The first Spring
semester (February–May) provides a
more practical focus on developing innovation capacities and managing digital
transformation in modern societies and governments:
Compulsory
classes
· Implementing Governance in a Diverse Globalized World, 6 ECTS
· Creating Innovation Capacities of Governments, 6 ECTS
The students can further select 3 electives that
allow them to deepen practical skills either in technology governance and
innovation or in digital transformation and public-sector
innovation, e.g.:
· Digital Transformations of Government, 6 ECTS
· Big Data and Public Policy, 6 ECTS
· Innovation and Case Studies of New Technologies, 6 ECTS
· Special Course in Technology Governance, 6 ECTS
· Students can select from a further list of general courses (e.g.
Research Methods in Social Sciences) as well as interdisciplinary courses
offered at TTÜ (e.g. Public-Sector Service Design and Implementation; Basics of
e-Health; Foundations of Cyber Security; Human Rights, Ethics and Technology etc.).