The Practice Of Innovation

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Provides experience in the innovation process, to aid students to understand the nature of this creative process in different contexts, and to nurture innovative thinking. Hands-on project in multidisciplinary teams of students and professors. Student projects will take the form of case studies of and/or involvement in actual innovation processes in different contexts. Seeks to teach through experience and peer-based interaction the processes of invention. Session will end with an "innovation fair" of teams' presentations. Blend of face-to-face and web-based instruction.