Innovation, Leadership & Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE), BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Innovation, Leadership & Engineering Entrepreneurship
center office: 351 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228, 1308 W. Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801
phone: (217) 244-3124
email: tec@illinois.edu
center catalog page: TEC Catalog
center website: http://www.tec.illinois.edu
overview of college admissions & requirements: Engineering Catalog
college website: https://engineering.illinois.edu/
The Technology Entrepreneur Center offers studies leading to the Bachelor of Science in Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE). The BS in ILEE degree is intended for College of Engineering students to better understand the innovative processes involved in identifying problems and creating, developing, and leading efforts to provide their engineering solutions. The curriculum is based on a sound disciplinary engineering technical core with additional aspects of problem identification and innovation, and complex multidisciplinary engineering project management and leadership.
Currently the BS in ILEE degree is only being offered as a dual degree for current College of Engineering Students.
Overview of Curricular Requirements
The curriculum requires 128 hours for graduation and is organized as shown below.
Orientation and Professional Development
These courses introduce the opportunities and resources your college, department, and curriculum can offer you as you work to achieve your career goals. They also provide the skills to work effectively and successfully in the engineering profession.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| TE 298 | Special Topics I | 1 |
| COE Department of Concentration introduction course | 0 | |
| ENG 100 | Engineering Orientation 1 | 0 |
| Total Hours | 1 | |
| 1 | External transfer students take ENG 300 - Engrg Transfer Orientation instead. |
Foundational Mathematics and Science
These courses stress the basic mathematical and scientific principles upon which the engineering discipline is based.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 102 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 103 | General Chemistry Lab I | 1 |
| MATH 221 | Calculus I 1 | 4 |
| MATH 231 | Calculus II | 3 |
| MATH 241 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 285 | Intro Differential Equations | 3 |
| PHYS 211 | University Physics: Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 212 | University Physics: Elec & Mag | 4 |
| 1 | MATH 220 - Calculus may be substituted, with four of the five credit hours applying toward the degree. MATH 220 is appropriate for students with no background in calculus. |
Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship Technical Core
These courses stress fundamental concepts that comprise the common intellectual understanding of innovation and leadership in Engineering Entrepreneurship.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| TE 250 | From Idea to Enterprise | 2 |
| TE 333 | Creativity, Innovation, Vision | 4 |
| TE 360 | Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| SE 361 | Emotional Intelligence Skills | 3 |
| TE 398 | Special Topics II (Innovation and Engineering Design) | 2 |
| TE 401 | Developing Breakthrough Projects | 4 |
| TE 450 | Startups: Inc, Fund, Contracts, IP | 3 |
| TE 461 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SE 462 | Leading Sustainable Change | 3 |
| TE 466 | High-Tech Venture Marketing | 2 |
| COE Department of Concentration Approved Technical core | 14 | |
| TE 230 | Design Thinking/Need-Finding | 3 |
| Total Hours | 44 | |
Technical Electives
This elective requirement gives each student freedom to define a technical course of study in innovation and leadership of considerable breadth and focus.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical electives to be chosen from ILEE approved list | 19 | |
| Technical electives to be chosen from COE Department of Concentration approved list | 8 | |
Liberal Education
The liberal education courses develop student' understanding of human culture and society, build skills of inquiry and critical thinking, and lay a foundation for civic engagement and lifelong learning.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Electives from the campus General Education social & behavioral sciences list. | 6 | |
| Electives from the campus General Education humanities & the arts list. | 6 | |
| Electives either from a list approved by the college or from the campus General Education lists for social & behavioral sciences or humanities & the arts. | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Students must also complete the campus cultural studies requirement by completing (i) one western/comparative culture(s) course, (ii) one non-western culture(s) course, and (iii) one U.S. Minority Culture(s) course from the General Education cultural studies lists. Most students select liberal education courses that simultaneously satisfy these cultural studies requirements. Courses from the western and non-western lists that fall into free electives or other categories may also be used to satisfy the cultural studies requirements.
