ENG 572 Professional Practicum
Credit: 1 - 4 (this is usually taken for 4 credits)
Internship or equivalent experience as it relates to the student's field of study. Student will complete a comprehensive written report, develop a website, and/or give an oral presentation that relates to his/her internship experience. This course is to be taken in conjunction with an internship if a student wants to get credit for the experience. Prior to registering for this course, student must submit a proposal and receive site supervisor and instructor approval.  

ENG 573 Capstone Project
Credit: 4 hours.
Design project pertinent to student’s field of study. Student will complete a comprehensive written report, develop a website, and/or give an oral presentation that relates to his/her project. Note: Prior to registering for this course, student must receive approval from industry partner. 

IE 431 Design for Six Sigma
Credit: 3 hours.
Quality Engineering principles and the Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) process. Application of concepts and methods of statistical process control, designed experiments, and measurement systems analysis to cases of quality and productivity improvement; application of the fundamentals of quality engineering and the Six Sigma to areas of produce development, service enterprise, and manufacturing processes.

ME 597 Independent Study
Credit: 1 - 4 hours
Department approval required. Independent study of advanced problems related to mechanical engineering. 

TE 450 Startups: Incorporation, Funding, Contracts, & Intellectual Property
Credit: 3 hours.
Explores how legal tools may be used in the construction and successful operation of your company to deliver the next great product to market. Topics covered in the class include: issues with business formation, funding, intellectual property, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, and other corporate legal issues particularly impacting startups. 

TE 460 Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship 
Credit: 1 hour.
Fundamental concepts of entrepreneurship and commercialization of new technology in new and existing engineering and high-tech businesses. Guest speaker topics vary, but typically include: evaluation of technologies and business ideas in general; commercializing new technologies; financing through private and public sources; legal issues; product development; marketing; international business issues.

TE 461 Technology Entrepreneurship
Credit: 3 hours.
Critical factors affecting technology-based ventures: opportunity assessment; the entrepreneurial process; founders and team building; preparation of a business plan including market research, marketing and sales, finance, and manufacturing considerations.

TE 466 High-Tech Venture Marketing
Credit: 2 hours.
Cornerstone marketing concepts for innovators and engineers to enable analysis of products and technologies from a marketing perspective: engineering product development and adoption life cycle; objectives and strategies; marketing management; communication skills; sales process and tactics; special considerations for new high-tech engineering products and innovations.

TE 498 Special Topics
Credit: varies by topic. 
Subject offerings of innovation, creativity, technology and entrepreneurship intended to augment the existing curriculum. See class schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. 

TE 510 Advanced Creativity
Credit: 4 hours. 
Exploration of concepts and theories in creativity and innovation with application of techniques and processes in order to enhance creativity skills. Emphasis on personalized learning objectives based on individual fields of study culminating in a major project with the opportunity to move a technical idea from vision to reality. 

TE 565 Technological Innovation & Strategy
Credit: 2 hours.
Concepts and frameworks for analyzing how firms can create, commercialize and capture value from technology-based products and services. Business, commercialization, and management aspects of technology. Emphasis on reasons that existing firms or startups which have successfully commercialized products or services fail to sustain their success as technology changes and evolves.

TE 566 Finance for Engineering Management
Credit: 2 hours.
Cornerstone financial concepts for engineering management to enable analysis of engineering projects from a financial perspective: income statements; the balance sheet; cash flow statements; corporate organization; the time value of money; net present value; discounted cash flow analysis; portfolio theory.

Students may choose from other graduate-level leadership, entrepreneurship, or business-related courses. Please check with your academic advisor for approval of a class not listed.