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FEATURED COURSES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
TGID 320
Innovation and Design Studio
Studio-based course focused on situated, practical, and adaptive design. Students work in small teams where they undertake design projects to develop innovative solutions to challenges arising within the campus, local community and beyond.
T MGMT 474
Entrepreneurship: Idea Development
Explores techniques used to develop business opportunities. Examines the heart of entrepreneurship: the idea. Focuses on idea development, emphasizing the strategic feasibility of the business idea. Builds critical thinking skills and encourages professional communication skills via student projects and class activities.
T INST 475
Entrepreneurship in Computing and Software Systems
Study of the process of developing a product or service in the field of computing and software systems, preparing a plan for commercialization, and implementing that plan.
MINOR IN INNOVATION AND DESIGN
The Minor in Innovation and Design (25 credits) equips students with ways of thinking, creating, and intervening in problems in the world in a way that invites collaboration and ethically engages communities. Learn more >>
Entrepreneurship 360
Entrepreneurship is everywhere at UW Tacoma. Across our campus and our community, people are engaged in generating ideas, solving problems, building solutions, and fulfilling needs to create value for others.
FEATURED PLACES / FEATURED SPACES:
Milgard Hall is UW Tacoma’s newest building, designed and built with a focus on collaboration. Housed together are the Milgard School of Business, the School of Engineering and Technology, and the Global Innovation and Design Lab. Together with UWT’s VIBE business incubator, these academic areas are connecting to foster new programs that support entrepreneurs. https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/advancement/milgardhall
The Global Innovation and Design Lab promotes innovation through design thinking across the UW Tacoma campus and community. Its courses and workshops support user-focused problem solving with rapid prototyping and testing of solutions.
https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/innovation
VIBE incubator provides a welcoming environment for entrepreneurs, with coaching, mentoring and a business plan competition for all students. Its special emphasis on serving veterans leverages the talents and experience of our military-connected students.
https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/vibe
The UW Tacoma Library Makerspace provides UWT students, staff, and faculty with the tools and resources to build and prototype their next great idea! The social, multidisciplinary, and collaborative environment connects you with UW Tacoma’s creative community.
https://tacomamakes.ds.lib.uw.edu/
