This course is meant for students in engineering and other disciplines who seek a challenging, interactive, team-based, and hands-on learning experience in entrepreneurship and technology. In this highly experiential course, students work in simulated start-up teams to create products or start-up ideas to address a broadly-defined need of an industry partner or social challenge.

Pandemics...Economic meltdowns…Wildfires…Hurricanes...Climate Change. Crisis is the new normal. Innovation is the answer. In order to thrive in this new normal, you must be prepared to lead in the creation of new solutions to emerging problems. It is not enough that you know how to run a regression model, write code, design a building, deconstruct language, write an essay, or create a financial model. You must be able to identify systemic problems hidden from view and develop financially and environmentally sustainable solutions. In this Challenge Lab, you will work with industry veterans to create technology solutions to the societal problems that have emerged from today’s crises. Students in previous Challenge Labs have turned their projects into industry leading startups like Eko and PrimeRoots. This course invites students from all colleges and schools to create companies of the future. Students in this challenge lab may have the opportunity to continue to work on their startup through a specialized invite only acceleration and leadership program. More Information: https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses/challenge-labs/innovating-though-crisis/

This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship. Additional information: https://scet.berkeley.edu/certificate-in-entrepreneurship-and-technology/. Questions about SCET course enrollment or certificate can be directed to lee.2293@berkeley.edu.

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