This course will cover chapter 1 (Introduction to Innovation Studies) through chapter 8 (Models of Economic Growth) of the textbook. The primary goal of this class is to help students become familiar with the key literature and intellectual foundation of innovation economics and policy. Throughout the lectures and student presentations, we will learn about the role of innovation in economic growth, various social systems designed to encourage innovation and mechanisms therein, and macroscopic viewpoints on how technological innovation is created, diffused and utilized. Prior knowledge of undergraduate-level microeconomics or macroeconomics (or both) will be helpful but not required.