Applied Public Interest Technology

PSY

548

Applied Public Interest Technology

Public interest technology (PIT) is an interdisciplinary field focused on how technology can be used to support public interest organizations (non-profits, civic entities, etc.) and the people they serve. The larger goal of PIT is to do good in the world, to build partnerships, to create career pathways, to improve policy design and implementation and to critically challenge the role of technology in our society. This course will build on the goals of PIT to explore human-centered design and data science as a means of solving community challenges through a lens of applied social psychology. Students will be engaged in a semester-long research project focused on topics related to public interest technology. Experts and projects from other institutions within New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network will support the learning goals for this course.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

EXPR - EXPR (Experimental)

035308