ACP Creativity and Product Development

University of California - Irvine Extension (Irvine Division of Continuing Education)

Capitalizing on innovation is essential to business growth, and knowing how to do so is essential to personal career growth. Addressing the developing needs of innovative organizations, this forward-thinking program focuses on design thinking and the nurturing of creative cultures within organizations for entrepreneurs. Students will learn to think about designing new products or creative updates to existing products, the logistics of implementing those ideas, and how to do it all in the corporate environment or entrepreneurial space. Designed with the promising creative professional in mind, this course series provides an intensive examination of the scope of demands of real-world innovation and product development, whether tangible object, system or service.Program BenefitsDesign new or updated products, services or processes to fulfill unmet needsLearn to manage advanced projects to get products, services and ideas to marketDevelop skills to analyze the viability of a new product or innovation Utilize rapid prototyping and systems thinking to refine new productsExamine how customers perceive competitive products and servicesGain a competitive edge in the global job market through an internship in a U.S. company

University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education