6 EC
Semester 1, period 3
53548ENF6Y
Entrepreneurship, defined here as ‘the creation, discovery and exploitation of value-adding opportunities’, is an increasingly important subject for students and professionals, also in the discipline of physics. The growing complexity and accelerating dynamics of the technologies that lie behind life sciences pre-clinical studies, medical treatments, alternative and sustainable energy sources, innovative material, micro- and nanodevices, and complex research projects in the high energy particle physics and astrophysics sectors, emphatically urge professionals to think, act, and communicate in an entrepreneurial way.
In this course, students will learn the ropes of this emerging field via three educational pillars:
1) Students will be learning modern theories of entrepreneurship, with focus on the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainable entrepreneurship, valorization of knowledge, and entrepreneurial competences.
2) They will familiarize with a set of entrepreneurial soft skills, which they will put into practice when they will be asked to approach different stakeholders to further their projects to gain commitments or to obtain important information. For this purpose, the students will receive training in generating initial ideas for opportunities, and networking and network utilization.
3) They will be introduced to business planning. For this purpose, the students, supported by guest lecturers and coaching sessions, will write (in small groups) a Business Model Canvas report around an innovative idea that they deem interesting for entrance into the market.
All projects and initiatives will of course revolve around innovative ideas emerging from physics research activities.
At the start of the course, students will be given a list of papers and other literature material needed for the course. All the material will be made available in Canvas or via the library.
After the successful completion of this course, the student will:
- Understand and be able to apply the basic elements of entrepreneurship.
- Understand, analyze, and evaluate the social and ecological aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship.
- Analyze and evaluate business cases related to entrepreneurship.
- Create a business idea and a business plan.
- Understand, be able to apply, analyze, evaluate, and create an entrepreneurial process that brings a scientific idea to market.
- Lectures
- Case analyses
- Computer simulations
- Individual feedback
Activity | Hours | |
Hoorcollege | 26.25 | |
Tentamen | 5.5 | |
Self study | 136.25 | |
Total | 168 | (6 EC x 28 uur) |
Requirements concerning attendance (OER-B).
| Item and weight | Details |
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Final grade | |
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50% Tentamen | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
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40% BCM | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
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10% Case Analysis | Must be ≥ 5.5 |
To inspect the assessed work, students can schedule an appointment with the teacher.
10% group work on a business case: students will provide a set of slides, with narrative description, on a entrepreneurship in physics case that the teachers will select
40% group work on Business Canvas Model: students will create a short business plan, based on the BCM, on an idea-to-market program that relates to the topic of physics
50% individual work via standard written exam: the written exam comprises theoretical questions and mini-cases.
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
This information will be provided at the start of the course.