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 EGS4038 – Engineering Leadership or GEB3017 – 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| BME4760 | Biomedical Data Science | 3 |
| CAP3032 | Interactive Modeling and Animation 1 | 3 |
| EEE4773 | Fundamentals of Machine Learning | 3 |
| ESI4610 | Introduction to Data Analytics | 3 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSC4892 | AI in Biology | 3 |
| CAP3032 | Interactive Modeling and Animation 1 | 3 |
| CLA3811 | AI in Antiquity and Today | 3 |
| GIS4123C | GeoAI – Geographic Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| IDS3750 | Artificial Intelligence in the Social Sciences | 3 |
| WST4002 | Data Feminisms | 3 |
| Business | ||
|---|---|---|
| QMB3302 | Foundations of Business Analytics & AI | 4 |
| Agricultural & Life Sciences | ||
|---|---|---|
| ALS3200C | AI in Agricultural and Life Sciences | 3 |
| Journalism & Communications | ||
|---|---|---|
| JOU3365 | Artificial Intelligence in Media and Society | 3 |
| Design, Construction & Planning | ||
|---|---|---|
| DCP4300 | AI in the Built Environment | 3 |
| Public Health and Health Professions | ||
|---|---|---|
| PHC3793 | Higher Thinking for Healthy Humans: AI in Healthcare and Public Health | 3 |
Requirements
Additional college specific courses are under development and will be made available.
- All courses must be completed with an overall 2.0 GPA in the minor and a cumulative 2.0 UF GPA.
- All courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade and completed with a C or higher.
- All attempts at courses for the minor will be averaged into the minor GPA.
- 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.