BME377T:Syllabus

BME377T
Social Entrepreneurship & Engineering
Course Syllabus
Spring 2008

Instructors

• Randi Voss
• Huda Abdul-Razzak
• Jenny Nguyen

Course Description

• Unique: 13969
• Days: Mondays & Wednesday
• Times: 5:00-6:30p
• Location: GAR 0.120
  

Interdisciplinary course exploring entrepreneurial and engineering solutions to local, domestic, and international issues. Course includes learning to analyze problems identified by the class and communicating their importance strategically to target audiences, then creating and presenting proposals for “innovations for the good.”

Topics

1. Creativity
2. Brainstorming Social Issues
3. Bringing Social Awareness
4. Think Tank (Problem Solving)

Grading

Topic	Points
Social Issues	15
Social Awareness	20
Think Tank	20
Portfolio	15
Participation	30
Total	100

• Participation includes attendance and engagement in short assignments.
• Assignments are announced in class, posted on the announcement and Assignments portion of class website.
• Projects are posted in the projects portion of the website.
  • Followed by each project is a presentation.
  • All projects will be contained in your digital portfolio, which will be turned in at the end of the semester. Remember to keep track of and document all of your projects (pictures, videos, methods, etc). Portfolio will also include a self-evaluation of your efforts in the course.
• Late work is NOT acceptable. Failure to meet deadlines counts as a ZERO for that assignment (no partial credit).