Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

This course introduces you to the basic principles and concepts of entrepreneurship and the skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur. You will gain insights into sustainable entrepreneurship, the required skills, and related challenges as well as the many different options for pursuing entrepreneurship. The course consists of online lectures by experienced entrepreneurs from different fields of business as well as learning assignments. This is completely an online course without dependencies to period schedules.

Upon completion of the course, you will:
- understand complex entrepreneurial phenomena
- understand the skills entrepreneurs need
- be familiar with the different types of business structures
- understand the key competencies for sustainable entrepreneurship
- know how business ideas are generated
- have an understanding of future business trends
- be able to consider entrepreneurship as a potential career option
- describe your own skills and competencies

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Content (course unit)

The course consists of online lectures and learning tasks. You get to give, and you get, peer feedback and have the opportunity to network with visiting lecturers. Each lecture will include an interesting real-life story told by an experienced entrepreneur to shed light on the challenges and decisions they have faced on their career path. You will discuss and reflect on your learning and complete learning assignments to broaden your perspectives. In addition, you will expand your knowledge by reading literature, articles and other online materials (such as MOOC courses).

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

To pass the course, you must demonstrate that you have achieved the expected learning outcomes –namely an understanding of the key principles of sustainable entrepreneurship – in the form of a learning diary or other prescribed assignment. You will be expected to assess and analyse your own abilities and motives of becoming an entrepreneur.

A student will receive a failing grade if he or she does not demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena and the related concepts. A student who is not able to describe the required skills and asses his or her own capabilities to pursue sustainable entrepreneurship will also fail the course.

Location and time

Moodle

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

This course is done completely online and independently in Moodle, and you can complete it at your own pace, at a time that suits you.

You can start the course right away on Moodle. You don’t have to wait to be accepted on the course, you can start studying when you want. In order to get the credits, you also have to sign up officially in Pakki (TAMK Students) / Cross-Institutional Service (TAU Students). Please note that during the holiday seasons there are delays in the awarding of credits.

Moodle: https://moodle.tuni.fi/course/view.php?id=29170
Moodle enrolment key is: Marshmallow

When you want to start the course, sign up officially in Pakki / Cross-Institutional Service.
TAMK Student: enroll in Pakki, with the code NN00FA93-3008
TAU student: enroll via Cross-Institutional Service, with the code NN00FA933008

! TAU-student: Cross-Institutional Service will be closed on 31st of May – 31st of July. During that period, you can already start and do the course on Moodle. In August you have to sign up officially in Cross-Institutional Service and after that coach will register you and you will get your credits.

Learning materials

Articles, videos and other literature given in the course.

Student workload

5 cr = 135 hours of student work.
Lectures = 10 hours.
Completion of tasks = 40 hours.
Giving feedback to other tasks = 8 hours.
Other materials: instructions, videos, articles, other literature = 77 hours.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

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.