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Hobart, Launceston

Introduction

This unit introduces you to entrepreneurial opportunities and gives you the theory behind developing, pricing and promoting and goods and services. Creative entrepreneurs look outside existing social, economic and cultural paradigms to create new and innovative partnerships. They cultivate new markets for existing products and services. They engage in research and development to create new solutions to contemporary problems. In this unit, you will examine the role and activities of entrepreneurs working in creative industries, consider the socio-economic value of creative entrepreneurship, and analyse the mindset of the creative entrepreneur. You will also develop a business model for a marketable product or service.

Summary 2021

Unit name Creative Entrepreneur
Unit code ZAD124
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School University College
Discipline STEAM
Coordinator

Keith Deverell

Available as student elective? Yes
Breadth Unit? No

Availability

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Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and describe entrepreneurial qualities and practices in creative industries
2. Evaluate and test the viability of entrepreneurial ideas
3. Apply design thinking to the development of a viable entrepreneurial idea
4. Reflect on entrepreneurial practice and opportunity for self development

Fees

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

3 hour weekly studio.

Assessment

AT1: Creative Entrepreneur Case Study (30%)

AT2: Entrepreneur Project Portfolio (30%)

AT3: Business Model Canvas (40%)

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Textbooks

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