and the Impact of Technology on Society (3 units)
Information Technology Design and Infrastructure
CS 294-35: Cellphones as a Computing Platform
ME 221: High-Tech Product Design and Rapid Manufacturing (3 units)
ME 290P: New Product Development: Design Theory and Methods. (3 units)
CS 160: User Interface Design, Prototyping and Evaluation (3 units)
IS 250: Computer-based Communications Systems & Networks (3 units)
MBA 290V/ENG 298A/IS 290: Telecommunications (3 units)
MBA 290T/ENG 298A/IS 290: Wireless Communications (3 units)
IS 214: Needs and Usability Assessment (3 units)
IS 213: User Interface Design and Development (3 units)
ER 291: Design for Sustainable Communities (3 units)
Public Health for Developing Regions
PH 212D: International Health Core Course (3 units)
PH 212A: International Maternal and Child Health (3 units)
PH 226D: International Health Economics (3 units)
PH 202B: Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Health Status and Behavior (3 units)
PH 211: Health and Human Rights (3 units)
PH 260F: Infectious Disease Research in Developing Countries (2 units)
PH 253B: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (3 units)
PH 259B: Practical Application of Epidemiological Methods in Developing Countries (3 units)
PH 271D: Global Burden of Disease (3 units)
PH 220A: Health Politics & Policy (3 units)
PH 253C: An Overview of the AIDS Epidemic (3 units)
PH 253D: Behavior and Policy Science in HIV Treatment and Prevention (3 units)
PH 295: The Epidemiology and Transmission: Dynamics of the AIDS Pandemic (2 units)
Business
MBA 292B-11: Non-profit boards
MBA 292T-1: Social Venture Development
MBA 294-1: Social Entrepreneurship
MBA 290T-4: Business and Technology for Sustainable Development
WMBA 248A-1: Supply Chain Management
XMBA 201B-1: Global Economic Environment
ER 291-2: Design for Sustainable Communities
MBA 290T/ENG 298A/IS 290: Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Management
CE 292A: Technologies for Sustainable Societies (1 unit)
CE/ER C293A: Technology and Sustainability (2 units)
Education
ED 256B: Economic Development and Education in the Third World (3 units)
ED 240B: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Literacy (3 units)
ED 241B: Language Socialization (3 units)
ED 241C: Narrative across Learning Contexts (3 units)
ED 290B: Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture (1-4 units)
ED 225B: Programming Intelligent Computer-Assisted Instruction. (4 units)
ED 225C: Cognitive Approaches to Computer System Design. (2 units)
ED 295A: Exploring Mathematics and Science with Computers. (3 units)
ED 295B: Technology, Curriculum, and Instruction. (3 units)
ED 343: Technology and the Teaching of English. (2 units)