IS 8500:Emerging Technologies

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: IS 8005 or permission of the program director.
This course addresses emerging technologies, how they evolve, how to identify them, and the effect of international, political, social, economic, and cultural factors on them. This course describes the business impacts of disruptive technologies, international perspectives on emerging technologies, and forecasting methodologies, such as monitoring, expert opinion, trend analysis, and scenario construction.