Campus Resources

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HDO’s campus partners offer our students resources unavailable anywhere else. Students may work with these organizations independently, through coursework, or both.

The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) is one of the oldest technology incubators in the United States. ATI helps early-stage technology companies get their first round of funding. Students in the HDO program can use ATI as a resource to understand the complex social ecosystem that supports the development of new companies. ATI can also provide access to organizations that students may use for their capstone projects.

ATI is hosted by the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas. The mission of IC2 is to support research in academic areas related to business and to bring that knowledge directly to practitioners. IC2 also hosts conferences on topics like social networks, innovation, and technology transfer. Students in the HDO program will benefit from the research connections of many IC2 faculty who teach in the program.

The Harry Ransom Center (HRC) is one of the world’s most extensive and prestigious archives. From the complications of creating an organizational archive to the bureaucratic confusion represented in Woodward and Bernstein’s Watergate papers, the staff and collections of the HRC offer an invaluable resource for students hoping to understand the connections between the past and the future and the challenges of understanding, organizing, and implementing real-world change.

In addition to the campus organizations mentioned above, HDO Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree students have access to world-class facilities and resources for no additional fees, including:

Students within liberal arts programs have extensive skills for surfing the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Bridging critical thinking and meaning-making with entrepreneurship and design, post-secondary liberal arts programs are positioned to generate the kinds of intuitive thinkers that understand the future.

Daniel Araya and Creig Lamb, The Brookings Institution

Innovation can’t simply be ordered up. To create and sustain an innovative culture, you have to go beyond being managers to becoming leaders. HDO can play a fundamental role in this transformation.”

Craig Wynett, Chief Learning Officer, Procter & Gamble; HDO External Advisor

To advance our mission of better understanding the people who drive today’s global marketplace, we developed three education opportunities:

Our 15-Month Master’s Degree is designed for professionals in the business, nonprofit, government, and military sectors searching for a more comprehensive understanding of how human behavior and experience affect organizational success. Students graduate from the Master’s program equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to make their organizations more effective, creative, and efficient.

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Our Professional Training programs allow individuals and organizations the opportunity to train with UT Austin’s top faculty members in a professional-friendly format. These programs provide practical and immediately applicable tools for solving key organizational problems, ranging from personal motivation and growth to strategic organizational leadership. Training options include One-Day Seminars, Certificate Programs, and Custom Programs.

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In addition to our offerings for working professionals, we launched a Bachelor’s Degree program in fall 2016. The undergraduate program teaches students to explore, learn, and articulate the ways the liberal arts and social and behavioral sciences can address practical problems facing organizations.

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