MGMT 162Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization
Management · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to transformation of new knowledge and inventions into viable commercial products and services, with particular emphasis on technology being developed at major research universities like UCLA. Initial emphasis on assessment and protection of intellectual property and early evaluation of technologies to determine potential for commercialization. How intellectual property in its various forms is protected and how rights to these assets are negotiated by parties involved. Examination of nature of contracts and negotiation between university technology transfer offices, researchers, technical experts, and early investors in commercialization space that might lead to patents, licenses, or new business development.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.