Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Commercializing a Product or a Service | Creating a business model | Developing an idea | Health Technology Entrepreneurship Studies (BBTM.TEK-S44) | Sustainable Entrepreneurship Studies (TAU.YHT.KEYR)
Expand your perspectives on entrepreneurship and learn to understand different phenomena related to entrepreneurship!
Foundations of Entrepreneurship is a course that invites you to explore entrepreneurship from various perspectives. We examine entrepreneurship from a societal standpoint, from the entrepreneur’s point of view, through the eyes of the customer, and from the perspective of building a business, including the fundamentals of creating a business idea.
A hands-on course in your own pace
Entrepreneurship is not something that just happens; it requires planning, ambiguous actions, experimentation, and testing, as well as conscious thinking, but above all, perseverance.
This hands-on course is conducted entirely online, allowing for independent study.
After completion the course, the student
- understands the diverse phenomena of entrepreneurship
- can apply the necessary skills in entrepreneurship
- comprehend and put into practice aspects related to developing a business idea
- comprehend trends related to customer understanding
- master cost thinking
- understand the differences between entrepreneurship and wage labor.
- can consider entrepreneurship as one career option.
The course consists of six components, built upon curated materials and introductory texts related to the topic. Each section includes tasks with varying themes (multiple choice, essays, mind maps, etc.).
Additionally, the course may have specific sections tailored to different fields, for example, for students in the social and health care sector.
Throughout the course, various forms of entrepreneurship, the significance of entrepreneurship in Finland, the development of business ideas, finances, customers, and personal prerequisites for becoming an entrepreneur are covered.
Approved when you have demonstrated successful work towards the learning goals: you understand the main aspects in entrepreneurial phenomena. You can assess your own skills and motives of becoming an entrepreneur. You have done the learning assignments and completed the learning diary.
Failed if you have not succeeded in understanding the phenomena of entrepreneurship. You have not mastered the learning targets in a way that you could describe the required skills and asses your own capabilities in the field of entrepreneurship.
Course information
Credits: 5 ects
Course code: NN00GY19-3002
Study method: Independent work
Experience level: Start with these
Location: Online
Date: Non-stop
Period: Nonstop
Organizer: HUBS
Contact person
Contact person
Sanna Tahlo
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