Certificate in Technological Innovation

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . These certificates combine engineering design, business fundamentals, and hands-on learning so you can build the skills to turn ideas into real-world impact. Tap into USask's technological innovation ecosystem and the SIGMA educational skill accelerator, which supports student founders with coaching, community, and experiential learning. This nine course (26 credit) certificate program focuses on developing the skills needed to identify strong tech-based opportunities, design innovative solutions, and commercialize those ideas. You'll learn the fundamentals of innovation management, entrepreneurship, engineering economics, and intellectual property, while also applying your knowledge through design-based capstone work. The program is ideal for students who want a structured, practical pathway into technology-driven venture development or intrapreneurship roles. This is a course on the management of technology innovation. It explores the processes by which technology is developed, and how those processes can be managed to garner successful business outcomes. The course covers theories of tech innovation and of how to manage such processes, as well as case studies of successes and failures. Students will learn how to develop their own plan for managing technology that they develop and innovate. This course integrates entrepreneurship with engineering design, in equal measure. Students will be tasked with identifyin