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BED-3905 Master`s Thesis in Business Creation and Entrepreneurship - 30 stp


The course is administrated by

Handelshøgskolen ved UiT

Type of course

The course is reserved for students who are admitted to the Master of Science in Business Creation and Entrepreneurship and can not be taken as a singular course.

Course contents

During the spring semester, the students are developing their projects. They will write about their development in form of a master thesis.

The master thesis consists of four parts.


Objective of the course

Students who have successfully completed the course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge and comprehension: •

Knowledge about the importance and specific challenges of academic entrepreneurship •

Knowledge about the impact of technological innovations on business performance and commercialization

•Knowledge of how to understand the market challenges of associated with introducing technological innovations

• Knowledge of how to summarize key financial, technological and market figures in a business plan

 

Skills:

The course should prepare the student to: •

Situate a research problem within the academic entrepreneurship literature •

Analyze technological innovations •

Analyze the market potential for technological innovations •

Develop a business plan for commercializing a technological innovation

 

Competence: •

Ability to develop a commercialization strategy for a new university spinoff •

Ability to evaluate the commercial potential of research based ideas •

Ability to translate the technological and market need into a decision making document for investors


Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

The spring semester is open for students own work. However, each of the groups have access to a supervisor. Further, they work with the idea owner and with Connect.

Connect provides a lecture about the business plan and the business model. Further, they arrange pre springboard and springboard which are arenas where students manages to test their ideas.

The students need to be present at campus and participate in the activities.


Assessment

Evaluation is based on the Master thesis itself and a adjusting comprehensive oral exam.

Place of exam:Tromsø

Candidates should normally have passed all other subjects before the delivery of final thesis.

Examination Commission consists of at least one external examiner and an internal examiner.

The final grade is determined by the scale A - E with F as fail.

 

Deadline for submission of Master's thesis is June 1st (spring term) by 3 pm in Munin.

November 15 (autumn term) by 3pm in Munin.

There are two ordinary submission deadlines during the academic year. You may submit your thesis before the deadline, but it will not be assessed until after the deadline.

Apply for postponed submission of Master's thesis

Deadlines: May 1 (spring semester) and November 1 (autumn semester)

If an application stating the grounds is submitted by May 1/Nov. 1, a three-month postponement of the submission deadline may be granted. For students who do not have a medical certificate or compelling grounds, the submission deadline will be postponed for one semester at a time. In case of absence due to illness of 1-3 weeks, the submission deadline is postponed for an equivalent period of time.


Recommended reading/syllabus

Readings will be recommended by the supervisiors.