IS 4550 - Technology Commercialization

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Business Majors: Sophomore GPA Requirement and 90 credit hours; Non-business Majors: 90 credit hours and permission of Coles College.
This is a course for junior and senior level science and mathematics majors who may want to be prepared to commercialize technology and start up a company. The course is designed to provide students with the perspective, tools and information necessary to evaluate the market potential of a technical idea, secure patent protection, obtain research, development funding, understand start-up issues, appreciate the value of a technology incubator, obtain venture capital, understand IPOs and grow a technology-based enterprise. The course is structured around a continuum of lectures, readings, case studies, guest speakers, presentations, and student projects. An integrative commercialization plan developed by student teams for a new company in the technology arena is an integral part of the course.