THIS page, and all the pages in this directory, are out of date. They are left here for historal reference to the first efforts on the Bachelor of Innovation(SM) and Collge of Innovations efforts at UCCS. The actual program has made substantial changes from this early draft, which was itself a revision of the 2003 draft. Please see http://innovation.uccs.edu for the current version

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) and Master of Innovation^(SM) Degree Programs

In a recent national survey commissioned by GE, only 9% of college students polled indicated that they felt the United States is doing enough to foster Innovation among young people . These majors are one component of a comprehensive plan at UCCS to directly address that need.

This is a first cut at defining examples what Bachelor of Innovation ^(SM) and Master of Innovation^(SM) majors might look like (at least in T. Boult's mind). My apologies to department that takes offense at errors in what I estimated was is most important to their field in this regard. Clearly these will need work but I felt example would help convey the depth of the major's (they are NOT fluff). In a large part each major has traded some of their "humanities/social science" for Economics/Business (for Engineering/science) or for More Science (in Business). I've not done all, but included a range of examples..

I believe that for the teams to be successful they need "cohorts" that continue to interact both as smaller teams, and as a larger support group. Its not clear how well this program supports students transferring into it. (transferring out is pretty easy for any major)

A simple definition of innovation is "introducing something new" (Merriam Webster dictionary). Note how this is differs from invention (which is defined as "discovery or a device, contrivance or process originated after study and experimentation"). The key difference is that innovation means introducing the new thing to a group or to society, it is not enough to invent, the invention must be adopted and used to become an innovation. Consider the more detailed definition (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation):

"Innovation is the sequence of activities by which a new element is introduced into a social unit, with the intention of benefiting the unit, some part of it, or the wider society.The element need not to be entirely novel or unfamiliar to members of the unit, but it must involve some discernible change or challenge of the status quo"

Innovation need not be technological. For example, when McDonald's applied the production line concept to producing restaurant food, it could use low-skilled workers to produce food quickly - thus inventing fast food. Today this could be covered by a US Business Method Patent even though there is no technological novelty.

Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas and is a vital ingredient for competitiveness, productivity and social gain within businesses and organizations. Innovation involves the successful exploitation of new ideas in any setting. Indeed, it can be anything from changing a daily business procedure and designing a new product for sale to discovering a new drug that reduced heart disease.


Innovation is an attitude, a state of mind, and a creative process, as much as a specific task or action.
Once you've worked on a truly innovative project you realize how important transformation is to the success or failure of a project. Your way of thinking changes, you priorities change, your company changes and your way or working changes forever. True innovation is not just about changing a product, a service or even a marketplace it's also about recognizing and relishing the need to change yourself."
Ralph Ardill, Marketing & Strategic Planning Director, Imagination - London Innovation Conference, 2003

"The innovation process is the combination of activities - such as design, research, market investigation, process development, organizational restructuring, employee development and so on - which are necessary to develop and support an innovative product or production process."

Majors defined herein:

• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Electrical Engineering
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Mechanical Engineering
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Mathematics (TBD)
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Finance
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Marketing (TBD)
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Management (TBD)
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Finance
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Biology
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Chemistry (TBD)
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Physics (TBD)
• Master of Innovation^(SM) in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Electrical Engineering (TBD)
• Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Mechanical Engineering (TDB)
• Master of Innovation^(SM) in XXX (TBD)

• Bachelor of Arts in Innovation (allowing different concentrations)
• New Course descriptions

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Computer Science

Degree Requirements
The degree requirements for the bachelor of innovations degree in Computer Science requires completion of at least 130 hours, a minimum 2.0 average in all CS and CU courses taken and completion of the Computer Science Major Field Assessment Test. This test will be given on a Saturday morning about three weeks prior to the end of the fall and spring semesters. A student must have completed 110 credit hours before taking the exam. The courses for the degree are outlined as follows

Innovation core (27 credits)

INOV 101 The Innovation Process	3*
INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation	3
INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, reporting&analysis(1 credit 3 terms)	3
INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)	6
INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations	3*
BLAW 201 Business and IP Law	3*
BAUD 400. Government, Law, and Society	3*
??????can/should we specalize???? 131. or 141 Rhetoric & Writing I/II	3*

Econ 101, 202	6*
Econ 328 International Political Economy	3*
BUAD 300. Integrated Skills for Management	3
FNCE 305. Basic Finance	3
MKTG 300. Principles of Marketing	3
ORMG 330. Intro to Management and Organization	3

MATH 135. Calculus I	4
MATH 136. Calculus II	4
MATH 215. Discrete Mathematics	3
MATH 313. Introduction to Linear Algebra	3
ECE 3610 Engineering Statistics	3

Physics: PES 111, 112, 115	9
Remaining hours selected from classes below	5
CHEM 103, 106; Biology: BIOL 110 and 111 or 115 and 116
GEOL 101 and 101L, 102 or additional physics courses
that require PES 111 as a prerequisite.

