Build Studio · For Students

Build for
Credit.

Work on real problems for real organizations inside the courses you're already taking — from Senior Design to graduate practicums.

Senior Design MIS 676 BIA 679 BIA 686 MIS 702
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Courses

Five ways to build for credit

Each of these courses puts you on a team, gives you a real problem, and ends with something you built and can show.

MGT 411 · MGT 412

Senior Design

Undergraduate · Two-semester capstone

Your final-year capstone. Work with a real organization on a pressing business challenge, launch a start-up, or run a data-driven research study — then show it at the Stevens Innovation Expo.

You buildA client deliverable, a venture, or a research study
Before you enrollSchool of Business majors in their junior or senior year
MIS 676

Human-Centered Design of AI Artifacts

Graduate · Online

Design AI-enabled tools around the people who will use them. Teams research users, prototype, and test AI artifacts with human-centered design methods.

You buildA user-tested AI artifact
Before you enrollSee the course catalog or your advisor
BIA 679

Big Data Practicum

Graduate · Business Intelligence & Analytics

Work like a team at a data-focused tech company. Recognize a business problem, design a data solution, build the full pipeline from data to application with current tools, and bring it to business partners as a data product.

You buildAn end-to-end data pipeline, with weekly progress reports and a final report and presentation
Before you enrollMIS 631, 632, 633, 634, 637 and BIA 652; taken alongside BIA 678 (Big Data Technologies)
BIA 686

Practicum in Analytics

Graduate · Business Intelligence & Analytics

Apply text, descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to a real business problem in finance, manufacturing, R&D, HR, customers or suppliers — and explain the results to both technical and management audiences.

You buildA working model, a presentation, a one-page project brief and a poster that anchors your portfolio
Before you enrollAt least five courses in the BI&A curriculum
MIS 702

Practicum in Information Systems

Graduate · Supervised industry project

Take on a company project tied to the focus of your degree, supervised by a faculty advisor and an industry mentor.

You buildA real project for a company, documented in progress reports and a final written report
Before you enrollPermission required; 1–3 credits

Prerequisites and offerings change — confirm details in the Stevens course catalog and with your advisor.

At a Glance

Which one fits you?

CourseLevelBest if you want to…
Senior DesignUndergraduateConsult for a client, start a venture, or run a research study
MIS 676GraduateDesign AI tools people actually want to use
BIA 679GraduateEngineer a full data pipeline and ship a data product
BIA 686GraduateModel a real business problem and build your analytics portfolio
MIS 702GraduateWork on a company project with an industry mentor
How It Connects

From challenge to solution

Build Studio links these courses to real partner problems — so the project you build in class is one an organization actually asked for.

1
Start
Pick a Real Problem
Companies, agencies, and nonprofits provide real challenges for your team to take on
2
In Your Course
Build It
Research users, prototype, test, and iterate with faculty guidance
3
Later in the Term
Show It
Present your solution to the partner who asked for it — and get their feedback
Outside of Class

More ways to build

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Compete in the Hackathon

One day, one real business challenge. All disciplines welcome — no coding experience required.

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Join the Organizing Team

Help plan and run the Hackathon and Build Studio events. Student-led.

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Tell us what you want to build and where you are in your program. We'll point you to the right course.

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