Emphasis on negotiation, team building and group dynamics, management of multiple actors and leadership. Students participate in the Technology and Policy Program's Thompson Island weekend. Open only to TPP students. Student teams undertake a major case study of automobile manufacturing using the latest methods of analysis and computer-based models of materials process. Focuses on one or more specific nations, carries out a resource assessment, and develops an energy strategy that is congruent with technical potential, cultural requirements, and environmental constraints.
Students learn methods for assessing economic and policy issues raised by information technology.
Data sets for analysis are drawn from research and publications on the ongoing development of the Internet and global information infrastructure. Study of K-12 school networks, and Internet telephony. Policy analyses consider the perspectives of various stakeholders in infrastructure development. Students participate through formal presentations, group activities, and informal class discussions. Subject explores the many dimensions of sustainability and the use of national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development.