Interdisciplinary Arts 0208 - Entrep Sustain Agri & Ener

Design, test and deploy a product, process or service that will assist the sustainable agriculture or energy communities in moving towards a more sustainable future. Working in teams, students will utilize the Human Centered Design Process that they learned in the required Winter Term Workshop to develop their product/service/process. Teams will utilize the Business Model Canvas to develop a business model for their product. At the end of the semester and after several iterations and product testing each team will present their product/service/process to a group of investors and potential customers to test the viability of their products. The class will meet once a week for 3 hours. Class time will be split between project work, guest speakers and selected readings and discussions. Topics to be explored include: Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship, Biomimicry, Cradle-to-Cradle Design and Business Enterprise Design.

Independent Work Quantitative Skills Prerequisites: Four-Day Winter Term Workshop: JTW-0227-1 Design Thinking and the Human Centered Design process. This is a linked course with the Workshop required for participation in this course. Students should expect to devote a minimum of three hours per week outside of class in addition to three hours per week during class.