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Master of Entrepreneurship (Enhanced) (MC-ETRENH) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, graduates should be able to:

Learning Outcome 1: Graduates of this degree will be adept at creating, analysing and evaluating entrepreneurial ventures.

  • Describe, explain, and apply the body of knowledge including lean start-up, the commercialisation process, brand building and tests of innovation for new ventures of different types
  • Identify and apply methods for researching entrepreneurship related problems
  • Evaluate the impact of a range of social, cultural and environmental factors on enterprises and the market.

Learning Outcome 2: Graduates of this degree will be creative, critical and design thinkers in relation to entrepreneurial practice and in developing evidence-based solutions to problems in enterprises

  • Explain and critically analyse how to launch and develop new start-ups from ideation, formulation, specification and execution using design thinking methodology
  • Identify strategic issues and solutions in relation to growth and pathways to market for enterprises
  • Apply knowledge of theory to analyse problems in different markets nationally and globally
  • Demonstrate creativity in the application of knowledge to problem solving and entrepreneurial practice.

Learning Outcome 3: Graduates of this degree will be effective and ethical decision makers of entrepreneurial enterprises.

  • Apply basic data analytic and/or statistical techniques to analyses enterprise decisions
  • Develop and apply ethical frameworks for decision-making
  • Apply governance strategies to create sustainable enterprises
  • Utilise a range of tools of analysis relevant to the evaluation of business planning, pitching, financing, leading and growing enterprises, as well as product and market fit
  • Use evidence-based research techniques to support and evaluate decisions
  • Execute a pop-up enterprise requiring research, validation and business processes evaluation
  • Apply knowledge of entrepreneurship discipline to create a viable entrepreneurial venture.

Learning Outcome 4: Graduates of this degree will be competent in professional knowledge and skills in the entrepreneurship discipline in preparation for an entrepreneurial career.

  • Demonstrate networking and collaboration skills
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the requirements to be a successful entrepreneur including self-awareness, creativity, reflective practice, and strategies to motivate and lead others and to manage change
  • Demonstrate the capacity to successfully work independently with personal accountability
  • Appraise recent developments in the entrepreneurship discipline.

Generic skills

  • Appraisal of state-of-the-art theories, principles, and techniques
  • Critical evaluation of evidence in support of an argument or proposition
  • Problem solving and creativity through the creative application of appropriate theories, principles, techniques, and data
  • Written and oral communication of ideas, theories and solutions to peers and the wider community
  • Ability to synthesize ideas, theories and data in developing opportunities and solving problems
  • Ethical practice through knowledge of ethical decision making and knowledge of best practice
  • Research skills including the retrieval and application of information from a variety of sources
  • Demonstrate a capacity to successfully engage in collaborative activities such as group-based work and activities
  • Demonstrate self-awareness and reflective practice
  • Demonstrate a capacity to embrace uncertainty and flexibility
  • Interpret and effectively communicate research results, both orally and in written form, to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Graduate attributes

On successful completion of this degree graduates will be:

  • Adept at analysis and evaluation of social and business problems to enable evidence-based enterprise decision making
  • Proficient in professional knowledge and skills in entrepreneurial practices
  • Skilled at identifying and implementing entrepreneurial business opportunities in a simulated real-life environment
  • Competent at analysing and evaluating information to enable evidenced-based entrepreneurial practice
  • Ethical problem solvers in enterprise creation through the application of appropriate concepts, principles and data
  • Strategic and critical thinkers in relation to enterprise growth and pathways to market
  • Effective communicators of entrepreneurship concepts to peers and the wider community
  • Able to conduct basic market research and to retrieve information from a variety of sources
  • Able to collaborate to initiate and implement entrepreneurial ventures.

Last updated: 10 November 2023