New Fall 2016 course

1.       Fall 2016 –Innovation Leadership, Mondays 4PM - 6:30PM, Location TBD, UMCP COMM 498L.  This course focuses on teaching students to work on real world projects and focus on how to implement innovative ideas such as iteration, design thinking, project management, lean start-up methodologies and experimentation.  At the end of the course students will have the ability to plan, prototype, test, and demonstrate solutions to challenges in a project-based learning environment.  Students will be qualified to take the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) exam at the conclusion of the course.

This course is being offered by UMCP’s Communication program and is open to all students. We hope they will take advantage of this unique opportunity. Dr. Leah Waks is working with Dan Hoffman, Montgomery County’s Chief Innovation Officer and Dr. Dean Chang’s UMCP Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to teach this course. 

You do not need permission to register for this course.  It can be used to meet Upper Level Supporting Sequence or CORE Advanced Study requirements.  It can also be applied towards elective credit.