# Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INNO) courses UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog · 17 courses Source: https://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/inno/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### INNO 202 — Leading People and Projects - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Assists experienced and inexperienced entrepreneurs with some of the challenges of managing others, and helps them build their understanding and skills so they can become more successful managers of people. ### INNO 203 — Accounting for Entrepreneurs - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/inno.md) Provides the building blocks of financial and managerial accounting that are essential to entrepreneurs. Covers financial ratios and statements, including forecasting financial statements, basic transaction analysis, and generally accepted accounting principles. ### INNO 205 — Marketing for Entrepreneurs - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/inno.md) Develops familiarity with fundamental concepts, theories, and techniques in marketing, and acquaints students with the type of decisions made by marketing managers including customer targeting, product, pricing, placement, promotion, and research. ### INNO 209 — Managerial Finance and Venture Capital - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Provides the building blocks of finance knowledge that are essential to entrepreneurs. Covers investment and financing decisions, including the time value of money, cash flow creation, cost of capital, and capital budgeting. ### INNO 211 — MIE ProSeminar - **Units:** 0 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/inno.md) - Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Prepares students for the New Venture Competition in spring quarter. Students form teams to create a startup, submit concept paper, pitch ideas, and attend workshops throughout the academic year. ### INNO 213 — Building Prototypes with AI - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: School of Business students only Equips students with the ability to harness artificial intelligence, data analytics, and optimization tools to transform their business concepts into functional product prototypes. ### INNO 214 — Entrepreneurship - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/inno.md) - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Student teams develop a business plan to launch a new venture. Drafts of sections of the plan are due throughout the course. ### INNO 215 — Lean Startup - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Exposes students to an entrepreneurial experience with the same pressures and demands of an early-stage startup to provide a real-world, hands-on learning experience in starting a company. ### INNO 216 — User Experience Design For Entrepreneurs - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: School of Business students only Designed to teach students how to identify customer pain points, design interfaces, and evaluate usability through experiments. Students learn to conduct A/B tests, analyze results using statistical reasoning, and apply data. ### INNO 275 — Innovation Internship - **Units:** 2-4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Students apply innovative and creative knowledge obtained from classroom theory through work experiences. Provides knowledge of career opportunities, an understanding of the role innovation plays in business environments, and preparation to become an entrepreneur. ### INNO 290 — Special Topics in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - **Units:** 2-4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary Studies in selected areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. Topics addressed vary each quarter. ### INNO 291A — Business Creation: Ideation - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/inno.md) - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Business Creation is the capstone element for the MIE program that integrates all curricular and co-curricular activities, leveraging course work, expert speakers, and workshops to improve the quality of your idea. ### INNO 291B — Business Creation: Pitch Deck Preparation - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship only Capstone element for the MIE program that integrates all curricular and co-curricular activities, leveraging course work, expert speakers, and workshops to improve the quality of your idea. ### INNO 292 — Business Law for Entrepreneurs - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Focuses on educating individuals starting, or investing in, a new business in the U.S. Provides an overview to common legal issues faced by entrepreneurs, such as business formation and structure, governance and employment contracts, and intellectual property and taxation. ### INNO 294 — Edge: Innovation in the New Digital Age - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Same as MNGE 294 - Restrictions: Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Master in Management have the first consideration for enrollment. School of Business students only Explores the strategic and operational issues that business leaders face in adapting to the new business environment, what we call innovating, managing, and competing at the edge. ### INNO 298 — Merage Consulting Projects for Entrepreneurs - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Provides students the opportunity to put into practice concepts, skills, and tools acquired in other parts of the MBA program. Seminars augment internship experiences with analyses of relevant administrative issues. ### INNO 299 — Individual Study - **Units:** 1-8 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Master Of Innovation and Entrepreneurship majors only Individual study under the direction of a selected faculty member.