ENGR 345 Principles and Practices of Global Innovations is available to USC undergraduate students from all USC majors and schools as a 3-unit elective course. The course emphasizes the importance of cross-cultural interactions in developing innovative products and business ideas in our rapidly globalizing world. It will be taught by Dr. Stephen Lu, Professor of Industrial Systems Engineering and Computer Science, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at USC.
In the course, you will:
- Attend lectures that use videoconferencing technology to facilitate live interactions with classmates around the world.
- Participate in global virtual teams to exchange perspectives and work collaboratively for innovative projects.
- Possibly join a one-week educational trip abroad at one of the university partners after finals week at an additional cost. The trip will require an additional application for a selection, and scholarships may be available to some students.
The course will offer two sections on Tuesdays morning, 8:00-10:00 am PST and Tuesday evening 5:00- 8:20pm PST (4:00-7:20 pm PST starting November 7th).
A general syllabus of the course can be found here.
The iPodia Alliance includes the following university partners:
1. Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani, in Hyderabad, India
2. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, South Korea
4. National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
5. National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan
6. Ndejje University in Kampala, Uganda
7. Peking University in Beijing, China
8. Qatar University in Doha, the State of Qatar
9. RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany
10. Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China
11. Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel
12. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
13. The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14. The University of Patras in Patras, Greece
15. Tsinghua University in Beijing, China
16. University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
17. University of Southern California – Los Angeles, California, USA