Product Design Part 1

3 Credits.

This course is designed to give students in ChemBE the requisite skills to generate and screen ideas for new venture creation and then prepare a business plan for an innovative technology of their own design. These skills include the ability to incorporate into a formal business case all necessary requirements, including needs identification and validation; business and financial models; and, market strategies and plans. This course is the first part of a two-semester sequence that optionally can be taken instead of 540.314; the second part will be directed by ChemBE faculty and focus on the actual construction/programming of the business idea. Note that students must take 540.310 to complete this sequence. Restricted to Juniors and Seniors majoring in ChemBE or by permission of instructor. The ePortfolio tag(s) on this course signify that there are one or more assignments offered in the course that provide students with the opportunity to be assessed for proficiency in completion of the relevant ePortfolio requirement(s).