Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required Modules
You are required to take:
- Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs (15 credits)
- International Competitiveness, Business Strategy, and Innovation (15 credits)
- Venture Financing (15 credits)
- Venture Growth (15 credits)
- Research Methods (15 credits)
- MSc Strategic Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Programme Workshops (0 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional Modules
In addition, you are required to take 45 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:
- Business Model Innovation and Intellectual Property (15 credits)
- Digital Marketing (15 credits)
- Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
- High-tech Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation (15 credits)
- Entrepreneurship in Family Business (15 credits)
- European Business Context and Corporate Strategies (15 credits)
Teaching methods - what to expect
We use lectures, seminars, workshops and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.
The total contact time for each 15-credit taught module is typically 20-30 hours. These sessions will include lectures, teacher-led and student-led group discussions based on the main areas of study. Each 15-credit taught also module has approximately 120-130 hours of self-guided learning time.
For the Dissertation module, you will receive a 3-hour long workshop plus an additional 3 hours of one-to-one supervision.
Typically, 1 credit equates to 10 hours of work.
We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment.
Assessment
- Written examination
- Coursework
- Individual or group projects and presentations
- Dissertation
Throughout the degree students are assessed by a variety of methods, which include written examinations, coursework and individual or group projects and presentations for the taught modules. The dissertation submitted in September each year is worth 60 credits.