Science and Technology Commercialization (STC)
STC 380C Assessing Technologies and Innovations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the first step in the commercialization process: generating or identifying ideas and technologies that have market potential. Apply multiple methodologies to assess the market potential of new ideas and technologies. Science and Technology Commercialization 380 and 380C may not both be counted. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 081C Strategic Career Planning 0 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Hours to be arranged
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Science in Technology Commercialization program.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
STC 382 Marketing Technological Innovations 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how taking a technology from idea to market requires persuasion and marketing skills. Develop a persuasive proposal and marketing plan for taking a product to market. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 183C Art and Science of Negotiation 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore negotiation through the application of analytical frameworks in practical negotiation exercises. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 384C New Venture Strategies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop strategies for commercializing technologies as new ventures or within existing firms. Science and Technology Commercialization 384 and 384C may not both be counted. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 385 Creative and Innovative Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Apply critical reasoning techniques to analyze, diagnose, and respond to organizational design and leadership issues in a new venture. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 386 Topics in Technology Commercialization 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The process of technology commercialization, managing technology, and other topics that include the commercialization of technology. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and admission to the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Financing New Ventures. Methods for determining capital requirements and ways of crafting financial and fund-raising strategies. Forms of financing, including angels and informal investors, venture capital, debt capital, and inside and outside equity.
Topic 2: Managing Technology and Business Risks. Explore decision and risk analysis, including methods for structuring and modeling decision problems. Apply methods to problems that involve risk and uncertainty in the commercialization of new technologies. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
STC 386.1 Financing New Ventures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods for determining capital requirements and ways of crafting financial and fund-raising strategies. Forms of financing, including angels and informal investors, venture capital, debt capital, and inside and outside equity.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 386.2 Managing Technology and Business Risks 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore decision and risk analysis, including methods for structuring and modeling decision problems. Apply methods to problems that involve risk and uncertainty in the commercialization of new technologies.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 287 New Venture Accounting 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analyze and create financial statements as a critical tool in decision-making for a new venture. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 288 Financing New Ventures 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Prepare financial projections and develop a financial plan for funding a new venture. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 389 Problems in Specialized Fields 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Independent study.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and admission to the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 291C Technology Commercialization in the Global Economy 2 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine technology commercialization in the global context, assessing global markets and positioning for competitive advantage within them. Develop a plan for commercializing a technology within a foreign country. Science and Technology Commercialization 291 and 291C may not both be counted. The equivalent of two lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 294C, 394C Managing Product Development and Production 2-3 Hours
2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop a plan for taking an innovation from idea to a product ready for market. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 395 New Venture Creation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how to raise capital, either from outside investors or internal corporate sources, by validating the market potential of the new technology, developing a business model, determining financial requirements, and communicating the opportunity convincingly. Develop a business plan to address these key elements. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
STC 396 New Venture Design and Implementation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop a business implementation plan for a technology enterprise or project by establishing operational roles and processes. Meets all day on alternate Fridays and Saturdays.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the technology commercialization program.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's