ESC-20065 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

Students who have taken the Foundation Level module (ESC-00007 -Entrepreneurship Level 3) or the FHEQ Level-4 version of the module (ESC-10056 Entrepreneurship Level 4).

Description for 2024/25

Entrepreneurship is a widely-used but little understood concept, often equated with new and innovative business ventures. It is often touted as the panacea for economic growth and development and a source of new jobs and new ideas. However, entrepreneurs also require a sound knowledge of how to set up a company and promote their business.
This module aims to introduce you to the concept of entrepreneurship and new venture start-up and its role in economic and business development in particular. This will enable you to appreciate the skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip you with relevant employability skills. Students will be arranged into teams at the start of the module and will carry out an assessed skills-based project to develop an entrepreneurial business activity, including preparing a detailed business plan and presenting the venture to staff experienced in business development as a viable investment proposition.

This module aims to introduce students to the concept of the entrepreneur, the processes in new venture development and the role and importance of entrepreneurship and innovation in economic progress. This will enable them to appreciate and develop skills required to create or begin a new business venture and equip them with relevant and transferable employability skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically discuss the nature and characteristics of the entrepreneur and the economic and social role of entrepreneurship in the contemporary economy; will be achieved by assessments: 1
recognise and use the skills, resources and knowledge necessary to plan and develop a new business venture; will be achieved by assessments: 1,2,3
identify and quantify risks and address the conditions that restrict the development of new business ventures in a business plan; will be achieved by assessments: 1,2,3
describe and explain the various roles of the private and public sectors in stimulating entrepreneurship and business development; will be achieved by assessments: 1,2,3
effectively communicate the planned business venture orally and visually to a specialist and non specialist audience via a structured group presentation and in written form; will be achieved by assessments: 2,3
reflect on the skills and attributes required to become an entrepreneur. will be achieved by assessments: 1

Study hours

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity:
Core lectures including assessed group presentation: 12 hours
Plenary lectures by invited speakers: 2 hours
Business development support tutorials: 12 hours
Guided Independent Study:
Set background reading and lecture preparation: 20 hours
Essay preparation and writing: 16 hours
Independent research into business idea, business plan preparation and group presentation preparation: 88 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment