Technology Commercialization Graduate Certificate

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The Technology Commercialization Graduate Certificate is designed to let USC graduate students experience the entire spectrum of the commercialization process — invention, product development, technical and market feasibility analysis, intellectual property protection, business planning and venture funding.

This program is particularly well suited to master’s and PhD candidates in science, engineering and business. We encourage students from other disciplines who are interested in technology businesses to apply.

Prospective students may apply to begin the program in the fall, spring or summer term. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. For information regarding how to apply, visit students.marshall.usc.edu/graduate-certificate-admissions-usc-students.

Additional information about the program can be found at marshall.usc.edu/tccm.

Two required courses and 6 units of electives (for a total of 12 units) must be completed to earn the certificate.

Required Courses

BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility Units: 3 or
BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility Units: 3
BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization Units: 3

Electives - Select 3-6 units from the following

BAEP 554 Venture Initiation Units: 3
BAEP 555 Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipate and Avoid Startup Pitfalls Units: 3
BAEP 559 Investing in New Ventures Units: 3
BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life Sciences Units: 1.5
BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship Units: 3
BAEP 565 Venture Lab Units: 3
ISE 501 Innovative Conceptual Design for New Product Development Units: 4
ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 4
ISE 585 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation Units: 4

Electives - Select 0-4 units from the following.

CE 576 Invention and Technology Development Units: 4
DSO 531 Digital Foundations for Business Innovation Units: 1.5
MKT 530 New Product Development Units: 3
MOR 558 Technology Strategy in the Age of AI Units: 3
MOR 564 Strategic Innovation: Creating New Markets Units: 3

Notes:

For current USC graduate students, courses credited to the Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization may be completed in conjunction with course work required for the program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability of these courses to the student’s primary degree program is determined by the student’s home department.

Courses applied to an individual’s previously awarded degree may not be credited toward the certificate.

Successful completion of the program is acknowledged by a certificate awarded by the university.

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