{"320981":{"#nid":"320981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IAC Graduate Programs Recalibrate to Stay Ahead","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAcademics are ever-evolving and graduate programs within the Ivan Allen College have been created, modified, and expanded to reflect student interests, market opportunities, and innovations in research since the College\u2019s founding in 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College is now home to twelve masters and doctoral programs, including joint degrees with the College of Computing, the School of Psychology, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first liberal arts degree at Georgia Tech was a one-year master\u2019s in Technology and Science Policy. Originating in the School of Social Sciences, the program became what is now the two-year \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/masters\/why-ms-public-policy\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EM.S. in Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, initially directed by David Roessner. A decade later, in 1990, the Ivan Allen College was formed after a proposal of reorganization by the newly appointed Georgia Tech president John Patrick Crecine. The School of Social Sciences was split into what are now the Schools of Public Policy, International Affairs, and History, Technology, and Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy graduate programs grew to include a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/phd\/phd-program-description\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPhD. in Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E and a joint PhD. with Georgia State University\u2019s Andrew Young School of Public Policy. The School\u2019s focus has expanded beyond science and technology to encompass research in energy and the environment, information\/communications policy, health, and economic development, but still retain a strong link to the technological aspects of those fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther schools aligned with the new college identity to begin graduate programs of their own. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/graduate\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of History, Technology, and Society\u003C\/a\u003E (HTS) enrolled its first master\u2019s and doctoral students in 1992. In 2003, HTS revised its graduate degree titles from \u201cHistory of Technology\u201d to \u201cHistory and Sociology of Technology and Science\u201d to reflect the School\u2019s commitment to sociology. HTS offers a genuinely integrative education, melding specialized study of the history and organizational structures of science and technology with traditional disciplinary training.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) has offered an M.S. in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dm.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDigital Media\u003C\/a\u003E (formerly named Information Design and Technology), since its founding in 1993 under the direction of Peter McGuire. In 2006, the program was realigned with the newly created PhD. in Digital Media and optimized the connection between the programs. One of the earliest graduate programs in the country to investigate digital media theory and production, the DM program is acclaimed in the fields of game design and production. A five-year bachelor\u2019s\/master\u2019s offers a fast track into industry for undergraduate students in computational media. LMC also offers the interdisciplinary \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mshci.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emaster\u2019s in Human-Computer Interaction\u003C\/a\u003E in collaboration with the Schools of Industrial Design, Interactive Computing, and Psychology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/a\u003E created its Master of Science with a major in economics in 2001, under the direction of Thomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston, and a PhD in Economics in 2010. The first PhD candidate with a \u003Cstrong\u003Emajor\u003C\/strong\u003E in economics graduated from a unique individualized doctoral program in 1980 and was joined by the first graduate of the PhD in Economics in May, 2014. The School is currently in the process of changing the name of the M..S program to Master of Science in Economics to better emphasize a focus in the field. Unlike other graduate programs at traditional liberal arts universities, the economics programs at Georgia Tech focus heavily on quantitative coursework, econometrics, modeling, and forecasting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/prospective-students\/graduate\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E offers a master\u2019s degree, created in 1995 by William Long, that invites students to tailor the program to fit their individual interests through elective offerings and interdisciplinary work in economics, management, public policy, computer science, and engineering. The PhD program, which also graduated its first doctoral candidate this May, provides an opportunity for students with backgrounds in politics or science and technology to deepen their understanding through the advanced study of sub-fields ranging from international security to comparative politics. A new five-year bachelor\u2019s\/master\u2019s programs began enrolling students this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts coordinates innovative, rigorous degree preparation that puts graduating students at the front of the pack in competitive job markets in industry, government, non-profit organizations, and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAcademics are ever-evolving, and graduate programs within the Ivan Allen College have been created, modified, and expanded to reflect student interests, market opportunities, and innovations in research since the College\u2019s founding in 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Academics are ever-evolving, and graduate programs within the Ivan Allen College have been created, modified, and expanded to reflect student interests, market opportunities, and innovations in research since the College\u2019s founding in 1990"}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-09-03 12:28:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/FALL2014ICLASTSPEAKERSERIES.pdf","title":"ICLAST Speaker Series"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}