Innovation

Undergraduate

An introduction to insights from innovation studies. This course examines taken-for-granted ideas about innovation and where it comes from. Students learn about process and systems models of innovation, conditions of complexity and uncertainty, innovation management techniques, research and development organizations, the pro-innovation bias, problems of techno-solutionism, and the value of social, convivial, and responsible innovation. Includes a hands-on “innovation lab”. Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing, or permission of the instructor.