Curricula

Objective

1. Students are aware of internal entrepreneurship, becoming an entrepreneur and the significance of entrepreneurship and innovations in society

2. Students understand the principles of profitable business activities and the business logic of their field

3. Students understand the role of customership in business and other activities and knows how to apply that knowledge to identify customers for their own know-how

4. Students demonstrate an ability to manage themselves in an entrepreneur-like way in a customer-oriented group

5. Students know how to identify needs in customer-service situations and services and know how to develop these into product opportunities (or business opportunities)

6. Students recognise and understand their own capacities and attitudes concerning entrepreneurship.

7. Students are aware of and are capable of utilising the JAMK entrepreneurship and innovation environment and related support services.

EA-ER EUR-ACE Engineering practice: Students know how to identify needs in customer-service situations and services and know how to develop these into product opportunities (or business opportunities)

EA-TR EUR-ACE Transferable skills: Students are aware of internal entrepreneurship, becoming an entrepreneur and the significance of entrepreneurship and innovations in society

YHTYR Entrepreneurship skills/YHTTY Working life skills:
Students demonstrate an ability to manage themselves in an entrepreneur-like way in a customer-oriented group.

Content

Most of the entrepreneur section is implemented in school/department/ or degree programme specific groups. The students are using their own experiences, observations and knowledge acquisition skills, try to find needs and demand for which they develop their own solution (product concept) in their field of expertise.

The few person small groups examine the business potential of their idea and share the ideas of their groups and their chances of success in a larger group.

The ideas are tested by potential customers and will be developed according customer feedback. Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Creation are main tools in this work. Students acquire basic information on entrepreneurship and profitable business in functional ways. Students test their capacity for entrepreneurship and expend their understanding of their field with cases from corporate life.

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment of learning is ’development-oriented evaluation’. Learning assessment is based on competence goals, qualitative and criteria-based, and self-evaluation by the student plays an important role in the process. Objects of evaluation are stated in ‘Items of assessment’.

The learning outcomes are assessed in relation to the competence goals for the course.

The course assessment criteria are:
Active participation, approved completion of learning tasks and exercises.

In addition, assessment focuses on ascertaining that the student’s demonstrations and analysis of entrepreneurship-orientation, customerships and operating environments are operating such understanding of business that can result in profitable business. Students demonstrate the ability to bear responsibility and have proven capable of initiative-oriented. Students recognise potential customers for their know-how. Students are active members of the community.