Overview
This interdisciplinary Discovery focuses on the process of generating creative ideas, designing a product, service, or organization, and getting those designs out into the world in real, tangible ways. Students may choose from a set of courses that emphasize different steps of the process, spanning topics that include: finding artistic inspiration, physical product design, developing an actionable plan as an entrepreneur, and fundraising and marketing efforts to support the idea.
Requirements
a) Completion of at least 3 credit hours from:
ENGR 1381 Engineering Analysis & Design I
GNED 2340 (also ART 2314 and THTR/ENGL/MUSC 2340) Creative Thinking and the Artistic Process
ENTR 1342 (also THTR 1342) Arts Entrepreneurship Mindset
MKTG 2301 Principles of Marketing
b) Completion of at least 6 credit hours from*:
ALE 3301 Grant Writing & Fundraising (prereq: Junior standing)
GNED 3315 The Mayor & The City
ENTR 3340 Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship (prereq: GNED 2340 & Junior standing)
ENTR 3341 Entrepreneurial Planning and Strategies (prereq: ENTR 3340)
ENTR 3391: Special Topics - Social Innovation
MUSC-3391-1: Special Topics in Music: Music Entrepreneurship
*students who do not receive credit for ENGR 1381 can also take, for 3 of these hours, the set of all three of the following:
ENGR 2192 Introduction to Making (not available to students who have credit for ENGR 1381)
ENTR 2111 Introduction to Entrepreneurship I
ENTR 2112 Introduction to Entrepreneurship II (prereq: ENTR 2111)
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Additional Information
- A student must complete at least one Discovery to qualify for graduation .
- Courses in the Discovery must be taken at Trinity University.
- Students can also fulfill the Discovery requirement by completing a second major or a minor.
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Disclaimer
The Discovery requirement is one element within the Pathways curriculum. Although many Discoveries are housed in academic departments, Discoveries are distinct from majors or minors. For the requirements associated with specific majors or minors, see the Courses of Study Bulletin