Overview
The Society, Technology, and Management minor is offered through the Schools of Public Engagement.
Society, Technology, and Management enables undergraduate students to examine technological innovation in the context of social impact and social justice. This transdisciplinary minor is situated at the intersection of the humanities, the social sciences,
design, technology, and management. Students develop the knowledge and skills needed to lead and manage technological innovation in their area of interest. They investigate technology as an integral part of social relations, exploring the extent to
which the technologies we create change the way we think about social engagement, material production, information generation and circulation, and many other aspects of our lives.
In addition to learning about the critical technical systems of diverse industries, students develop an understanding of threats to human welfare posed by technology and its systems that are not managed well. Students also investigate issues concerning
the deregulation and misregulation of digital spaces, platform monopoly, and increasingly sophisticated data processing, which have the potential to endanger democratic society now and in the future.
Curriculum
This minor requires successful completion of 18 credits. Students generally select one course from each of the subject areas in the chart below.
Course availability may vary from semester to semester. Some courses may be in development and offered at a later time. Students seeking to pursue alternative coursework in other subject areas to fulfill the minor should consult with their advisors.
Subject Area
| Required Courses
| Credits
|
STM Core: Required Courses
| At least two of the following:
NMGT 2000 Introduction to Management, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (Students
with a major in Management, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship or a minor in Management and Leadership can substitute an STM context or elective.)
NMGT 3032 Technology, Knowledge, and Information Systems Management
NMGT 3310 Introduction to Managing Socio-Tech Innovation Processes | 6–9
|
STM Context
| One or two of the following:
NMGT 2423 Leadership in Context
NMGT 4110 Strategic Management for the 21st-Century Organization
NMGM 5202 Systems Approach to Management and Organizations
NMDS 5338 Big Tech and Society
NMDS 5333 Technology, Power, and Social Change
NHIS 3430 History of Women and Communications
NCOM 3305 Social Media Mashup
LCOD 2227 Digital Equity, Infrastructure, and Access
LSOC 2115 Digital Inequalities
LCST 2234 Radical Software
LCST2454 Digital Media Off the Grid (4 credits)
LANT 3205 Gods, Designers, and Games
LHIS 3091 Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society
LPHI 3122 Philosophy of Science
LPOL 3009 Techno-Social Imaginaries and Conceptual Change
LVIS 2054 Black Secret Technology
LVIS 2206 Art After the Computer Age: Race, Sex, and Technology
PLAH 2013 Futurism: Art and the Future
COPA 2105 Creative Technologies
| 3–6 |
STM Electives
| One or two of the following:
NMGT 2112 Big Data: Consumer Research
NMGT 4110 Strategic Management
NMGT 3030 Social Entrepreneurship
NMGT 3031 Project Management
NMGT 2140 Entrepreneurship
NMGM 5103 Adaptive Facilitation
NCOM 3026 Beyond iCelebrities: Social Networking and Social Activism
NCOM 3200 Introduction to Digital Design
LLSJ 3505 Visualizing Data
LCOD 2422 Coding Natural Language
LCST 4044 Generative Media and Artificial Intelligence: Digital Theories of Autonomy and Alienation
LSCT 2784 Digital Media and Race
LCST 2787 Media Tool Kit
LMUS 2053 Contemporary Music Technologies
LMUS 3050 Live Electronics for Interactive Music
COPA 3107 Advanced Creative Technologies: Production Design
PAFC 1500 Futures: Fashion Communication
PGTE 5582 Computational Craft
PGTE 5566 Creative Coding
PSAM 1028 Communication Design Foundations: Interaction
PSAM 1085 Digital Tools for Layout and Imaging
PSAM 2060 Communication Design Studio: Stories and Platforms
PSAM 3274 Digital Development
PSAM 5020 Machine Learning
PSAM 5060 Performance and Technology
PSAM 5170 Data as Material
| 3–6
|
Total Credits
| 18 credits
|
Learning Outcomes
A student who has completed this undergraduate minor will be able to demonstrate:
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Foundational management knowledge on using disruptive and incremental technological innovation so as to harness its efficiency, speed, and scalability and benefit individuals, communities, and organizations by delivering social goods and social impact
and advancing social justice
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The ability to critically examine the role and impact of technology in a globalized society and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders, including workers, customers, and society
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An understanding of how social entrepreneurs employ technological innovation to develop and deliver social goods and social impact
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The management and communication skills critical to leading technology-driven initiatives and projects that deliver social goods and social impact
Eligibility
The Society, Technology, and Management minor is available to undergraduate degree students across The New School.
Students can retroactively apply successfully completed courses toward a minor upon declaring or applying. After a student successfully completes a minor's requirements, the minor will appear on the student's academic transcript at graduation.
For questions about this minor, please contact Latha Poonamallee, chair, at [email protected].