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

Content

There are four core "strands" of learning that run throughout the three years: 

• Team Company - The "spine" of the course. You'll learn about the theory and then apply the practice of internal governance and processes - the nuts and bolts of any successful venture. You'll discover the importance of clarity around team rules, roles, activities, decision-making processes, developing targets and measuring progress. You'll also see why the running of team training sessions, workshops and other learning activity and team projects and ventures really matters. Working well with others is what makes the enterprise world go round.
• Self-Leadership - There's is no leadership of others without leadership of self. You'll learn the theory and practice to intentionally influence your thinking, feelings and actions towards achieving your personal and team objectives. 
• Learning by Doing - A dynamic process of acting and reflecting. Applying different reflective frameworks and methodologies will help you to identify and develop the wide range of entrepreneurial competencies you'll need to thrive in any business environment.
• Learning from Others - Develop your capacity to listen and learn, to absorb, adopt and adapt the work of others through enquiry and research. You'll learn skills for identifying, evaluating and applying relevant theories, models, frameworks and methodologies, and to bring criticality and challenge into your entrepreneurial thought processes.

Progression along the years

As you'd expect, the complexity, challenge and expectations of Team Entrepreneurs from their projects and assignments increases each year: 

• Year one - routine and habits, building practices as individuals and teams, individual and team project experiments and reflecting.
• Year two - develop practices as individuals and teams, develop projects and businesses, and specialisation as a team entrepreneur.
• Final year - high performing individuals, growing ventures and businesses, high performing teams, and exit strategy from the course.

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

Year zero (foundation year)

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

You'll 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.

The modules you'll study are as follows:

Year one

You'll 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'll 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'll 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

When you join the course, you'll become part of a Team Company with up to 19 other Team Entrepreneurs. Just as you would in the real world, you'll be a team throughout your four year 'career' as an undergraduate.

Together you'll train on the job, combining this with academic work to gain the knowledge, habits and competencies of effective individual and team working. 

With your team, you'll run your own training sessions, supported by your experienced team coach. You'll also receive regular input from 'mentors in residence' who are successful and experienced in a range of sectors and businesses.

You'll also engage in a wide range of professional workshops and personal development sessions to ensure you develop your entrepreneurial potential. Although there are no formal lectures, you're welcome to attend selected lectures offered on other undergraduate courses at UWE Bristol.

You and your teammates will be relying on each other in running your own company and learning, so this is a full-time commitment. You'll be expected to attend six hours of team coaching (training sessions) each week.

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

Assessment of your development and progression is rigorous and continuous and the complexity, challenge and expectations increase each year. 

We're passionate about ensuring that your learning and development is routinely and fairly assessed, supporting you in achieving the learning outcomes of this course.

Assessment methods include presentations, pitches, essays, portfolios, reports and formal examinations.

Learn more about assessments.

Approximate percentage of marks awarded by each assessment method*:

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