STC - Science and Technology Commercialization
Science and Technology Commercialization: STC
Lower-Division Courses
Upper-Division Courses
Graduate Courses
STC X80C. Assessing Technologies and Innovations.
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.
STC X81C. Strategic Career Planning.
STC X82. Marketing Technological Innovations.
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.
STC X83C. Art and Science of Negotiation.
Explore negotiation through the application of analytical frameworks in practical negotiation exercises.
STC X84C. New Venture Strategies.
Develop strategies for commercializing technologies as new ventures or within existing firms.
STC X85. Creative and Innovative Management.
Apply critical reasoning techniques to analyze, diagnose, and respond to organizational design and leadership issues in a new venture.
STC X86. Topics in Technology Commercialization.
The process of technology commercialization, managing technology, and other topics that include the commercialization of technology.
STC X86.1. 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.
STC X86.2. 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.
STC X87. New Venture Accounting.
Analyze and create financial statements as a critical tool in decision-making for a new venture.
STC X88. Financing New Ventures.
Prepare financial projections and develop a financial plan for funding a new venture.
STC X89. Problems in Specialized Fields.
STC X91C. Technology Commercialization in the Global Economy.
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.
STC X94C. Managing Product Development and Production.
Develop a plan for taking an innovation from idea to a product ready for market.
STC X95. New Venture Creation.
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.
STC X96. New Venture Design and Implementation.
Develop a business implementation plan for a technology enterprise or project by establishing operational roles and processes.