BA(Hons) Business (Team Entrepreneurship) (with Foundation Year)

Content

Year zero (foundation year)

Development of your academic skills and your understanding of law, economics, accounting, business and management.

You will study:

• Becoming a Professional
• Introduction to Organisations, Enterprise and Management 
• Economics and Accounting for the Real World
• Introduction to Law in a Social, Business and Global Context.

You normally need to pass all modules in your foundation year before going into Year one.

Year one

You will study:

• Running a Learning Organisation 1 (focuses on how to form your team)
• Managing My Learning and Development 1 (focuses on self-directed learning)
• Enterprising and Entrepreneurial Practice 1 (focuses on exploring venture creation)
• Enquiry into Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 1 (focuses on how to access expert knowledge).

Year two:

You will study:

• Running a Learning Organisation 2 (focuses on how to test team capabilities)
• Managing My Learning and Development 2 (teaches you more about self-leadership)
• Enterprising and Entrepreneurial Practice 2 (focuses on evaluating entrepreneurial opportunities)
• Enquiry into Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 2 (focuses on how to select your specialism).

Final year

You will study:

• Running a Learning Organisation 3 (focuses on leveraging your team's performance)
• Managing My Learning and Development 3 (teaches you more about self-mastery)
• Enterprising and Entrepreneurial Practice 3 (focuses on refining entrepreneurial competencies)
• Enquiry into Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 3 (focuses on how to deliver thought leadership).

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

In the first few weeks you'll form a team of up to 20 students, and work on real projects with the potential to earn your own income while gaining entrepreneurial experience.

Your Team Company will run its own training sessions with the support of an experienced team coach. You'll also join professional workshops and personal development sessions to ensure you develop your entrepreneurial potential.

On this course you'll train on the job, writing reports, delivering presentations, filling forms and managing cash flow. By combining this with academic work, you'll develop the habits of lifelong learners.

Throughout the course, you'll provide evidence of how you have learned from your projects and your study. You'll work within your Team Company, and be supported by your team coach, to share and develop your learning.

You'll get used to keeping business hours, managing day-to-day challenges, dealing with customers and clients and learn how a real business works. Learn by doing real work on real projects, alongside other members of your Team Company.

You'll be provided with an extensive list of relevant books, journals, videos and other learning materials from a diverse range of authors. Read up on topics such as sales and marketing, and leadership and entrepreneurship, so you can apply these skills to your own projects. Develop insight into how these ideas work in practice.

You'll join professional workshops and mentoring sessions as you explore the issues involved when setting up and running your own ventures. There are no lectures on this course, though you can attend selected lectures offered on other courses. 

Your team coaches will support and guide your Team Company through the duration of the course. Whenever you need more specialist guidance, your coach will help you find a suitable source.

You'll demonstrate your learning by completing projects and project reports, making presentations and by undertaking research and writing reflective essays.

Your learning will be enhanced by giving and receiving feedback with fellow team entrepreneurs and your Team Coach.

See our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Approximate percentage of time you'll spend in different learning activities*:

*Calculated from compulsory and optional modules (where applicable) each year

Study time

You'll be expected to attend eight hours of team coaching each week for 36 weeks of the year.

As well as these sessions, there will be a range of workshops, tutorials and collaborative sessions that you need to attend so you fully benefit from the course.

You and your team mates will be running your own company and you should expect this course to be a full-time commitment.

Assessment

You'll be assessed through your learning portfolio and written coursework assignments. There are no exams on this course.

You'll demonstrate the knowledge you've gained and the application of that knowledge through your learning portfolios, which typically include:

• Pre- and post-project reports
• Research
• Activity logs
• Reflections on your learning
• Reflections on feedback from team coaches and peers.

See our full glossary of assessment terms.

Approximate percentage of marks awarded by each assessment method*:

*Calculated from compulsory and optional modules (where applicable) each year