SCHEDULEFORMAT
Classroom
LOCATION
Campus Saint-Jean d'Angély, Nice
PREREQUISITES
No
CAPACITY
~15 DS4H Students, variable according to the workshops
ABOUT THIS MINOR
- Summary
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The minor “Innovation & Design Thinking” is developed by UniCA Entreprendre, the centre for entrepreneurship at Université Côte d'Azur.
Learning Outcomes
The objective is to enable students to acquire a mindset geared towards innovation and entrepreneurship and to develop various cross-disciplinary skills such as critical thinking, cross-functional collaboration, uncertainty management and creativity.
Students will learn how to approach innovation challenges typically faced by companies and organizations. In addition, the course offers a first approach to the skills needed to develop an entrepreneurial project.To validate the minor, the student must select 3 workshops from the selection:
- Design Thinking Workshop: Design thinking is an approach invented at Stanford University and currently adopted by the most innovative companies worldwide (Air Bnb, IBM, McKinsey, Apple, and many orders). Design thinking takes as its premise the notion that to innovate, designers must connect with people, understand their real needs, and explore the entire context of the project with a constant attitude of inquiry. Read the syllabus...
- Ai for Business Workshop : In a world awashed with ai-based solutions, this workshop aims at increasing awareness about opportunities and criticalities related to Artificial Intelligence. Students will receive an introduction to Machine Learning, Big data, and Automatic Natural Language Processing and analyse real business cases in order to understand how to leverage these technologies to build an innovative business opportunity. Read the syllabus...
- Entrepreneurship Workshop : Entrepreneurship can be a frightening concept for students. The objective of the workshop will be to de-demonise entrepreneurship and enable the students present to discover the basics of setting up a business and to adopt an entrepreneurial stance. Read the syllabus...
- Actions for Sustainability Workshop : Workshop focused on understanding today's and tomorrow's ecological and societal issues to develop sustainable, resilient solutions. Students will be introduced to tools to measure and diagnose its impact and propose impactful actions. Read the syllabus...
- Lecturers
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- Eric Guerci, Associate Professor, GREDEG (Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS) / Field expertise: Entrepreneurship, Design thinking
- Olga Pabion, Operational Director of UniCA Entreprendre / Field expertise: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Marketing
- Lena Felderhoff, Entrepreneur / Field expertise: Change management, Business Strategy, Collective Intelligence
- Bibliography
- Evaluation
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- To complete this minor, students must attend 3 workshops.
- The participation of students is required in the integrality of the workshop.
- An average of the 3 marks (between 0 and 20, coef. 1) greater than or equal to 10 is required to validate the minor.
- Please refer to each workshop evaluation modalities:
- Design Thinking workshop: General behaviour (engagement throughout the session, diligence, punctuality, …), 21st century skills (creativity, complex problem solving, critical mindset, communication, …), final exam quiz.
- Ai for Business workshop: General behaviour (engagement throughout the session, diligence, punctuality, …), 21st century skills (creativity, complex problem solving, critical mindset, communication, …), final exam quiz.
- Entrepreneurship workshop: Grading will be based on the practical activities developed during the two workshop sessions.
- Actions for Sustainibility workshop: 1 grade per student (/20):
- Presence and relevant participation at every workshop (/2)
- Project (/18)
- Understanding of the specific issues (/6)
- Quality of the proposed actions (/10)
- Quality of the Presentation (/2)
- Bonus for learnings – Kahoot +2pts for the top 3 students
SCHEDULE Fall 2026
Choose 3 workshops out of 4. Your participation is required in the integrality of the workshop.
Mind the evaluation modalities and deadlines in the "Evaluation" tab above.
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Date |
Time |
Workshop |
Lecturer |
Location |
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08/10/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Design Thinking |
Eric Guerci |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
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15/10/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Design Thinking |
Eric Guerci |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
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22/10/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Actions for Sustainability |
Lena Felderhoff |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
|
12/11/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Entrepreneurship |
Olga Pabion |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
|
19/11/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Actions for Sustainability |
Lena Felderhoff |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
|
26/11/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Ai For Business |
Eric Guerci |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
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03/12/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Entrepreneurship |
Olga Pabion |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |
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10/12/2026 |
9h00-13h00 |
Ai For Business |
Eric Guerci |
Saint Jean d’Angely campus, Espace Vernassa |