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Innovation Academy

Academic Communities in conjunction with innovationAcademy (iA) have designated many FLC courses and all Big Question Courses as iA approved courses.    

iA Concept

What is innovationAcademy? Beginning Fall 2015, innovationAcademy blends curricular and co-curricular components into a creative, innovative experience for students interested in business development. As an innovationScholar, students from any major can select from a menu of courses (many that students are already taking) that emphasize creativity and innovation, but will also provide opportunities for experiential education, job skill building, and entrepreneurism.

What is the benefit of taking a course designated innovationAcademy approved?  The innovationAcademy at UNM is an interdisciplinary program focused on providing experiential education opportunities for students at all levels of study.  It is our sincere hope that alongside the opportunity to “learn while doing”, students will develop their sense of creativity, innovation and stoke the flames of their entrepreneurial flair.  By adding the “iA endorsed” moniker, students in your course will have the opportunity to take part in the “Innovation Scholars Program” where they will explore curricular and co-curricular opportunities surrounding innovation. 

What are the learning outcomes for iA courses?  The goal of iA is to broadly define “innovation” and foster the spirit of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial thought in students of all disciplines at UNM.  Learning outcomes are to demonstrate a linkage to critical skills including:

  • creativity
  • problem solving
  • collaboration
  • entrepreneurial activity

 Do students have to start a business in these class?  innovationAcademy is after the creation of new knowledge, ideas, and approaches to solving the world’s questions.  Some will start businesses; some will create music; some will conduct scientific research.  It allows for students to focus on using college as a time to create the next great changes in our society.

Dr. Rob Delcampo, Director of Innovation Academy, has approved the FLCs and Big Questions for fall 2015 to be included as courses students may take to be part of the iA program.

FLCs

  • FLC 601: Debating Civilization

  • FLC 602: Dancing through Time

  • FLC 603: Fish Out of Water?

  • FLC 605: Let’s Talk Health

  • FLC 606: How to Become a Person

  • FLC 607: Practice of the Wild – Earth Science

  • FLC 608: Society & Inequality

  • FLC 609: Microbes – Friends or Foes?

  • FLC 610: 21st Century Health Challenges

  • FLC 612: Advocating for Animals

  • FLC 613: The Biology of Toxins

  • FLC 614: Your Language Questions Answered

  • FLC 615: Languages & Their Speakers

  • FLC 616: The Language of Resistance

  • FLC 617: Chicana/o Civil Rights Movement & the Law

  • FLC 618 & 619: So, You Want to be a Doctor

  • FLC 620: Why Burn Harry Potter Novels?

  • FLC 623: EarthArts – A Wild Way of Knowing

  • FLC 624: Teaching for a Better World

  • FLC 626: Ethics in Organizations

  • FLC 629-632: African Folktales & Proverbs

  • FLC 633: Ceramic Seduction

  • FLC 634: Love, Lust & Passion

  • FLC 635: The Space-Age Epic

  • FLC 636: Framing Your World

  • FLC 637: Fundamentals of Acting

  • FLC 638: Theatre Appreciation

  • FLC 639: Internet Memes & Digital Media

  • FLCs 640-643: Music & Spoken Word in Politics

  • FLC 644: Our American Law: From Jury to Justice

  • FLC 647: The Trail of Time – New Mexico Geology

  • FLC 653: political & Social Satire in African American Humor

  • FLC 656: Philosophy & Human Nature

  • FLC 660: Shark Tank Talk

  • FLC 662: Impact of Media on Contemporary Culture

Big Questions

  • MGMT 190: Social Media Marketing

  • AFST 109: Race in the Digital Age

  • ARSC 198: The Management of Disasters

Want more information??

Contact Dr. Rob Delcampo: delcampo@unm.edu

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