SCI 004, INTERNSHIP, 0 Credits

Provides basic personal and professional skills that can be used within and outside of a work setting. Through practice, this experience guides students in building and maintaining positive professional relationships, networking/mentoring relationships, and enhances students’ understanding of the connection between theory and practice in their respective disciplines.

SCI 410, SCIENCE INTERNSHIP, 1-12 Credits

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

SCI 470, FOUNDATIONS OF INNOVATION, 2 Credits

Learn the basic language and the initial skill set needed to address how scientific ideas and research results become innovations – solutions that address societal and market needs. Acquire the skills to become innovators and to create value for all types of academic, small-company, industrial, governmental, and non-profit research and development organizations. Students work in areas aligned with their scientific interests either individually or in a team. CROSSLISTED as CH 470/SCI 470 and CH 570/SCI 570.

Equivalent to: CH 470

Recommended: Science and engineering majors

SCI 472, RESEARCH TO INNOVATION, 2 Credits

Produce a first-pass product-market gap analysis on one example application of a science technology platform in a given market. Define a platform in collaboration with research faculty or from work completed in CH 470/SCI 470 or CH 570/SCI 570. Assess the opportunity – if any – that a product might have for application in a chosen market before planning and conducting scientific research. CROSSLISTED as CH 472/SCI 472 and CH 572/SCI 572.

Prerequisite: SCI 470 with C or better or CH 470 with C or better

Equivalent to: CH 472

Recommended: Science and engineering majors

SCI 474, INNOVATION TO IMPACT, 2 Credits

Build on skills gained in CH 472/SCI 472 or CH 572/SCI 572 to conduct and refine a first pass product-market gap analysis on one example application of a technology platform for a market segment selected from a defined technology platform. Investigate and determine the opportunity – if any – that a product might have in a chosen market before proposing and executing a research plan. CROSSLISTED as CH 474/SCI 474 and CH 574/SCI 574.

Prerequisite: SCI 472 with C or better or CH 472 with C or better

Equivalent to: CH 474

Recommended: Undergraduate juniors and seniors in STEM majors

SCI 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

SCI 570, FOUNDATIONS OF INNOVATION, 2 Credits

Learn the basic language and the initial skill set needed to address how scientific ideas and research results become innovations – solutions that address societal and market needs. Acquire the skills to become innovators and to create value for all types of academic, small-company, industrial, governmental, and non-profit research and development organizations. Students work in areas aligned with their scientific interests either individually or in a team. CROSSLISTED as CH 470/SCI 470 and CH 570/SCI 570.

Equivalent to: CH 570

Recommended: Science and engineering majors

SCI 572, RESEARCH TO INNOVATION, 2 Credits

Produce a first-pass product-market gap analysis on one example application of a science technology platform in a given market. Define a platform in collaboration with research faculty or from work completed in CH 470/SCI 470 or CH 570/SCI 570. Assess the opportunity – if any – that a product might have for application in a chosen market before planning and conducting scientific research. CROSSLISTED as CH 472/SCI 472 and CH 572/SCI 572.

Equivalent to: CH 572

Recommended: STEM graduate students

SCI 574, INNOVATION TO IMPACT, 2 Credits

Build on skills gained in CH 472/SCI 472 or CH 572/SCI 572 to conduct and refine a first pass product-market gap analysis on one example application of a technology platform for a market segment selected from a defined technology platform. Investigate and determine the opportunity – if any – that a product might have in a chosen market before proposing and executing a research plan. CROSSLISTED as CH 474/SCI 474 and CH 574/SCI 574.

Prerequisite: SCI 572 with B or better or CH 572 with B or better

Equivalent to: CH 574

Recommended: Graduate students in STEM