CS 115. Principles of Computer Science	3
CS 145. Data Structures and Algorithms	3
CS 202. Programming in UNIX	2
CS 206. Programming with C	2
CS 216. Computer Organization and Assembly Language	3
CS 306. Object-Oriented Programming in C++	3
CS 316. Concepts of Programming Languages	3
CS 305. Social and Ethical Implications of Computing,	1*
CS 330. Software Engineering	3
CS 442. DataBase	3
CS ???. Computer Networks	3
CS 460. Numerical Computing	3
CS 450. Operating Systems I	3
CS 472. Design and Analysis of Algorithms	3
Computer Science Electives ( CS 401-489 or 502-599	9

Free Electives	3
HSS Elective	3*
Professional Electives Select from list below:	9
Computer Science (300 level or above)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (2000 level or above, except ECE 2400)
Mathematics (300 level or above, except MATH 465)
Science (additional courses from the list above or with them as prerequisites)
??? College of Business (300 level or above, except 301, 302 or 303)

The Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) students are required to take part in research/innovation projects. These will be working on industry-sponsored project. Students employed full-time who wish to pursue a degree in this program will be required to sign IP agreements and have such agreements executed by their employer, or arrange for their employer to be one of the industry-sponsored projects.

The major still prepares students for traditional graduate programs in computer science. Students considering graduate work in CS should consider including the following among their electives:

• CS 470. Computability, Automata, & Formal Languages
• CS 420. Computer Architecture I
• MATH 235. Calculus III

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Electrical Engineering

Degree Requirements
Electrical and computer engineering harnesses the properties of electricity and materials to make possible a variety of devices and systems used for communication, computation, robotic control, navigation, remote sensing, medical imaging, and power generation and transmission. In today's world, engineers are involved in a host of design activities. They design complex integrated circuits used in computers and communications equipment, as well as the processes that fabricate arrays of transistors in materials such as silicon and gallium arsenide. They develop the control logic that determines how industrial robots operate and create sophisticated computer programs that allow computers and robots to behave as though they have vision. Electrical engineers play a key role in the design of radar equipment used for navigation in virtually all spacecraft, aircraft and ships, as well as the brains found in microwave ovens and automobile engines. Some specialize in the engineering of modern, high-speed, digital computers. Many also function effectively in management, marketing and sales efforts of corporations that create technical products. Others pursue advanced studies and participate in the education of other engineers. The degree requirements for the Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) degree in Electrical Engineering require completion of at least 131 hours, participation in the Exit Interview, a minimum 2.0 average in all ECE and CU courses taken, and a minimum 2.0 in ECE 1411, ECE 2210 and ECE 2411. The courses for the degree are outlined as follows

Innovation core (27 credits)

INOV 101 The Innovation Process	3*
INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation	3
INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, reporting&analysis(1 credit 3 terms)	3
INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)	6
INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations	3*
BLAW 201 Business and IP Law	3*
BAUD 400. Government, Law, and Society	3*
??????can/should we specialize???? 131. or 141 Rhetoric & Writing I/II	3*

Econ 101, 202	6*
Econ 328 International Political Economy	3*
BUAD 300. Integrated Skills for Management	3
FNCE 305. Basic Finance	3
MKTG 300. Principles of Marketing	3
ORMG 330. Intro to Management and Organization	3

MATH 135. Calculus I	4
MATH 136. Calculus II	4
MATH 235. Calculus III	4
MATH 340. Intro to Differential Equations	3
ECE 3610. Engineering Probability & Statistics	3

Physics: PES 111, 112, 213	11
Remaining hours selected from classes below	5
CHEM 103, 106; Biology: BIOL 110 and 111 or 115 and 116
ECE 3110, MAE 2301, MAE 3130, MAE 2102 Dynamics
GEOL 101 and 101L, 102 or additional physics courses
that require PES 111 as a prerequisite.

