Welcome

Technology is impacting everything we do, from the way we live our lives to the way we do business, from the way we connect with others to the way we monitor our own health, from the way we analyze our surroundings to the way we navigate our world.

Policy defines priorities and guides action. The creation, deployment, and re-visioning of smart policies through rigorous inquiry and evidence-based decision-making has always been a key component of human innovation and progress.

Policy and technology have historically been separate domains, but more and more the lines between the two-and the demands they place on each other-are blurring. And of critical interest is how this impacts People.

The next generation of leaders must deeply understand this critical point of intersection:

People, policy, and technology. The connections among the three define our time and will continue to shape the future of humankind.

At Heinz College, we've understood this since our founding. Our first Dean, William W. Cooper, had a vision of educating students for "intelligent action," and this is still our primary objective.

The unique co-location of our two schools, the School of Public Policy and Management and the School of Information Systems and Management, offers opportunities for collaboration that simply cannot be duplicated elsewhere. We also offer two groundbreaking Joint Degree Programs with the CMU College of Fine Arts. Our faculty and students know that exciting things happen when disciplines collide, when differing perspectives come into contact with one another.

Each degree program publishes a supplemental handbook addendum which outlines specific curricular and program requirements. It is important that you familiarize yourself with both. your program handbook as well as this College handbook. While this handbook and your departmental student handbook are specific to your academic experience in the department, there are several other resources and offices graduate students are encouraged to consult during their tenure at Carnegie Mellon University. Information about The Word, the student handbook, the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, the Office of the Dean of Students, and others are included in Appendix A of this handbook.

 

Technology is impacting everything we do, from the way we live our lives to the way we do business, from the way we connect with others to the way we monitor our own health, from the way we analyze our surroundings to the way we navigate our world.

Policy defines priorities and guides action. The creation, deployment, and re-visioning of smart policies through rigorous inquiry and evidence-based decision-making has always been a key component of human innovation and progress.

Policy and technology have historically been separate domains, but more and more the lines between the two-and the demands they place on each other-are blurring. And of critical interest is how this impacts People.

The next generation of leaders must deeply understand this critical point of intersection:

People, policy, and technology. The connections among the three define our time and will continue to shape the future of humankind.

At Heinz College, we've understood this since our founding. Our first Dean, William W. Cooper, had a vision of educating students for "intelligent action," and this is still our primary objective.

The unique co-location of our two schools, the School of Public Policy and Management and the School of Information Systems and Management, offers opportunities for collaboration that simply cannot be duplicated elsewhere. We also offer two groundbreaking Joint Degree Programs with the CMU College of Fine Arts. Our faculty and students know that exciting things happen when disciplines collide, when differing perspectives come into contact with one another.

Each degree program publishes a supplemental handbook addendum which outlines specific curricular and program requirements. It is important that you familiarize yourself with both. your program handbook as well as this College handbook. While this handbook and your departmental student handbook are specific to your academic experience in the department, there are several other resources and offices graduate students are encouraged to consult during their tenure at Carnegie Mellon University. Information about The Word, the student handbook, the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, the Office of the Dean of Students, and others are included in Appendix A of this handbook.