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The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is committed to serving public purpose. Students learn how to address world problems, such as preserving natural resources and eliminating hunger, and developing science-based solutions.

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ENST282: Ecological Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Are you passionate about the environment and new technologies? Are you an entrepreneurial thinker? This course, offered by the Environmental Science and Technology Department, is for you! In this course, you'll explore the in-demand field of ecotechnology innovation by exploring existing technologies, customer discovery and environmental stewardship. You'll follow a project through brainstorming, rapid prototyping, user experience, testing, and redesign. Based on the Lean Startup process, environmental entrepreneurship uses customer discovery, encourages quick product development, reduces start-up costs, tests ideas quickly, and employs designed experiments. This multidisciplinary academic setting embraces designing, building, testing and marketing novel technologies that enhance the environmental needs of humans. Get ready to learn in an active environment that requires working creatively, collaboratively, diligently, and precisely to create a business model and tangible prototype for a new commercial product!