Entrepreneurship (2 ECTS)
Code: C-10126-AY00CU17-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 20.11.2024 - 13.06.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 02.01.2025 - 31.08.2025
- Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 ECTS
- Institution
- LAB University of Applied Sciences, Verkkokampus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 500
- Course
- C-10126-AY00CU17
Learning outcomes
Student is able to - understand entrepreneurship through personal development - find and utilize different customer oriented business opportunities.
Teaching methods
NOTE! ******************** LAB business students have a corresponding, compulsory course included in their core competence studies.This course is for other fields of study and it is NOT intended for students in LAB Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management. ******************** This is a nonstop implementation, entirely online. You can start it any time during the enrollment period and proceed at your own pace. There is no exam for this course. Instead, it contains online assigments forming a two (2) credits set. The assignments will be done individually and submitted to the Moodle platform. They are evaluated once a month. When you submit an assignment by the end of the month, it will be reviewed by the 15th of the next month (excluding holidays).
Location and time
The course is implemented entirely as an nonstop online course. You can enroll at any time until 13 June 2025 and complete the course at any time between 2 January 2025 and 31 August 2025. The course does not require presence on campus. Please note that submissions between 13 June and 31 July will be evaluated in August.
Learning materials and recommended literature
To be given on Moodle.
Alternative completion methods of implementation
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Internship and working life connections
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Exam dates and retake possibilities
According to the valid LAB Degree Rules
International connections
Moodle platform.
Student workload
1 credit = 27 hours 2 credits = 54 hours
Content scheduling
Understanding entrepreneurship as a career option vs. employment. Prerequisites and requirements for entrepreneurship. Testing and analyzing one's own entrepreneurial qualities. Prerequisites for starting a company: the path from innovation into a business idea. Planning the practical steps for starting a company, such as - conditions for profitability - identifying risks and managing them - considering revenue streams and the cost structure - increasing awareness through marketing
Assessment methods and criteria
The individual assignments and the whole course is evaluated by pass/fail. Completing the course requires that all the assignments have been completed and approved.
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed