General provisions

The course is offered as a single subject course and can be included in an education programme at Uppsala University according to the degree system. The course syllabus was approved by the board of the Department of Business Studies on delegation from the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Entry requirements

60 credits

Learning outcomes

This course prepares participants for a future career as entrepreneurs and founders of new companies. They gain practical insights into those aspects of running a business that are particularly salient during the early development of a new company.

By the end of the course, participants will know how to identify and account for some of the most common challenges involved in starting a company or launching a new business venture within an established organisation. Specifically, they will be able to:

• independently design a business plan and effectively communicate and "sell" new business concepts to other people,
• distinguish between different sources of financing and assess which best fit the requirements of the new entrepreneurial venture,
• understand financial statements (balance sheet and income statement, and cash flow analysis),
• independently perform an environmental analysis and formulate a business strategy for the new venture that can be communicated to external stakeholders,
• independently plan for the internationalisation of the new venture through foreign market entry,
• independently plan for the launching and developing of new business ventures inside established corporations,
• work in a group and jointly understand the basic prerequisites of entrepreneurship.

Content

The Entrepreneurship course has a distinctly practical orientation. Discussions are carried out about real-life cases to identify and deal with common problems and challenges during the early start-up phase of a company. Analytical models and tools are applied to issues such as selling and marketing new products and services, understanding financial statements, financing the growing firm, competitive strategy, entry into foreign markets, and entrepreneurship inside the established corporation.

Instruction

The course inludes lectures and seminars and is taught in English.

Assessment

The examination consists of two modules:

1. Seminars, groupwise and individual assignments, 2,5 credits (U, G)
2. Individual written test, 5 credits (U, G, VG)

and a collective grade is given for the entire course, 7,5 credits.

Grading criteria are presented in the study guide that applies to the course section. Examinations that are not submitted on time will not be graded, unless special circumstances can be substantiated. Any supplemental assignments considering Module 1 must be submitted at the latest at a time specified in the study guide.

In Module 1 the grades Fail (U) and Pass (G) are used. In Module 2 the grades Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG) are used. For a Pass (G) as a collective grade of the entire course, a Pass (G) is required on Module 1 and 2, respectively. For a Pass with distinction (VG) as a collective grade of the entire course, a Pass (G) is required on Module 1 and a Pass with distinction (VG) is required on Module 2.

For a student who has not attained a passing grade on Module 1, there is the opportunity to be examined via re-registration at a future course section. Students who have not attained a passing grade on Module 2, can be examined without re-registration via a re-exam at subsequent course sections.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Uppsala University does not accept cheating or plagiarism. Suspected incidents of cheating or plagiarism are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, which may issue a formal warning to the student or suspend the student from studies for a certain period.

NOTE: Only completed courses can count toward a degree.

Other regulations

The course overlaps/substitutes among others the following courses: Entrepreneurship A 2FE031, Entrepreneurship 2FE033, Entrepreneurship 2FE026, Entrepreneurship, Basic Course A 2FE012, Entrepreneurship, avancerad kurs D 2FE623, Entrepreneurship 8FE623.