Innovation and Design Certificate - Curriculum 209 (DL)

Program Manager

Peter Denning, Ph.D.

CS, Glasgow Hall East, Room 325

[phone], DSN 756-3603

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Program Officer

Kehinde Adesanya "Kenny", LCDR, USN

Glasgow Hall East, Room E309

[phone]

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Academic Associate

Duane Davis, Ph.D.

Glasgow Hall, Room 212

 

[phone], DSN 756-2733

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Brief Overview

This certificate supports students who are working to bring an innovation into adoption.  The three courses teach how to design for a military environment, how processes of adoption work in organizations and communities, and how to learn the leadership skills to mobilize a community to adopt the innovation.  The certificate includes a capstone project that applies the learning from the three courses to design a significant innovation and bring it into adoption in a military community.  This certificate is delivered online with a mix of synchronous and asynchronous elements.  It includes coaching for the capstone project.  An optional in-person workshop will be offered for students who want to engage the courses practices with hands-on exercises.   Program prerequisites: none.  Entry: 2.5 GPA and supervisor endorsement.

Courses composing the certificate:

DA4104 -- Military Organizations and Technological Change (4-0)

MN3811 -- Innovation Adoption and Implementation (3-0)

CS4925 -- Innovation Leadership

Capstone -- In student's home department 

Program Length

Four quarters

Outcomes

• Students will learn the strategic skill of interpreting military history through the lens of technological change. In doing so, they will explore the common dynamics of success and failure in confronting emerging technologies.
• Students will develop knowledge of commonly applied innovation adoption ideas, concepts, theories, frameworks and practices that are relevant for their military careers.
• Students will learn the eight practices of innovation leadership and demonstrate them through a successful capstone project.
• Students will define an innovation project that addresses a concern in a military community, design a new technology or process to deal with it, and bring it into early adoption.

Innovation and Design

Quarter 1

First of four courses in the certificate.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
MN3811	Innovation Adoption & Implementation		3	0

Quarter 2

Second of four courses in the certificate.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
CS4925	Innovation Leadership		3	2

Quarter 3

Third of four courses in the certificate.

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
DA4104	Militaries and Technological Change		4	0

Quarter 4

Capstone due in fourth quarter.  Capstone should be started by student in home department in Quarter 1 and be carried out in parallel with the courses. 

The particular capstone course use will be in the student’s home department.  For the three departments involved in this certificate, they are:

CS0809 (0-4) – CS department

GB4090 (0-6) – DDM

DA4500 (0-4) – DA department