Course Description
Explores key aspects and implications of United States innovation on jobs, work skills, and entrepreneurship, industrial production and the economy, technology and innovation-based United States growth, and future directions.
Athena Title
EXPL US INNV CLIM
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in WFED 8330E
Prerequisite
WFED 8320 or WFED 8320E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be able to: 1. identify key aspects of United States innovation 2. understand and interpret the effects of United States public policy on innovation 3. recognize implications of United States innovation on jobs, work skills, and entrepreneurship 4. describe the consequences, advantages and/or disadvantages of industrial production on the United States economy 5. explain the relationship between technology and innovation on United States growth 6. identify and provide critical analysis of significant future directions for United States innovation
Topical Outline
I. Key aspects of United States innovation A. Manufacturing/industrial production growth B. Information technology ecosystems C. New approaches for private industry, government, and universities II. United States public policy and innovation A. Clean energy, vehicle technology, instructional technology and health B. Imports/exports C. Support of open capital markets for most promising innovations D. Public sector and community innovation III. Implications of United States innovation on jobs, work skills, and entrepreneurship A. Manufacturing innovations, education, training, and jobs B. Identifying and developing 21st-century knowledge and skills for work C. Steps in application of innovation-based entrepreneurship IV. Industrial production and the United States economy A. Foundations of United States industrial production B. Progress, current status, and future of United States innovation-based industrial production C. Innovation and industrial production: emerging industries (public and private) D. Production resilience and economic indicators V. Relationship between Technology and United States Innovation A. Relationship between technology and innovation on United States growth B. Understanding contributors to United States growth C. Technology and United States growth: national, regional, state D. Innovation and United States growth: national, regional, state VI. Future directions for United States innovation A. Rebuilding the industrial ecosystem B. Examining diverse industries with diverse capabilities for the future C. New ideas and products paused to enter the market