2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Innovation (INNO) Minor

Required Minor Courses
STS 2254Innovation in Context (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Integrated Concept 10: Ethical Reasoning and 11: Intercultural and Global Awareness)3
ENGE 2094Create!: Ideation & Innovation (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (design); Integrated Concept 11: Intercultural and Global Awareness )3
MGT/ENGE/IDS 4094Startup: Commercialization of Innovation (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrated Concept 10: Ethical Reasoning)3
Subtotal9
Elective Courses
Select a minimum of nine credit hours from the following:9
Accounting Foundations (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking (foundational); Integrative Concept: 10)
Design, Art and Culture (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (design); Integrative Concept: 1)
Design for Consumers Studio (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (design); Integrative Concept: 1)
Public Speaking (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse (advanced/applied); Integrative Concept 10)
Introduction to Computational Thinking (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking (foundational); Integrative Concept 10)
Global STEM Practice: Leadership and Culture (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrative Concept: 11)
Exploring Service Learning Through STEAM/STEM Educational Outreach
Applied Explorations in Innovation
Interdisciplinary Design Capstone
Introduction to Science Fiction and Fantasy (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Integrative Concept 11)
Technical Writing (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse (advanced/applied); Integrative Concept: 10)
Business Writing
Creating User Documentation
Visual Rhetoric and Document Design
Intercultural Issues in Professional Writing
Writing and Digital Media
Grant Proposals and Reports
Developing Online Content
Science Writing
History of Technology (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrative Concept: 11)
History of Technology (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrative Concept: 11)
Theory of Organization
Management Systems Theory, Applications, and Design
Global Issues in Industrial Management
Engineering Cultures
The Life Sciences and Society (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Integrative Concept 10)
STS 2354
Technology and Disability (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (design); Integrative Concept 10)
Energy and Society (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrative Concept 11)
Subtotal9
Total Credits18

Graduation Requirements

Minimum GPA: A minimum minor GPA of a 2.0 in each course taken to fulfill the minor is required.

Graduation Requirement: Students must achieve a grade of C or higher in all courses taken for the minor (ENGE 2094 , STS 2254, ENGE 4094, and any three courses taken from (ACIS 1004, AHRM 1014, AHRM 2014, COMM 2004, CS 1014, ENGE 1644, ENGE 2524, ENGE 4104, ENGE 4735, ENGL 1654, ENGL 3764, ENGL 3774, ENGL 3814, ENGL 3824, ENGL 3834, ENGL 3844, ENGL 4804, ENGL 4814, ENGL 4824, HIST 2715 or STS 2715, HIST 2716 or STS 2716, ISE 4004, ISE 4015, ISE 4304, STS 2054 or HIST 2054, HIST 2354, HIST 3284, HIST 3334)

Electives: A minimum of 3 credits of electives must be at the 3000-4000 level.