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Stac.Pdf (6.097Mb) Postgraduate Education Ivan Allen College Because of STAC’s emphasis on research and writing, Literature, Communication, and Culture is one of six schools BACHELOR OFOF SCIENCESCIENCE ININ students are prepared to pursue advanced degrees. in the Ivan Allen College, which was established in 1990 as All STAC graduates complete a senior seminar or the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech. The others are SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, senior thesis, requirements that anticipate the work Economics; History, Technology, and Society; the Sam Nunn demanded of them in graduate school. Graduate School of International Affairs; Modern Languages; and programs in business, law, and medicine actively AND CULTURE Public Policy. recruit students with interdisciplinary training. Because STAC majors are interested in communication, Introspection STAC students have gone on to graduate programs science, and culture, many participate in campus in policy, law, journalism, medicine, education, and organizations, including: Atlanta Interaction literature at institutions including: Technique (Tech’s award-winning, student-run newspaper) A lively city with a population of more than 4 million, Boston University • Innovation Blueprint (yearbook staff) Atlanta offers many cultural and economic opportunities. Columbia University • DramaTech (the student-run theater) Georgia Tech’s 400-acre campus is located in the heart of University of California, Berkeley • Campus Life The STAC Society (a student-faculty group that the city, near the High Museum, the Carter Center, the King University of Chicago • organizes social events and professional development) Center, CNN, and Turner Field. Students are encouraged to University of Georgia Ivan Allen College Student Advisory Board supplement their academic education with the resources University of Tennessee • • Center for Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) available in this major urban center. Internships and Co-ops www.lcc.gatech.edu/stac STAC offers internships to students interested in gaining work experience in public relations, sales, multimedia, television, journalism, and computing. Students have interned for major employers, such as IBM, Turner Broadcasting, and CNN. Students can earn up to six hours of academic credit for on-the- job experience through internships. In addition, STAC students can participate in Tech’s acclaimed Georgia Tech Georgia Tech “I got into STAC largely because it seemed to collide with my co-op program. The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s interest in science fiction, and I haven’t been disappointed. leading research universities, distinguished by its com- Actually, I think that’s one of the strengths of the major: “We in LCC are not interested mitment to improving the human condition through it’s broad enough to incorporate a huge range of interests.” in technology for the sake advanced science and technology. At Georgia Tech, more — Thomas Seay • STAC major and winner of the of technology. We are than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students 2003 Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence interested in showing receive a focused, technologically based education. in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing how technology contributes to The Institute consistently ranks among U.S. News & World the way human Report’s top ten public universities in the United States. For additional information, contact: beings think In addition to the liberal arts, Tech also offers programs Georgia Institute of Technology about themselves.” in engineering, architecture, computing, sciences, and Ivan Allen College management. For more than a century, humanities and — Kenneth Knoespel • School of Literature, Communication, and Culture social science education has been an important part of McEver Professor Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0165 of Engineering and the Institute’s mission. In a world that increasingly turns the Liberal Arts to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innova- Phone: 404.894.2730 and Chair of the tive teaching and advanced research in all disciplines to Fax: 404.894.1287 School of Literature, define today’s technological university. Communication, Web site: www.lcc.gatech.edu/stac and Culture Copyright 2003 • Georgia Institute of Technology • Institute Communications & Public Affairs • T0314402 • An equal education and employment opportunity institution Minors Opportunities for STAC Students The Bachelor of Science in STAC majors study literature, communication, film, media The School of Literature, Communication, and Culture The STAC curriculum encourages students to develop Science, Technology, and Culture studies, and the history of science. By working in these (LCC) offers two minors to students in all majors. an interdisciplinary expertise that is particularly fields, students learn to understand the interdisciplinary valuable today. Emphasizing the links between sci- The Science, Technology, and Culture (STAC) The Minor in Women, Science, and Technology (WST) environments they will face after graduation. ence, technology, and culture, the program provides program offers students a distinctive course provides a women’s studies curriculum that focuses students with a unique perspective on how cultures of study that combines science and technol- on the study of gender, science, and technology. The degree appeals to people interested in: shape and are shaped by science and technology. ogy with the humanities. Majors graduate The Minor in Performance Studies features the with communication skills, analytical skills, Humanities traditional performing arts as well as studies of The program combines Georgia Tech’s core education knowledge of literature and culture, and Communications the anthropological and sociological conceptions in mathematics, science, humanities, and computer expertise in state-of-the-art electronic media. Media and/or film studies The Curriculum of performance as an intrinsic part of human life. science with the study of culture, history, the arts, The interface between culture, and modern language. Designed with the Tech envi- the sciences, and technology The Bachelor of Science in Science, Certificate Programs ronment in mind, the STAC program offers flexibility Technology, and Culture with and diversity without compromising scientific and the Media Studies Option Students can earn certificates in technical rigor. Film Studies, American Literature Students who choose the Media Studies and Culture, and Literary and LCC has recently been recognized as “one of the Option graduate with knowledge of the his- Cultural Studies by taking twelve premier programs in electronic literature” by the tory, techniques, and technologies of film, “My job as a STAC major hours of designated classes National Academy of Sciences. television, and digital media. Because the is to ask scientists to ask in the School of Literature, program emphasizes theory and production, questions about science.” Communication, and Culture. students are prepared to design and create a — Jessica Dillard • variety of media objects, including videos, STAC major and President, Other Opportunities Career Opportunities Web pages, and CD-ROMs. Women’s Student Union Students can study writing with STAC prepares students for careers in industry, Thomas Lux, the Margaret T. education, government, nonprofits, or the corporate and Henry C. Bourne Chair of world. STAC graduates get a head start because of Combined Graduate and STAC students choose from more than sixty courses to Poetry, and with visiting writers their technologically based education and commu- Undergraduate Degree Program complete forty-five hours of course work in the following who occupy the H. Bruce McEver nication skills. Graduates have pursued careers in Five-year Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees four subject areas: Visiting Chair of Writing each Web design, secondary education, public relations, spring. In small class settings, environmental policy, publishing, policy analysis, This program combines the bachelor’s in History—The Age of Scientific Discovery; British and students can interact with marketing, and management. Science, Technology, and Culture with Continental Romanticism; Evolution and the Industrial professional writers and work the Media Studies Option and the master’s Age; Science, Technology, and Postmodernism Employers include the following: on their own craft. degree in Information Design and (two classes) PriceWaterhouse Coopers Macquarium Technology. Students apply for the program • • Media Studies—Film History, Major Filmmakers, Design IBM Colorado General Assembly after completing seventy-five semester • • for the Internet, Multimedia Design (three classes) • CNN • Shepherd Spinal Center hours and achieving at least a 3.5 GPA. Sample Courses “Good art, historically, is made; Eastgate Atlanta Braves Because the program offers a challenging Issues—Science, Technology, and Gender; • • it doesn’t just happen––it’s a course of study in a fast-paced environment, Environmentalism and Eco-criticism; Biomedicine and result of planning, rigor, atten- applicants must satisfy rigorous entrance Culture (three classes) tion, intuition, trial and error, requirements. Literary and Cultural Studies—Ethnicity in American discipline, and the luck that Culture, Gender Studies, Science Fiction (three classes) sometimes comes when all of the above are applied. We need Note: Students also are required to take an introductory poetry now more than ever.” class and two STAC electives and complete the course of study with either a senior thesis or senior seminar. — Thomas Lux • Bourne Chair of Poetry School of Literature, Communication, & Culture Introspection, Interaction, Innovation.
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