Courses - Fall 2025
IDEA
Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Open Seats as of
04/19/2025 at 07:30 PM
IDEA201
Innovation Tools & Mindsets
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for: IDEA201 or IDEA258A.
Formerly: IDEA258A.
Challenges assumptions around what is needed to innovate and who innovators are. Through hands-on activities and reflection, you'll be invited to step out of your comfort zone, think and work in new ways, and gain confidence in your creative abilities.
IDEA311
Design Your Purpose
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for: IDEA311 or IDEA379A.
Formerly: IDEA379A.
What do you want to do once you graduate? What about with your life? These are the big questions we begin to tackle in this course. Use design methods and mindsets to explore your personal and professional development goals and explore potential career paths. Using empathy, brainstorming, and prototyping techniques, you'll imagine potential futures for yourself and test them to see if they are a good fit for you.
IDEA459
The Innovation Studio
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with IDEA459. Credit only granted for IDEA459 or IDEA659.
In this class, we'll use human-centered design practices to develop performance-based and curricular experiments for future implementation at the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at UMD. Students will have the opportunity to connect the work we do in class to their own interests related to the visual and performing arts. Experience with classical music performance and/or human-centered design practices is optional. The class is highly experiential, collaborative, and reflective. This work is done through a partnership between NOI+F and the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to create innovation-related experiences at the festival every year.
In this class, we'll use human-centered design practices to develop performance-based and curricular experiments for future implementation at the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at UMD. Students will have the opportunity to connect the work we do in class to their own interests related to the visual and performing arts. Experience with classical music performance and/or human-centered design practices is optional. The class is highly experiential, collaborative, and reflective. This work is done through a partnership between NOI+F and the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to create innovation-related experiences at the festival every year.
IDEA498
Independent Study: Experiments in Innovation
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
IDEA659
The Innovation Studio
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with IDEA459. Credit only granted for IDEA459 or IDEA659.
In this class, we'll use human-centered design practices to develop performance-based and curricular experiments for future implementation at the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at UMD. Students will have the opportunity to connect the work we do in class to their own interests related to the visual and performing arts. Experience with classical music performance and/or human-centered design practices is optional. The class is highly experiential, collaborative, and reflective. This work is done through a partnership between NOI+F and the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to create innovation-related experiences at the festival every year.
In this class, we'll use human-centered design practices to develop performance-based and curricular experiments for future implementation at the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F) at UMD. Students will have the opportunity to connect the work we do in class to their own interests related to the visual and performing arts. Experience with classical music performance and/or human-centered design practices is optional. The class is highly experiential, collaborative, and reflective. This work is done through a partnership between NOI+F and the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to create innovation-related experiences at the festival every year.
IDEA698
Independent Study in Design Thinking
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permisson required by the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Graduate students apply design thinking and/or lean startup concepts to a real-world project. This course requires a high degree of self-direction in all aspects of the project including defining specific milestones and deliverables. There will be regular coaching from an Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship team member.
Graduate students apply design thinking and/or lean startup concepts to a real-world project. This course requires a high degree of self-direction in all aspects of the project including defining specific milestones and deliverables. There will be regular coaching from an Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship team member.
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