Erythranthe: Undergraduate student in first matriculating class at World Univ and School interested in WUaS Ph.D. programs after she graduates * * * MIT Assistant Professor of African Studies M. Amah Edoh - "M. Amah Edoh on Creating a Supportive Academic Culture" * * * 8 business specializations re one of WUaS's current undergraduate degrees (business) * * * Course Catalog at World University & School - Courses for Credit * * * Creating also newly a supportive CREATIVE COMPUTING environment ~ worlduniversityandschool.org ~

Hi Tanya, (and Larry),

Glad you came to the WUaS Live Hangout on Air on Monday (https://youtu.be/w2dbmlLSTcM), thanks for the update and glad too you're interested in exploring doing a Ph.D. at World University and School. Beginning around 1:20, you talk about the classes you've done so far, and more.

You might enjoy this article "M. Amah Edoh on Creating a Supportive Academic Culture" - https://mitopencourseware.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/m-amah-edoh-on-creating-a-supportive-academic-culture/ - which I found here -

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M. Amah Edoh on Creating a Supportive Academic Culture https://t.co/HYCdfAQGkn via @MITOCW
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https://twitter.com/MITOCW/status/1133422369593151488 - and re MIT Assistant Professor of African Studies M. Amah Edoh - https://mitgsl.mit.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/m-amah-edoh - who seems to have a degree in a MIT OCW Ph.D. area you expressed interest in in pursuing, MIT's Program in (History, Anthropology, and) Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) ... that is, S.T.S.
- https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/ - and where Stanford has a related program - https://sts.stanford.edu/ (but does not yet offer a Ph.D., it looks like, only a Bachelor's degree).

Glad too you're interested in having teachers for your 2 remaining World University and School undergraduate business degree B.A. MIT OCW-centric courses in which I just found, brainstorming-wise, the following 8 specializations - https://www.aiuniv.edu/degrees/business/articles/8-types-of-business-degree-specializations-you-can-pursue -

Business Management Degree Specialization

Finance Degree Specialization

Marketing Degree Specialization

Entrepreneurship Degree Specialization

International Business Degree Specialization

Human Resource Management Degree Specialization

Operations Management Degree Specialization

Project Management Degree Specialization

As World Univ & Sch proceeds with first licensing with the state of California's BPPE (Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education), then accreditation with WASC, WUaS will keep in mind some of these potentials as educational opportunities ahead for you and many other interested and prospective students. Thanks!

Again, nice to see you in the WUaS Live Hangout on Air.

Cheers, Scott

- https://youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch

- http://worlduniversityandschool.org

Course Catalog at World University & School - Courses for Credit

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing

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Hi Tanya and Larry,

Per this article on "M. Amah Edoh on Creating a Supportive Academic Culture" - https://mitopencourseware.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/m-amah-edoh-on-creating-a-supportive-academic-culture/ ...

'Course Planning

Every academic course has a central topic or idea, but Professor Edoh emphasizes that the instructor should also consider what the central question is, so that the course can be an exploration rather than a mere transfer of information:

“It’s crucial to be clear on what the core issue is, what the question is that animates this class….As long as the core question is clear, you can tailor the building blocks to your interests.”'

Am curious how best with the "Society, Information Technology and the Global University" course - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html - which you took at World University and School (with its focus too on economics, which is in a related field to 'business'), and which asks:

What is information technology, broadly conceived? How did it develop? Who did it? What has been the process of diffusion into the economy and society? How and why did the Network Society take shape? In this course, we’ll analyze the interaction between society and contemporary information technologies, in a multicultural and comparative perspective. In doing so, we’ll examine what data and evidence are in the social sciences, how they are used, and how they are interpreted. We'll also explore how this informs the development of wiki MIT OCW-centric World University and School:

~ wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org

... how best to extend this question / these questions in new ways, in further courses, and at wiki World University and School (all of which may partly inform this whole unfolding university and schools in many languages and countries now online). How best also to create not only a supportive creative academic environment (something MIT isn't necessarily known for) ... and also newly a supportive CREATIVE COMPUTING environment - https://twitter.com/hashtag/creativecomputing?src=hash - one definition of which is here -

Friends sharing ideas
Tinkering community
Growing together.

We love @TOTALTeacher's #ScratchEdMeetup Haiku...What's yours?!

Find a meetup near you: https://t.co/38lSCYVwHf #CreativeComputing pic.twitter.com/enN0DPNTFY
— ScratchEd Team (@ScratchEdTeam) May 28, 2019