Innovation & Entrepreneurship Studies
Location: Bø
Duration: 1 year
ECTS Credits: 60
Admission Requirements: 2 years Higher Education / practical experience
Qualification: Can form part of BA
Programme Code: HiT 220 923
Content:
The core of this programme are the topics of creativity, learning and purposeful effort. The programme will provide students with the knowledge and understanding of how to manage innovation. Through project work students will receive training in how to cope with real problems and choices. Through courses, seminars and discussions students will learn to see the development process in a broader perspective, and gain knowledge of models and working methods which will result in better structures for processes which may seem chaotic to many.
Courses:
Innovative Business Development (30 ECTS). Product Development (10 ECTS). Project Management (5 ECTS). Intellectual Property Law (10 ECTS). Employment Law (5 ECTS).
Teaching and learning methods:
Group tasks and discussion are central to the programme. The programme also includes guest speakers, theme seminars and study trips.
Careers / further study:
On completion of the programme graduates will be well equipped to develop business ideas and to start a business, and may also work on development-orientated projects in the public and private sectors, or pursue further studies such as a Master’s degree.