About this module

This 10-credit elective module is offered to all students across the University, regardless of your degree programme.

It has been created to encourage you to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in support of:

• identifying and advancing towards your personal goals
• helping your employment prospects; and
• creating positive change for yourself and others.

Developed by academics in Strathclyde Business School and University learning technologists, the module does not sit in any degree programme specifically. Rather it is part of the University-wide entrepreneurship strategy, Strathclyde Inspire, which aims to make the benefits of entrepreneurial thinking available to all by developing the competences mapped to the Entrepreneurial Strathclyder:

• collaborative
• value creator
• forward thinker
• effective communicator
• resilient.

How will the module be delivered?

This elective module will be delivered online, via the University’s virtual learning environment, MyPlace. There are no face-to-face sessions and there are no synchronous online sessions, e.g. Zoom meetings.

How will I access learning resources?

After completion of some prerequisite online tasks (e.g. reading the module outline), you will automatically get access to the learning resources and activities for the first teaching session, which covers the first three weeks of the module; material for the remaining 3 sections will be released in weeks 4, 7 and 10.

How will I access the core textbook?

The online version of the core textbook is available to all students for free. Instructions on how you should access the ebook are posted on the module home page. Hard copies of the book are also available in the Andersonian Library for week- and day-long borrowing.

How is the module graded?

There are three formally graded elements:

• assessed Multiple Choice Question quizzes
• assessed short answer (aka fill-in-the-blanks) quizzes
• short online text essay questions.

The quizzes are based on chapter readings from the core textbook, “Entrepreneurial Thinking: Mindset in Action”, a book that is co-authored by the lead academic on this module, Dr Suzanne Mawson. The short answer quizzes and online text essay questions are both based on the topical application of the key concepts delivered in the interviews with leading entrepreneurial thinkers across multiple industries.

What kind of support will I get?

The module is supported by the EET Support Team:

• an academic co-ordinator
• a senior learning technologist
• a departmental administrator.

How will the learning in this module help me in the future?

This module will help you to recognise how entrepreneurial thinking and activity can take place in a range of contexts – e.g.:

• venture start-up
• within existing organisations
• to address social issues and inequalities
• within your personal life.

What you learn will encourage you to consider the mechanisms through which entrepreneurial thinking can create value and will offer relatable illustrations with a view to exemplify and inspire your own entrepreneurial behaviour.

Enrolment

Look for Exploring Entrepreneurial Thinking in your programme handbook, the module catalogue, or ask your advisor of study. For study during Semester 1 the course code is Z1129. For study during Semester 2 the course code is Z1128.