Objectives/Competencies

The student will be able to:


• understand the relationships among access rights, property rights, and privacy rights and responsibilities in an information society;
• demonstrate an understanding of major policy issues important to the information, communication, and technology professions and to the public at large regarding government information, private sector information, secrecy, censorship, scholarly communication, intellectual property, security and information equity;
• critically analyze policy issues to establish implications for policy development and maintenance;
• demonstrate proficiency in using policy creation methodologies and tools;
• use problem solving skills in designing and implementing organizational policies.