ECE 1411, 2411. Logic Circuits I, II	4
ECE 2050. Introduction to Physical Electronics	3
ECE 2210, 2220. Circuit Analysis I, II	6
ECE 2230. Circuits Laboratory	1
ECE 3020. Semiconductor Devices I	3
ECE 3110. Electromagnetic Fields I	3
ECE 3210, 3220. Electronics I, II	6
ECE 3230, 3240. Electronics Laboratory I, II	2
ECE 3420. Microprocessor Systems Laboratory	1
ECE 3430. Intro to Microcomputer Systems	3
ECE 3510. Linear System Theory	3
ECE 3520. MATLAB Systems Analysis Laboratory	1

HSS Elective	3*
Technical Electives Select from list below:	9
Electrical and Computer Engineering (3000 level or above)
Computer Science (300 level or above)

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a core discipline, encompassing mechanics, materials science, thermal science, dynamics and controls, design, and manufacturing. Career opportunities are open to mechanical engineers in industry, government, and universities, as well as in other professions including business, law, and medicine. Mechanical engineers are employed in a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive, chemical, computing, electronics, industrial machinery, manufacturing, mining, oceanography, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, power, printing, publishing, and textiles. Mechanical engineers usually engage in research, development, design, testing, manufacturing, operations and maintenance, marketing and sales, and administration.

Degree Requirements
The requirements for the Bachelor of Innovative degree in Mechanical Engineering requires completion of at least 132 hours, complete an Exit Survey and Interview, a minimum 2.0 average in all CU courses taken and the courses outlined as follows:

Innovation core (27 credits)

INOV 101 The Innovation Process	3*
INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation	3
INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, reporting&analysis(1 credit 3 terms)	3
INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)	6
INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations	3*
BLAW 201 Business and IP Law	3*
BAUD 400. Government, Law, and Society	3*
??????can/should we specialize???? 131. or 141 Rhetoric & Writing I/II	3*

Econ 101, 202	6*
Econ 328 International Political Economy	3*
BUAD 300. Integrated Skills for Management	3
FNCE 305. Basic Finance	3
MKTG 300. Principal of Marketing	3
ORMG 330. Intro to Management and Organization	3

MATH 135. Calculus I	4
MATH 136. Calculus II	4
MATH 235. Calculus III	4
MATH 340. Intro to Differential Equations	3
MATH 313. Introduction to Linear Algebra	3
ECE 3610. Engineering Probability & Statistics	3

Physics: PES 111, 112	8
General Chemistry 102:	5
CHEM 301 Materials Science (CHEM 106 prereq. waived)	3

MAE 1501Introduction to Engineering Design	2
MAE 1502 Principals of Engineering	3
MAE 2101 Statics	3
MAE 2102 Dynamics	3
MAE 2301 Engineering Thermodynamics	3
MAE 3005 Engineering Measurement Lab.	3
MAE 3010 Mechanical Engineering Lab	2
MAE 3130 Fluid Mechanics	3
MAE 3201 Strength of Materials	3
MAE 3302 Thermodynamics II	3
MAE 3310 Heat and Mass Transfer	3
MAE 3401 Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems	3
MAE 3501 Machine Design	3
MAE 4120 Kinematics	3
MAE 4420 Feedback Control	3
MAE 4510 Engineering Design I	1
MAE 4511 ( (or 4512) Engineering Systems Design	3

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Finance

Degree Requirements
The degree requirements for the bachelor of innovation in Finance requires completion of at least 125 hours, a minimum 2.0 average in all CU courses taken. The courses for the degree are outlined as follows

Innovation core (27 credits)

INOV 101 The Innovation Process	3*
INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation	3
INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, reporting&analysis(1 credit 3 terms)	3
INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)	6
INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations	3*
BLAW 201 Business and IP Law	3*
BAUD 400. Government, Law, and Society	3*
??????can/should we specalize???? 131. or 141 Rhetoric & Writing I/II	3*

ECE 1411 ENG 2411 Logic Circuits I, II	4
ECE 2050 Introduction to Physical Electronics	3
MAE 1501 Introduction to Engineering Design	2
MAE 1502 Principals of Engineering	3
CS 115 Principles of Computer Science	3
CS 145 Data Structures and Algorithms	3

CHEM 103 Chem 106 ;

