Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Entrepreneurship requires the development of entrepreneurial capacity that is targeted more broadly than employment, and a mindset that goes beyond launching a new venture. Not only does entrepreneurship-focused education provide knowledge and skills to lead a rewarding, self-determined professional life, it implies the ability to create value for others.Students in the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be well placed to add significant social, cultural, and economic value to society through the entrepreneurial activity that spans their careers.The Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation is designed to deliver graduates with a solid grounding in business knowledge and skills, experience addressing and solving problems and an open and creative mindset supportive of business innovation.The course focuses on the development and application of an entrepreneurial mindset, as well as fostering skills and attributes in specific contexts to create value for others, such as organisations, institutional bodies, and individuals. While there are other courses on offer related to this field, this proposed course is distinguished by an immersive, problem-based, and dynamic approach to learning.Based on the principle that active learning provides opportunities for students to fail, change direction, adjust and succeed (Brush, Neck and Greene, 2015; Hatt, 2019), the course seeks to build skills as well as entrepreneurial identity and mindset from the outset, with an emphasis on ‘learning by doing’ in interdisciplinary teams. The Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation encourages students to develop and demonstrate a depth of knowledge of entrepreneurial frameworks and their appropriate application to real-world ventures. Students engage with innovation methodologies, with a focus on design thinking. They engage with all aspects of the entrepreneurial process early, including validation, to understand the steps in the successful development of entrepreneurial ventures.The teaching of the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation integrates the practical experience of industry specialists with a strong academic approach. It also lays the foundation of a coherent and cohesive body of understanding at the general business level, entrepreneur, and innovation discipline areas.[112715M]