Composition
These courses teach fundamentals of expository writing.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| RHET 105 | Writing and Research | 4 |
| Advanced Composition may be satisfied by taking any course in either the liberal education or free elective categories which has the Advanced Composition designation. | ||
| Total Hours | 4 | |
Free Electives
These unrestricted electives, subject to certain exceptions as noted at the College of Engineering advising Website, give the student the opportunity to explore any intellectual area of unique interest. This freedom plays a critical role in helping students to define research specialties or to complete minors.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Free electives not counted above additional unrestricted course work, subject to certain exceptions as noted at the College of Engineering advising website. At least 128 credit hours must be earned to graduate. | 8 | |
Suggested Sequence
The schedule that follows is illustrative, showing the typical sequence in which courses would be taken by a student with no college course credit already earned and who intends to graduate in four years. Each individual's case may vary, but the position of required named courses is generally indicative of the order in which they should be taken.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| CHEM 102 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 103 | General Chemistry Lab I | 1 |
| COE Dept of Concentration introduction course | 0 | |
| TE 298 (Introduction to ILEE) | Special Topics I | 1 |
| ENG 100 | Engineering Orientation | 0 |
| TE 250 | From Idea to Enterprise | 2 |
| MATH 2211 | Calculus I | 4 |
| RHET 105 (or Liberal education elective)2, 3 | Writing and Research | 4-3 |
| Semester Hours | 15-14 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| TE 230 | Design Thinking/Need-Finding | 3 |
| COE Dept of Concentration Technical core4 | 3 | |
| MATH 231 | Calculus II | 3 |
| PHYS 211 | University Physics: Mechanics | 4 |
| Rhet 105 or Liberal education elective2,3 | 3-4 | |
| Semester Hours | 16-17 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| TE 333 | Creativity, Innovation, Vision | 4 |
| TE 360 | Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MATH 241 | Calculus III | 4 |
| SE 361 | Emotional Intelligence Skills | 3 |
| PHYS 212 | University Physics: Elec Mag | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| COE Dept. of Concentration Technical Core4 | 3 | |
| TE 450 | Startups: Inc, Fund, Contracts, IP | 3 |
| MATH 285 | Intro Differential Equations | 3 |
| Liberal education electives3 | 6 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| TE 461 | Technology Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| TE 401 | Developing Breakthrough Projects | 1 to 4 |
| SE 462 | Leading Sustainable Change | 3 |
| COE Dept. of Concentration Technical Core4 | 4-1 | |
| Liberal education elective3 | 3 | |
| Free elective | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ILEE Technical electives4 | 9 | |
| TE 398 (Innovation and Engineering Design) | Special Topics II | 2 |
| TE 466 | High-Tech Venture Marketing | 2 |
| COE Dept. of Concentration Technical core4 | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 17 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ILEE Technical Electives4 | 5 | |
| COE Dept of Concentration Technical Electives4 | 3 | |
| COE Dept of Concentration Technical Core4 | 4 | |
| Free Electives | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ILEE Technical Electives4 | 5 | |
| COE Dept of Concentration Technical Electives4 | 4 | |
| Liberal Education Electives3 | 6 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours: | 128 | |
| 1 | MATH 220 - Calculus may be substituted with four of the five credit hours applying toward the degree. MATH 220 is appropriate for students with no background in calculus |
| 2 | RHET 105 should be taken in the first or second semester of the first year as authorized. The alternative is a social sciences or humanities elective. |
| 3 | Liberal education electives must include 6 hours of social & behavioral sciences and 6 hours of humanities & the arts course work from the campus General Education lists. The remaining 6 hours may be selected from a list maintained by the college, or additional course work from the campus General Education lists for social & behavioral sciences or humanities & the arts. Students must also complete the campus cultural studies requirement by completing (i) one western/comparative culture(s) course, (ii) one non-western culture(s) course, and (iii) one U.S. Minority Culture(s) course from the General Education cultural studies lists. Most students select liberal education courses that simultaneously satisfy these cultural studies requirements. Courses from the western and non-western lists that fall into free electives or other categories may also be used to satisfy the cultural studies requirements. |
| 4 | to be chosen from approved list |