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Major in Entrepreneurship



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.

  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Principles of Business and Management
  • 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.

  • Communication Skills I: Academic Reading and Writing Skills
  • Communication Skills II: Academic Report Writing and Presentation
  • Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB)
  • 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
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Principles of Business and Management
  • Principles of Economics
12
Compulsory Breadth
  • Communication Skills I
  • Communication Skills II
  • Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB)
  • Islamic Civilization and the Modern World
  • A breadth module worth 4 modular credits, taken either from within the faculty or another faculty
 20
Major Core
  • Business Law (4MCs)
  • Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation (4MCs)
  • Research Methodology (4MCs)
  • Marketing Management (4MCs)
  • Entrepreneurial Finance (4MCs)
  • Theoretical Foundations of Entrepreneurship (4MCs)
  • Innovation Management (4MCs)
  • Venture Growth Strategies (4MCs)
  • Startup, Growth and Sustainability Project (8MCs)
 40
Major Option 20
Discovery Year Activities 32
Breadth* 16
Total 140

List of Modules in Entrepreneurship

Major Core

  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation
  • Marketing Management
  • Research Methodology (4MCs)
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Theoretical Foundations of Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation Management
  • Venture Growth Strategies
  • Startup, Growth and Sustainability Project

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

  • Creative Advertising, Branding & Corporate Communication
  • Business Information System
  • Human Resource Management
  • E-Business
  • Business Ethics
  • Mobile Application Development
  • Digital Marketplace
  • Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship in Asia
  • Environmental and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship by Design
  • Research Project
    • Research Workflow

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


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