Program Overview

Program Overview

The Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice program is a graduate-level course offered by the University of Amsterdam. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the background, nature, and central concepts within the research domain of entrepreneurship.

Program Details

• Course catalogue number: 6314MA001Y
• Credits: 12 EC (336 hours)
• Language of instruction: English
• Entry requirements: MSc Entrepreneurship enrolment
• Time period(s): Semester 1 and Semester 2

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will:

• Have gained insight into the background, nature, and central concepts within the research domain of entrepreneurship
• Have gained insight into the societal developments that influence entrepreneurship as well as the societal and ethical implications of the entrepreneurship phenomenon
• Be able to demonstrate an academic knowledge base that enables the student to recognise, utilise, and combine multiple theoretical perspectives towards entrepreneurship
• Have worked on their ability to assess, produce, and develop innovative, viable, high-quality research-based entrepreneurial ideas in various contexts
• Have worked on the development of an attitude where boundaries between disciplines form no burden and where knowledge, concepts, methods, and perspectives from a range of disciplines are employed to generate new insights
• Be able to find, analyse, and critically assess scientific information
• Be able to systematically and creatively analyse and solve concrete problems

Contents

At the end of the course, students should have an overview of the (research) domain and its inherent multi-disciplinarity. They should know about the various approaches, topics, and the central concepts associated with entrepreneurship, and be able to apply these to a practical dilemma.

Teaching Method

The course consists of:

• Weekly: one three-hour lecture and one two-hour tutorial

Contact Hours

• Course week 1-6: Hoorcollege (6 hours/week)
• Course week 2: Werkgroep (2 hours/week)
• Course week 8: Tentamen (2 hours/week)

Study Materials

A range of journal articles has been specified by the lecturers, which will be communicated on Blackboard.

Assessment and Testing

The final grade consists of:

• One individual assignment (25%)
• One assignment in pairs (25%)
• Written final examination (50%)

Resit

A second chance is allowed for the assignments and the examination. However, the mark that one can obtain for a revision of an assignment is capped at 6. For the resit of the examination and for second chance submissions of entirely new assignments, no grade cap applies.

Remarks

This course is only available for students registered for the Master's programme in Entrepreneurship. For quality reasons, the course cannot admit other students.