INNOVATION MINOR

The UF Innovation minor is exclusive to IA students. Courses are designed to provide a core knowledge base and a skill set to prepare IA students for the 21st-century workplace. Coursework highlights skills like entrepreneurship, design, creativity, prototyping, collaboration, leadership, ethics, and innovation.

Required Courses

General Concentration Track
Credits
Artificial Intelligence Track
Credits

IDS1940 – Creativity & Design Thinking for Innovation

2

IDS1940 – Creativity & Design Thinking for Innovation

2

IDS1359 – Innovation in Action

2

IDS1359 – Innovation in Action

2

ENT3003 – Principles of Entrepreneurship or EGN4641 – Engineering Entrepreneurship

4-3

EGN4641 – Engineering Entrepreneurship

3

AEC3410 – Fostering Innovation Through Leadership or EGS 4038 – Engineering Leadership or GEB 3017 – Leading Organizations

3

EEL3872 – AI Fundamentals

3

PHI3641 - Ethics in Innovation

3

PHI3681 – Ethics, Data, and Technology

3

IDS4950 - IA Senior Project or ENT4015 – The Venture Accelerator

2

College Specific course – Select one – see below list

3

TOTAL CREDITS

15-16

 

16

 

College Specific Course

Engineering

BME 4760

Biomedical Data Science

3

CAP 3032

Interactive Modeling and Animation 1

3

EEE 4773

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

3

Liberal Arts and Sciences

CAP 3032

Interactive Modeling and Animation 1

3

Business

QMB 3302

Foundations of Business Analytics & AI

4

Agricultural and Life Sciences

ALS 3200C

AI in Agricultural and Life Sciences

3

Journalism and Communications

JOU 3365

Artificial Intelligence in Media and Society

3

Design, Construction and Planning

DCP 4300

AI in the Built Environment

3

Additional college specific courses are under development and will be made available.

Requirements

  1. All courses must be completed with an overall 2.0 GPA in the minor and a cumulative 2.0 UF GPA.
  2. All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a C or higher.
  3. All attempts at courses for the minor will be averaged into the minor GPA.
  4. With advanced approval from the Innovation Academy curriculum committee, additional courses (2000-level or higher) may be substituted for the required courses.

Please see the university’s policy for students interested in pursuing certificates at UF, specifically the AI Fundamentals and Applications certificate.

  • Per university catalog, certificates must contain at least 9 credits of unique coursework to that program that do not apply toward other certificates and minors. Therefore, if you are pursuing the AI Track Innovation Minor, you are NOT eligible to pursue the AI Fundamentals and Applications certificate as EEL3872, PHI3681, and the College Specific AI course are all required for both the minor and certificate.
  • If you want to pursue the AI certificate, then you must complete the General Track Innovation Minor.