Physics: PES 111 , PES 112 PES 115	9
10
Biology: BIOL 110 BIOL111 BIOL 115 and BIOL 116	8

MATH 135. Calculus I	4
MATH 136. Calculus II	4
MATH 215. Discrete Mathematics or 235. Calculus III	3
MATH 313. Introduction to Linear Algebra	3

Econ 101, 202. Micro and Macroeconomics	6
ACCT 201, 202 Financial and Managerial Accounting	6
QUAN 201, 202 Business Statistics and Process and Statistics-Based Decision	6
BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management	3
FNCE 305. Basic Finance	3
MKTG 300. Prin of Marketing	3
ORMG 330. Intro to Management and Organization	3
OPTM 300. Fundamentals of Operations Management	3
BUAD 450. Cases and Concepts in Business Policy	3

FNCE 400 Advanced Corporate Finance	3
FNCE 410 Cases and Concepts in Finance	3
FNCE 420 Investment and Portfolio Management	3
FNCE 440 International Financial Management	3
FNCE 450 Money and Banking	3
Select one course from the following:	3
FNCE 430 Bank Management
FNCE 460 Financial Modeling
FNCE 496 Internship in Finance
ACCT 302 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 311 Cost Accounting

Free Electives	3
HSS Elective	3*

The Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) students are required to take part in research/innovation projects. These will be working on industry-sponsored project. Students employed full-time who wish to pursue a degree in this program will be required to sign IP agreements and have such agreements executed by their employer, or arrange for their employer to be one of the industry-sponsored projects.

Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) in Biology

Degree Requirements
The degree requirements for the bachelor of innovation in Biology requires completion of at least XXXX hours, a minimum 2.0 average in all CU courses taken. The courses for the degree are outlined as follows

Innovation core (27 credits)

INOV 101 The Innovation Process	3*
INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation	3
INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, reporting&analysis(1 credit 3 terms)	3
INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)	6
INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations	3*
BLAW 201 Business and IP Law	3*
BAUD 400. Government, Law, and Society	3*
??????can/should we specalize???? 131. or 141 Rhetoric & Writing I/II	3*

Econ 101, 202	6*
Econ 328 International Political Economy	3*
BUAD 300. Integrated Skills for Management	3
FNCE 305. Basic Finance	3
MKTG 300. Principles of Marketing	3
ORMG 330. Intro to Management and Organization	3

MATH 135. Calculus I	4
MATH 136. Calculus II	4
Math ??? Probability & Statistics	3

CHEM 103, 106;	10
Physics 101/102 115/215;	10

Biol 110, 111, 115, 116 General Bio and labs	8
Biol 300 Resarch methods in Biology	3
Biol 302 Cell Biology	3
CHEM 330/340 Organic Chem (or 331/333)	5
Biol 383 Genitcs	3
Biol 481/482 Biochemestry	7
Biol 401 Biology Seminar	1
Biology Tech Electives (1 in each area)	9

Master of Innovation^(SM) in Computer Science

Degree Requirements
Prerequisite: If coming from a traditional CS program, the student will need to take background courses on business (Finance, Management, Marketing), necessary to take the graduate courses. If coming from a BIS or non CS program they may need to make up significant technical work. Required background courses (or equivalent):

• Intro to CS or Programming (Java or C++)
• Data Structures and Algorithms,
• Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming,
• Concepts of Programming Languages
• Software Engineering*
• Databases*
• Operating Systems*
• Finance or accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• two semesters of university calculus,
• a course in discrete mathematics
• Statics or one additional course of a mathematical nature

The Master of Innovation^(SM) in CS requires 36 graduate credits. Because of the focus of innovation and the importance of self-learning in innovation, its possible for students to place out of any CS course by challenge exam (Fee???). Courses so exempted may be replaced with Innovation Team, research or independent study courses or courses outside of CS so as to maintain the 36 total credits

MS Innovation core ( 9 credits)

INOV 502 Tech Transfer, Patents and IP	3
INOV 601 Innovation Team Leadership (3 credits 2 terms)	6

The MICS students are required to take part in research and are required to do a project (CS701) or thesis. The students must submit a research paper or a patent application, approved by their advisor, before applying for the degree program.

Computer Science requirement:

At least 18 credits in CS courses. These must include CS 550 (Operating Systems I), CS 570 (Computability, Automata, and Formal Languages) and CS 572 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms), CS-535. Software Project Management if they have not been taken previously.

