05/20/2026
The Beach at UNO is excited to collaborate with several departments on the Startup Studio Summer Course designed to help students build real-world skills in innovation, entrepreneurship, and product development.
Key details
-Program: Startup Studio Summer Course
-Course: CSCI 3097, EDCI 3980, FTA 4900, HRT 3591, MANG 3491-1001.MKT 3591-1001.
-Duration: June 8 to July 31, 2026
-Format: In-person/hybrid
The Startup Studio summer course is an interdisciplinary hybrid/in person class that introduces students to entrepreneurship and how to build new businesses. The course runs from June 8 to July 31, 2026 and is open to all UNO students. Registration is currently open. Throughout the course, the class travels across the UNO campus and the city of New Orleans, where students will learn from the innovation team at the Beach, UNO faculty in engineering, computer sciences, hospitality, and business, as well as industry experts at the Idea Village and the New Orleans BioInnovation Center. The students will learn about customer discovery, business planning, fundraising, as well as software prototyping and 3D printing/rapid prototyping. By the end of the class, students will understand how to turn an idea into a viable startup concept as well as how to build prototypes of their concepts.