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There are approximately 2,500 universities and colleges in the United States academic sector.
According to a survey conducted by The Center for Global Standards Analysis on Standards Education Perspectives in U.S. Schools of Engineering (2004),
there are a very small number of university courses in the United States that are dedicated to the study of standards and standardization.
Here is a list of the courses that are offered:
 The Catholic University of America
Strategic Standardization
Course Description:
A survey course, intended for graduate engineering and law students.
It provides students with a broad understanding of the interdisciplinary issues associated withstandardization.
From a broad perspective, the term covers every product,
material, and service in commerce, anywhere in the world; it is one of the most critical components associated with the development
of the global economy andall of its individual parts.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Standardization and Standards Wars
Course Description:
The courseaddresses current issues and strategy in the standardization oftelecommunications and information technologies.
It covers topics on theimportance of standards, government and private sector perspectives, and impactof information age
technologies on standards development. It introduces studentsto the relevance of antitrust and intellectual property law to thetopic.
Instructor: Patrick Ryan
Phone: 303.785.8990
Fax: 303.265.9737
E-mail: patrick.ryan@colorado.edu
University of Pittsburgh
Web Technologies and Standards - INFSCI 2560 (2870)
Course Description:
The course covers core technologies and standards for distributed systems, especially
Web-based distributed systems. It includes an overview of the standardization process and the standards organizations.
It also looks at network and data standards with significant attention to HTML, XML, http, URL and other web technologies including APIs to programming with them.
Purdue University
Global Standardization - MET 581G
Course Description:
The course covers the structures, interrelationships and processes of international standards developing organizations,
national standardization bodies in other countries, as well as standards development organizations in the United States.
Additionally this course addresses the international geopolitical aspects of standardization and the effects on worldwide trade,
technology and business relationships.
Instructor: Bruce A. Harding
Phone: 765.494.7520
Fax: 765.494.6219
E-mail: harding@purdue.edu
Arizona State Univ. Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Technology Standards Seminar
Course Description:
This law school course explores how technology standards are made, with an emphasis on the complex array of legal issues
that practitioners in this field must navigate: intellectual property, antitrust, corporate, contract and trade law issues,
all in an international context. Additionally the course examines key policy issues implicated by standards, such as how to
ensure standards most effectively promote innovation and consumer welfare, and the public interest considerations raised when
private sector-driven standards are adopted into public regulations. See http://standardslaw.org for more info.
Instructor: Brad Biddle
Phone: 480.965.6181
E-mail: brad.biddle@asu.edu
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