Business requirement:

2 of the following 4 courses
FNCE 600 Corporate Financial Management
MGMT 600 Leading and Managing in Changing Times
OPTM 600 Operations: Competing through Capabilities
BUAD 650 Strategic Management

New Course descriptions

• INOV 101 The Innovation Process
  This course will review the innovation process, they key components in the process review examples of major innovations through history. The objectives are to instill an understanding of the broad interdisciplinary nature of issues the must be addressed for successful innovation. The course will emphasize reading, writing, critical analysis and discussion, and will address these skills. The course will also include group exercises focused on improving team dynamics, brainstorming, conceptual-block blustering and other creativity and problem solving activities. This course is largely reading/writing and presentations and should be classified (for ABET) as a HSS course.

• INOV 102 IT Basics for Modern Innovation
  This freshman level course will provide an introduction to basic computing and IT tools and review their impact on innovation in the past few decades, and predictions for the future. The course will cover issues in IT, databases, networked systems and security and briefly introduce other of the "top 10 great ideas" of computer science. The students will master the basic of database, advanced tools and basic programming concepts, with assignments that focus on building their system and problem solving skills rather than any particular programming language skills. The course will also introduce the collaboration tools to be used by the innovation teams.

• INOV 201/202/203 Innovation Team, Reporting&Analysis(1 credit 3 terms)
  Prerequisites: INOV 101, INOV 102
  All Bachelor of Innovation^(SM) students will take the Innovation team class, starting sophomore year. This variant will meet 1 hour per week and will focus on reporting and analysis. About 1/4 of the course will be "lecture", the majority will be presentations by the various teams on their projects with the Sophomore/Junior students leading the reporting efforts for their team and doing library and other background analysis work. Exceptional students may, during this course, be actively doing design/implementation/research for the team. One goal is for the students to be exposed to a wide range of different topics/project and to provide feedback to those other teams. The students are expected to spend 2-4 hours per week outside the class working on their team efforts including occasional meetings with the sponsoring company.

• INOV 210 Technical Writing, Proposals and Presentations
  This course, a replacement for ENGL 309, address technical writing skills of the students. It is expected to be taken sophomore year, and is required before students can enroll in INOV301. The course will address 5 major types of "technical writing": project reports, (funding) proposal, magazine/trade articles, technical report, journal articles. It will also cover "financial" reports and oral presentations. The course will also include critical assessments of the writing of others. The course assignments will be tied to their Innovation Team efforts.

• INOV 301/302/303 Innovation Team, Design&research (2 credits 3 terms)
  Prerequisites: INOV 210, INOV 203
  This component of the Innovation team class, starts second semester junior year. By this time the students technical/business skills are expected to have advanced to the point where they are actively participating in the team's design/implementation and research. The class will meet twice a week, once in conjunction with the INOV 20x components of the team and once separate into the individual teams where they can report/discuss the more technical aspects of the projects work with their individual project project leaders/advisors. The students are expected to spend 4-6 hours per week outside the class working on their team efforts, including irregular meeting with the sponsoring company.

• INOV 601 Innovation Team Leadership (3 credits 2 terms)
  This graduate version of the Innovation team class will provide lectures/training in leadership and management as well as providing the most advanced skills to the team. The class will meet in conjunction with INOV 301/302/303, and occasionally (when their team's present) the student are expected to attend 201/202/203). Students are expected to spend 6-9 hours per week outside of class working the project including meeting with the sponsoring company on a regular basis.

• INOV 502 Tech Transfer, Patents and IP
  This seminar-style course will address the technology transfer process including discovery trough invention, to commercialization of a product. It will address both academic and industrial invention. It covers the basic process, different forms of Intellectual Property protection including copyrights and patents. It will regular visiting professions from the Tech Transfer and patent processes.

• BLAW 201 Business and IP Law Law
  The legal significance of business transactions as they are part of the decision making process in business. Coverage of text and statues includes law and its enforcement and integration of the Uniform Commercial Code with the law of contracts, bailments, warehousemen and carriers, documents of title, sales of goods, and commercial paper. Introduction to Intellectual Property law and its impact on business. (This should probably just be a revision of BUS 200 with some additions (I don't know what is really in there) Since IP and patents are critical in today's business world it should probably be the class for all business students. Note law courses count as HSS courses for accredition purposes.