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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

INV 101 - Exploring Innovation


This course is designed for first-year students who have chosen the Innovation Living/Learning residence community, or who are interested in finding out more about innovation in any field. The course will introduce ways of stimulating creativity and emphasize work in diverse teams. Students will 1) begin to learn principles and processes of innovation, 2) see/hear about applications of innovation in a variety of fields, 3) meet active innovators from campus and the state, and 4) get to know Innovation faculty and each other.

Course meets 1 hour per week until October break, and as an intensive “BootCamp” during the first weekend of the semester.  Course fees will be charged in addition to tuition. 

The BootCamp will take place in a location away from campus, e.g. at the Schoodic Education and Research Center, with students in residence there.  Our activities will mix introductory lectures, presentations by and conversations with guest innovators, field trips, hands-on innovation exercises and team-building activities, and large & small group recreational activities.

Students must attend the BootCamp unless a required University of Maine activity makes this impossible.  Students who are unable to attend the BootCamp are required to attend an intensive weekend overnight at the Student Innovation Center later in the semester.  Activities will include team-building exercises and a demonstration of innovation principles in a fictionalized organizational setting.  Students who attend BootCamp are also invivted to this weekend overnight.

Credits: 1