21932 Start-up Lab 1
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Credit points: 10 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Pass fail, no marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject helps students develop and execute on various aspects of their entrepreneurial idea. Students agree learning contracts with teaching staff based on their mutual assessment of development needs and key risk and opportunities for their start-up idea. Students choose from a catalogue of online and experiential learning activities and related teaching and learning modules to develop and apply entrepreneurial capabilities and mindsets, and make hands-on experiences to deliver real-world outcomes. The subject also requires the student to produce a project proposal of about 10,000 words based on an original problem of an applied nature. The project proposal is expected to demonstrate the student's competency to conceptualise, conduct and present outcomes and findings based on their own research and experimentation in an independent and applied manner.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| 1. | Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical concepts and practical frameworks of entrepreneurship |
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| 2. | Apply entrepreneurial skills and processes to develop innovative ideas and entrepreneurial initiatives |
| 3. | Develop a project proposal to commercialise the entrepreneurial idea |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The subject contributes to developing skills of entrepreneurial collaboration, system thinking, relationship management, and research methods.
This subject contributes to the development of the following graduate attribute(s):
- Intellectual rigour and innovative problem solving
- Communication and collaboration
- Professional and technical competence
This subject also contributes specifically to develop the learning required to deliver the following Program Learning Objective(s):
- Apply creative, critical and analytical thinking to review and progress an entrepreneurial project (1.1)
- Communicate findings, entrepreneurial ideas, solutions and strategies to a range of audiences and apply interpersonal skills that are sensitive to diverse people, cultures and contexts (2.1)
- Evaluate and adapt social, ethical, sustainability and diverse cultural, including Indigenous, perspectives in the context of their start-up idea (3.1)
- Synthesise disciplinary based subject matter, relevant business knowledge, social perspectives, including Indigenous business knowledge and values, to demonstrate entrepreneurship in practice (4.1)
- Apply findings from experimentation, field research and theoretical consideration to their start-up project (4.2)
Teaching and learning strategies
The subject draws upon a catalogue of learning modules to develop entrepreneurship capabilities, mindsets, experiences and outcomes. Modules are articulated as 6-8-hour units of content, delivered via online engagement, experiential learning and/or an in class. Learning contracts are agreed between teaching staff and each student based on pre-established learning paths and/or assessment of current state of a students' entrepreneurial journey. A students’ journey through the curriculum is needs based and in Start-up Lab 1 focused on establishing foundation business skills (especially for students with no prior knowledge in business) while working towards developing an entrepreneurial proposal.
Content (topics)
Subject content varies depending on students’ needs and is agreed with teaching staff.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Proposal
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1, 2 and 3 |
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| Type: | Report |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 100% |
Minimum requirements
Pass/Fail
Required texts
Readings and other resources will be provided online.