IFSC 5302 - Strategies for Innovation

Three credit hours.

This interdisciplinary course examines strategies for developing innovative products. Topics include how to choose promising problems that are ripe for innovative solutions, how to generate multiple ideas for solving these problems, how to select the most promising solutions, and how to sell your solution to potential partners, managers, and investors. This hands-on course draws on interdisciplinary resources and will include readings, lecture, discussion, writing, and small group activities. IFSC 5302 is not open to students who already have credit for IFSC 5302, TINV 4301 or TINV 5301, or MUAP 4320 or MUAP 5320. Cross listed as TINV 4301/TINV 5301 and MUAP 4320/MUAP 5320.

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing (IFSC 4302) or graduate standing (IFSC 5302).