Entrepreneurship (3op)

Tavoitteet

After completing this course, students are able to:
- recognize the importance of entrepreneurship in the national economy
- evaluate the necessary personal skills and attitudes to be an entrepreneur
- identify the essential parts of the entrepreneurial process

Sisältö

Entrepreneurship challenge
Business opportunities: business idea identification and development
Building the business plan: financial, risk and marketing considerations
Practices of creating a new enterprise

Opiskelumateriaali

Learning material is provided by the teacher.

Recommended readings: The Lean Startup by Eric Reis

Opiskelumuodot ja -menetelmät

This course is tailored for students who want to run their own businesses or those are interested in entrepreneurship activities

The course is carried out by way of contact teaching on Kotka campus according to a weekly schedule. Remote participation is not possible. As a rule, scheduled contact lessons are not recorded nor duplicated by online lectures.
• Students make progress by attending scheduled lessons and completing tasks and assignments individually or in groups.
• The teacher provides guidance during lessons.
• The assessed assignments are completed independently and in group.
• Feedback is provided by different methods, in writing and/or orally. Also, peer feedback can be used.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

No RDI or worklife related collaboration. A guest lecture might be arranged depending upon the availability of the guest

Tenttien ja tehtävien ajoittuminen

An assignment must be completed according to the given instructions.

A project assignment must be completed in a small group by the end of the course.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

In a 3 credit course, the student workload is almost 80-90 hours

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The student’s performance is assessed with reference to the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course.

Course assessment is 5-0.