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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI207

Course Name:

Entrepreneurship

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

E-Learning

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. GÜLSÜM SAVCI

Course Lecturer(s):

Gülsüm Savcı

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

To develop the entrepreneurship potential of students and to give them the necessary process, research and knowledge to start their own business; to explain the factors that can make attempts successful and unsuccessful; to ensure that they master the business plan concept and its sub-elements and write a business plan with a real business idea at the end of the term.

Course Content:

This course encompasses the definition and drives of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship process; functions of entrepreneurs, creativity, creativity concept; definition of innovation, sources of innovation, principles and process of innovation; intellectual property, brand, patent, license; business plan and presentation techniques. At the end of the topics, the students are supposed to write a business plan and present it.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explain the entrepreneur and related concepts and their relations.
2) Knows the difference between innovation and creativity
3) Knows different business models
4) Defines various types of entrepreneurship
5) Prepares a business plan

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Basic Concepts: idea, inventor, invention, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, manager, innovation and others	To be given in class.
2)	Creativity & Opportunity	weekly lecture notes on blackborad
3)	Feasability and its types	weekly lecture notes on blackborad
4)	Industry and Competitive Analysis	weekly lecture notes on blackborad
5)	Marka ve fikri mülkiyet	weekly lecture notes on blackborad
6)	Business Models	weekly lecture notes on blackborad
6)	Introduction to KOSGEB’s Business Plan: Part 1 & Part2: General Information & The Features of Entrepreneurs and the Business	weekly lecture notes on blackboard
7)	Business Plan Part 3: Marketing Plan	weekly lecture notes on blackboard
8)	midterm week
9)	Business Plan Part 4 & Part5: Production Plan & Management Plan	weekly lecture notes on blackboard
10)	Business Plan Part 6: Finance Plan	weekly lecture notes on blackboard
11)	Reading Week: Evaluating groups' business plans
11)	Student Groups' Business Plan Presentations
12)	Student Groups' Business Plan Presentations
13)	Student Groups' Business Plan Presentations
14)	Student Groups' Business Plan Presentations
15)	final week
16)	final week

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Entrepreneurship" by Robert D. Hisrich, Michael P. Peters, and Dean A. Shepherd, 11th Edition (2020), McGraw-Hill Education "Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures" by Bruce R. Barringer and R. Duane Ireland, 6th Edition (2023), Pearson
References:	Entrepreneurship" by Robert D. Hisrich, Michael P. Peters, and Dean A. Shepherd, 11th Edition (2020), McGraw-Hill Education "Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures" by Bruce R. Barringer and R. Duane Ireland, 6th Edition (2023), Pearson

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) Students will have the ability to understand theories and theoretical perspectives in sociology and social sciences.
2) Students will have the knowledge of using the basic theoretical analysis and the concepts of sociology in his/her studies.
3) Students will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret social, economic and historical facts from a sociological perspective by rational thinking in social, economic and historical context.
4) Students will gain the ability to follow and evaluate classical and contemporary studies and researches written in Turkish and English around the world.
5) Students will have the ability to use the appropriate theoretical framework and research methods for a sociological research in a future study project.
6) Students can associate the research questions with the findings of the research, and report the results.
7) Students can use qualitative and quantitative reseach methods.
8) Students can use software programs which are employed in statistics by gaining statistics knowledge and acquire the ability of data process.
9) Students can think critically when they evaluate the problems of sociology or other related fields, and can judge under a critical point of view theoretical and empirical studies conducted in those fields.
10) Students develop an interest in the problems of the modern societies and they can evaluate those problems within a wide perspective.
11) Students can apply their knowledge and research skills in interdisciplinary studies and can transfer those skills to other disciplines.
12) Students have knowledge about modern world and Turkish history and can apply that knowledge in their further studies.
13) Students have a problem solving point of view in problems of social inequalities and discrimination.
14) Graduated students can develop a reflexive point of view concerning their situation as a researcher as well as a sociologist.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Students will have the ability to understand theories and theoretical perspectives in sociology and social sciences.
2)	Students will have the knowledge of using the basic theoretical analysis and the concepts of sociology in his/her studies.
3)	Students will gain the knowledge and skills to interpret social, economic and historical facts from a sociological perspective by rational thinking in social, economic and historical context.
4)	Students will gain the ability to follow and evaluate classical and contemporary studies and researches written in Turkish and English around the world.
5)	Students will have the ability to use the appropriate theoretical framework and research methods for a sociological research in a future study project.
6)	Students can associate the research questions with the findings of the research, and report the results.
7)	Students can use qualitative and quantitative reseach methods.
8)	Students can use software programs which are employed in statistics by gaining statistics knowledge and acquire the ability of data process.
9)	Students can think critically when they evaluate the problems of sociology or other related fields, and can judge under a critical point of view theoretical and empirical studies conducted in those fields.
10)	Students develop an interest in the problems of the modern societies and they can evaluate those problems within a wide perspective.
11)	Students can apply their knowledge and research skills in interdisciplinary studies and can transfer those skills to other disciplines.
12)	Students have knowledge about modern world and Turkish history and can apply that knowledge in their further studies.
13)	Students have a problem solving point of view in problems of social inequalities and discrimination.
14)	Graduated students can develop a reflexive point of view concerning their situation as a researcher as well as a sociologist.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	4	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	56
Study Hours Out of Class	14	28
Presentations / Seminar	4	16
Midterms	2	15
Final	4	4
Total Workload		119