Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes for this course, upon successful completion, include the ability to: 1) evaluate your own entrepreneurial tendencies, 2) appraise what it takes for a business idea to become an opportunity, and 3) prepare a business model including pro forma financial projections for sustainable operations.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 07.04.2025 - 25.04.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Gregory O'Shea

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This course is designed to foster an understanding of entrepreneurship in the context of innovation and the global economy. The course provides the knowledge and skills to develop a business model and an understanding of feasibility analysis and business plans. The course includes idea formation, opportunity identification, industry and competitor analysis, funding and financial stability, intellectual property, and other forms of new venture creation.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Module 10
  2025-2026 Module 10

  Registration:

  The course is targeted only for the Mikkeli Campus students.

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