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.

What if your next class could change lives? This 16-week immersive course is part of the ENSURE Program – Equitable Neurotech Solutions for Underserved Regions Everywhere, a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students passionate about making a positive social impact through entrepreneurship and technology innovation. You'll collaborate with local schools and mental health organizations to design tech solutions, like engaging apps, to improve the behavioral health of grade-school youths who are at risk and underserved. The course will challenge you to think and act like a social entrepreneur, balancing a heart set for social change with a mindset for scalable innovation.

The course blends entrepreneurial skills, methods, and approaches with social impact, giving students the tools to innovate and empathize with the challenges faced by vulnerable populations. By the end of the course, you’ll have created a portfolio-ready prototype. This course is your chance to lead social change while developing critical thinking skills often demanded in real-world practice.

Supported by the expertise and resources of the Neurotech Collider Lab at Berkeley, participants are immersed in an environment that combines technology, business acumen, and a deep understanding of cognitive and behavioral science to forge impactful solutions.

By the end, you will have helped tackle pressing mental health issues and come away with a fully developed portfolio—from ideation to prototype—highly regarded in the tech and healthcare industries. This course is about real-world impact, entrepreneurial growth, and making a difference.

See https://scet.berkeley.edu/students/courses for enrollment FAQs and contact scet-academics@berkeley.edu for additional questions.

This course counts towards the SCET Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship (https://scet.berkeley.edu/certificate-in-entrepreneurship-and-technology

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