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Major in Entrepreneurship
(August 2023 intake onwards)



This major programme aims to equip business graduates with creativity and the practical skills needed for solving real societal problems by turning them into opportunities for creating innovative new ventures. The programme is designed to increase students’ ability to create innovative new ventures, but also develop skills as an innovative manager, for driving change, managing innovation and growth in existing private and public organizations; thereby preparing students for a career as an entrepreneur or innovative manager in existing organizations. The programme is designed in a way that students end the programme with a β€˜real’ business.

Bachelor of Business is based on a modular credit system, a combination of depth (specialisation of degree major) and breadth (general education modules beyond specialisation of degree major) where students have the flexibility of customising their degree programme depending on their preference and interest.

Students who major in entrepreneurship shall begin to read those prescribed modules in their second semester. To be eligible for graduation, students have to acquire at least 140 modular credits and fulfilled specific requirement of the degree programme.


Degree Core (12 modular credits)

These are modules that must be taken by all students enrolled for the Bachelor of Business. Students must read and pass these modules (worth 4 modular credits each) in order to fulfil their graduation requirement.

  • BA-1101 Introduction to Accounting
  • BB-1104 Principles of Business and Management
  • BE-1101 Principles of Economics

Major Core (40 modular credits)

These are modules that are compulsory for all students registered in Major in Entrepreneurship. Students must read and pass these modules in order to fulfil their graduation requirement.




Major Option (20 modular credits)

These are non-compulsory major modules that contribute to the Major Entrepreneurship, and count towards the depth requirements for graduation.


Compulsory Breadth (20 modular credits)

Similar to degree core modules, these are university-wide modules offered by another faculty which Business students must also read and pass in order to satisfy their graduation requirement.

  • LE-1503 Communication Skills I: Academic Reading and Writing Skills
  • LE-2503 Communication Skills II: Academic Report Writing and Presentation
  • PB-1503 Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB)
  • MS-1501 Islamic Civilization and the Modern World
  • A breadth module worth 4 modular credits, taken either from within the faculty or another faculty

Breadth (16 modular credits)

These are any module that is outside the degree and major. Any modules from another faculty are examples of breadth modules. Students reading the Bachelor of Business must acquire a minimum of 4 modular credits from the Science discipline – these breadth modules are available from the Faculty of Science, Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Integrated Technology and School of Digital Science.


Discovery Year (32 modular credits)

Students will undertake two semesters of discovery year activities outside the university, which comprise of 32 modular credits. More information is available here.


Summary of Major in Entrepreneurship

Type Modular
Credits
Degree Core
  • BA-1101 Introduction to Accounting
  • BB-1104 Principles of Business and Management
  • BE-1101 Principles of Economics
12
Compulsory Breadth
  • LE-1503 Communication Skills I
  • LE-2503 Communication Skills II
  • PB-1503 Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB)
  • MS-1501 slamic Civilization and the Modern World
  • A breadth module worth 4 modular credits, taken either from within the faculty or another faculty
 20
Major Core
  • BB-2201 Business Law (4MCs)
  • BB-2203 Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation (4MCs)
  • BB-2209 Research Methodology (4MCs)
  • BB-2204 Marketing Management (4MCs)
  • BN-2201 Entrepreneurial Finance (4MCs)
  • BN-2202 Theoretical Foundations of Entrepreneurship (4MCs)
  • BN-4201 Innovation Management (4MCs)
  • BN-4202 Venture Growth Strategies (4MCs)
  • BN-4203 Startup, Growth and Sustainability Project (8MCs)
 44
Major Option 16
Discovery Year Activities 32
Breadth* 16
Total 140

*Four out of 16 modular credits have to come from the Faculty of Science, Institute of Health Science, Faculty of Integrated Technology or School of Digital Science

The following is a general/suggested schedule for Major in Entrepreneurship:



List of Modules in Entrepreneurship

Major Core


Major Options (20 mcs)
Minimum of Four (4)* or Five (5) modules to choose from the list below:

  • AX-2305 Creative Advertising, Branding & Corporate Communication
  • BB-2207 Business Information System
  • BB-2208 Human Resource Management
  • BB-4308 E-Business
  • BB-4329 Business Ethics
  • BB-4333 Mobile Application Development
  • BB-4334 Digital Marketplace
  • BN-4301 Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • BN-4302 Entrepreneurship in Asia
  • BN-4303 Environmental and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
  • BN-4304 Social Entrepreneurship by Design
  • BN-4305 Research Project

*This applies for students taking BN-4305 Research Project which is a 8-MC module.



Graduating Checklist

Please use the Graduating Checklist, to check whether you meet the graduation criteria. Note that this checklist is for August 2016 intake onwards only.



Programe Coordinator
  
Dr Lukman Raimi
lukman.raimi@ubd.edu.bn

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