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Location: Launceston

This is a University Connections Program (UCP) unit. Please refer to the UCP website for more information.

Introduction

Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity, and innovation. It is also about having a passion for doing the things that are important to you and making the world a better place by solving problems in innovative ways. It is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset and being the kind of person who sees problems as opportunities and is not afraid of doing the hard work of building something from nothing. 

In this unit you will learn about the elements of an entrepreneurial mindset and how to cultivate these traits and behaviours in your own life.  You will learn how to use design thinking to reframe problems as potential opportunities.  You will learn how to come up with new business and social enterprise ideas, and how to evaluate those ideas and find the most promising ones amongst them.  You will learn how to use the lean startup methodology to build a business that learns quickly and outpaces its competitors.  You will learn how to build viable and sustainable business models around your own innovative product ideas and how to evolve those business models over time in response to lessons you learn as you continue to develop your business.  Finally, you will learn the important art of pitching and how to convince other people to join you in your entrepreneurial mission, as cofounders, employees, or investors. 

While we often think of entrepreneurship as being solely concerned with new businesses, in this unit you will learn how to apply the tools, skills and mindsets of entrepreneurship more broadly.  You will learn how to apply the tools you learn about in this unit to your work within larger organisations and to not-for-profit businesses and social enterprises as well.  By the end of this unit, you will be equipped with a range of methods that you can use to develop innovative new ideas and put them into practice.

Summary

Unit name Entrepreneurship
Unit code UCP002
Credit points 12.5
College/School Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline Management
Coordinator Mr James Riggall
Available as an elective? No
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Foundation or Enabling

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Launceston Full Year Period This unit is available through off-campus delivery Available to Domestic Students
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  • This unit is available through off-campus delivery Off-Campus
  • Available to International Students International students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Full Year Period 22/02/2027 17/08/2027 31/10/2027 31/10/2027

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Learning Outcomes

  • Develop opportunities and innovative business models using entrepreneurial thinking and practice.
  • Justify evidence-based entrepreneurial propositions to professional audiences and investors.

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
089999 $2,253.00 $1,764.00 not applicable

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Requisites

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

ZAA234 and BAA211

Teaching

AssessmentInvestor Pitch + Workbook (50%)|Opportunity Pitch + Workbook (50%)
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Textbooks

Required

Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Recommended

The recommended textbook for this unit is:

Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset (2nd Edition, 2020). Written by Neck, H., Neck, C. and Murray, E.

You can purchase physical and digital copies of the textbook directly via the publisher or through Amazon, Booktopia and other online stores. Please note that this textbook is not required to succeed in this unit, however, you will find it is useful if you are able to access a copy. There are also a range of other recommended readings. You can find details for these recommendations on MyLO.

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