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Overview:Many non-design students from UC Berkeley do not have the opportunity to learn the design process or gain design thinking skills. This process and these skills are very important in real life and give students an advantage in jobs and in their future. Students from most majors and students who don't seek out this knowledge are at a disadvantage. This strategy aims to provide students from multidisciplinary backgrounds design thinking skills through The Invention Corps of Berkeley. Students from multiple different majors and fields that normally wouldn't get the design experience would be taught so and furthermore use it in projects paired with professors and PhD students here at Berkeley.
A lot of students here at Berkeley don't ever learn the design process or gain design thinking skills. This process and these skills are very important in real life and give students an advantage in jobs and in their future. Students from most majors and students who don't seek out this knowledge are at a disadvantage. This goal would give students out of design these design thinking skills by enrollment in our organization - The Invention Corps. Students from multiple different majors and fields that normally wouldn't get the design experience would be taught so and furthermore use it in projects paired with professors and PhD students here at Berkeley.<u>Project leads:</u> Precious Listana & James Zamora & Alexander Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah
Project leads: Precious Listana & James Zamora & Alexander Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah === <span style="font-size:small;"><u>Tactics & Execution</u></span>===
Overview:One of the biggest resources on campus that connects students and professors is the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP), but most students do not optimize this resource. Students want to get exposed to application-based opportunities, and one way to do that is to collaborate with professors & graduate students through the Invention Corps of Berkeley.
One of the biggest resource on campus to connect students and professors is the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP)<u>Project leads:</u> Precious Listana, but most students do not optimize this resource. Students want to get exposed to application-based opportunitiesJames Zamora, and one way to do that is to collaborate with professors Alex Kamgar & graduate students.Sydney Zachariah
Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah === <span style="font-size: small;"><u>Tactics & Execution</u></span>===
This To address this problem, we have designed a strategy that designs modular-segmented class would have numerous professors come in every week and teach the same curriculum each moduleto guide freshmen to multiple disciplines. Students then This course would have outline the option course work of going to whichever professor / various majors, prerequisites, possible careers that utilize each major they are interested in and stay in that all week doing all the material corresponding salaries, and maybe even homework. Then what the next week they day-to-day life would choose another professor / major module be in each of those careers (i.e. hours, amount of work, freedom for a personal life, etc.) In designing such a course, students are able to attend be exposed to gain a few of the most popular majors on campus and can therefore make a more knowledge about all Cal has to offerwell-informed decision on their future path.
Project leads: Alex KamgarThis strategy focuses on delivering students the knowledge of various fields and majors. The goal of this course is to reduce the number of students who switch their majors during sophomore and junior year, and provide a holistic approach to choosing majors.
== Strategy #4: Pairing a design course with the top 10 majors that fall under 5. Discover all "pre-professional " career ambitions ==options such as: pre-med, pre-law, pre-business, and integrate an umbrella system that can count for a major requirement/breadth within their respective departments '''(BY: 04/2017)'''
Students coming into college often have a hard time choosing their major6. As 18 year olds, it can be extremely stressful Meet with professors and difficult administration to choose better understand the path they want to take that will affect their careers and success in such a huge way. Often times, students don’t have a well-rounded view complexity of the majors on campus; for example, students who are an intended biology major may never have been exposed to any sort creating this type of engineering class that may impact their decision on their major. Therefore, it is important that students are able to experience and better understand the different majors on campus before making a decision. To address scope of this problem, we have designed a strategy in which a design course is taught that incorporates the top 10 most popular majors on campusproject this course would outline the course work of the majors, prerequisites, possible careers that utilize each major and corresponding salaries, and what the day-to-day life would be in each of those careers '''(i.e. hours, amount of work, freedom for a personal life, etc.BY: 04/2017) In designing such a course, students are able to be exposed to a few of the most popular majors on campus and can therefore make a more well-informed decision on their future path.'''
Project leads: Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah7. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''
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19. Populate Research the economic barriers and provide a pitch deck that will highlight the monetary gain for not only the school, but also the professors '''(BY: 05/2017)'''<div>10. Innovate upon already existing curriculums and further develop a repertoire curriculum that will embody design thinking alongside collaborating professors from Jacobs Institute of Design, Saturdja Center (CITRIS) and the top 10 most popular majors at UC BerkeleyBlum Center '''(BY: 0305/2017)'''</div>== Related Links ==
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4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)''' 5. Research the economic barriers and provide a pitch deck that will highlight the monetary gain for not only the school, but also the professors '''(BY: 05/==== <u>Spring 2017)''' 6. Innovate upon already existing curriculums and further develop a curriculum that will embody design thinking alongside collaborating professors from Jacobs Institute of Design, Saturdja Center (CITRIS) and the Blum Center '''(BY: 05</2017)'''u> ====
== Related Links ==[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listana]
Hyperlink the following[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Kamgar Alex Kamgar]
and[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora]
Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Spring 2017 UIF:'.==== <u>Fall 2013</u> ====
When you are done, make sure you have the tag at the bottom of [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Student_Priorities every student priorities page hereJared_Karp Jared Karp] so that it is listed in the Student Priorities category.
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== Overview ==
There are many opportunities for enhancing the Innovation and Entrepreneuership ecosystem at Berkeley. Following <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=XGQRwUUwdio|width=800p|height=400p}} (If video is not playing, please click [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKGm_tyFb_o here])</div>Below are four such opportunities:
== Strategy #1: Introducing design thinking to multidisciplinary students ==
1. Create a club on campus called The Invention Corps of Berkeley that focuses on design thinking and innovative technology '''(BY: 12/2016)'''
== Strategy #2: Forming relationships between students and professors ==
1. Organizing a Professor Pitch Night where students from The Invention Corps of Berkeley are able to pick semester projects based on the professor pitches '''(BY: 02/2017)'''
== Strategy #3: Creating modular-segmented classes that guide freshmen to multiple disciplines ==
Students coming into college often have a hard time anticipating the needs and roles they play in choosing their specific majorsmajor. Often students maybe even regret As 17-18 year olds, it can be extremely stressful and difficult to choose the major or path they chose in college due want to just unknown factors take that can be avoided with more knowledgewill affect their careers and success in such a huge way. This goal focuses on delivering Often times, students knowledge about don’t have a well-rounded view of the possible fields they can go to targeted specifically to freshman. This optional class would allow students to get a little glimpse into most majors here on campus; for example, providing them information on workload, requirements, difficulty, opportunities, resources, and most importantly jobs. This class will hopefully reduce the number of students who switch are an intended biology major may never have been exposed to any sort of engineering class that may impact their majors sophomore and junior year or even prevent students regretting decision on their major choice. Therefore, it is important that students are able to experience the different majors on campus before making a decision.
<u>Project leads:</u> Precious Listana, James Zamora, Alex Kamgar & Sydney Zachariah === <span style="font-size: small;"><u>Tactics & Execution</u></span>===
1. Start asking around students to gauge interest in a class like this '''(BY: 03/2017)'''
2. Meet with professors and administration to better understand the complexity Populate a repertoire of creating this type of class and better understand the scope of this projecttop 10 most popular majors at UC Berkeley '''(BY: 0403/2017)'''
3. Decide curriculum priorities Talk to professors that are already doing something similar like Robert Full's Bio-inspired design class and structure of class, such as how ofter professors should come, how long each module would be, what majors to offer, etc.Sara Beckman's Collaborative Innovation '''(BY: 0403/2017)'''
4. Contact the Department chair of Interdisciplinary Studies to support and mentor a seminar '''(BY: 04/2017)'''
[Your campus namehttp://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah] Strategic Priorities
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