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    Diploma Ceremony, Master Entrepreneurship '18'19

    Date: Thursday October 24

    Time: 3pm - 6pm

     

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    Find below the program, per block, including relevant links.

     

    It's important to take notice of whether a course is organized by UvA or VU, since this has consequences for course registration and location.


    Please note that you need to register for all courses (except for the course in block 1).

     

     

    BLOCK 1 | BLOCK 2 | BLOCK 3 | BLOCK 4 | BLOCK 5 | BLOCK 6

     

  • Block 1 | Sep 3 - Oct 26

    Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (UvA)

    In this course you will identify and thoroughly validate an innovative business idea. This could very well be the starting point of your entrepreneurial career. You will gain crucial knowledge of practically relevant theories on entrepreneurship, which you can apply directly. Inspiring lectures, interesting guest speakers and workshops will make sure you will get the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to think critically about your business idea and thoroughly validate it.

     

    Credits: 12

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: automatically

    Schedule: click here

    Lecturers: Marco van Gelderen, Bram Kuijken, Enno Masurel, Neil Thompson, Florian Zapkau, and many inspiring guest speakers.

  • Block 2 | Oct 29 - Dec 21

    Entrepreneurial Finance (UvA)

    This course provides an in-depth knowledge base of the financial issues involved in turning business opportunities into action.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: Oct 16 - Nov 4. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

    Lecturer: Rafael Ribas

  • Choose one of the following specialisation courses in block 2

    New Venture Creation & Development (VU)

    This course focuses (but not exclusively) on the role of the entrepreneur during the
    growth stage of the firm (and even before this stage: the start-up stage
    and the nascent stage).

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Jul 16 - Oct 8. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

    Lecturer: Enno Masurel

    Corporate Entrepreneurship (VU)

    This course focuses on entrepreneurship in the context of existing organisations and tries to find answers to questions such as: What is corporate entrepreneurship? How does entrepreneurship manifest itself in the context of organisations?

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Jul 16 - Oct 8. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

    Lecturer: Rein Denekamp

    Social Entrepreneurship (VU)

    This course deals with the question how entrepreneurial activity can be
    a vehicle for creating a better world, an idea often described under the
    umbrella term “social entrepreneurship”.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Jul 16 - Oct 8. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

    Lecturer: Neil Thompson

  • Block 3 | Jan 7 - Feb 1

    Entrepreneurial Challenge (UvA)

    During the Entrepreneurial Challenge your team will solve a real-life entrepreneurial challenge for a startup or scale-up.

     

    Credits: 3

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: Oct 16 - Nov 4. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

    Social Dynamics in Entrepreneurship (VU)

    This course looks at entrepreneurship as a process (entrepreneuring) which is enacted by people with diverse backgrounds and goals, shaped by societal, cultural and political contexts.

     

    Credits: 3

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: Jul 16 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

  • Block 4 | Feb 4 - Mar 29

    Entrepreneurship Research Skills (VU)

    This course prepares students for their master thesis project.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: Dec 10 - Jan 14. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

  • Choose one of the following specialisation courses in block 4

    Entrepreneurship in the Services Industry (UvA)

    In this course you will acquire knowledge and understanding of the content and process of entrepreneurship and innovation in services.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Cases in Creative Entrepreneurship (UvA)

    In this course you will learn about the causes of success and failure in creative entrepreneurship.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Entrepreneurship in Science & Technology (UvA)

    This course will discuss the process and (economic) importance of spinoffs in general, and university spinoffs in particular.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: 

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

  • Block 5 | Apr 1 - May 31

    Master's Thesis Entrepreneurship (UvA)

    The main purpose of a Master’s thesis is to train the ability to independently develop and conduct original and relevant research. The Master's thesis must be written about a subject that is closely related to the field of entrepreneurship.

     

    Credits: 12

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

  • Choose one of the following elective courses in block 5

    Entrepreneurial Internship (VU)

    This research internship enables you to put your knowledge into practice. This internship may be connected to the master thesis. See also the career page for ways to find an internship.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 10 - Mar 11. Click here.

    Sustainable Business Models (UvA)

    The course utilises different theoretical perspectives to examine the features, development and impact of sustainable business models.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Corporate Venturing (UvA)

    This course will discuss the process and (economic) importance of spinoffs in general, and university spinoffs in particular.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Entrepreneurship and Business in China (UvA)

    The objective of this course is to provide students with an insight in China’s contemporary entrepreneurship and business landscape, and its current and future development in China and globally.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Managing Creativity (UvA)

    In this course, you will learn what creativity is and how to effectively manage it.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration: 

    Dec 4 - Dec 17. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Behavioural Strategy (VU)

    This cours is aimed at strategy realization. How can we change results and behaviors? The robust science of behavior analysis (started by Ivan Pavlov) is learned and applied by the student in a real life case.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 10 - Mar 11. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Cross Cultural Management (VU)

    This interdisciplinary course introduces students to integrated principles and models of cross-cultural management.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 10 - Mar 11. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Enterprising Skills (VU)

    This course allows students to study as well as practice the so-called soft skills underlying entrepreneurship, such as generating ideas for opportunities, taking action, perseverance, teamwork, networking, and influence.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 10 - Mar 11. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

    Real Estate Management (VU)

    Students study the characteristics of mortgage loans used by households
    to finance the purchase of a house, the functioning of the Dutch housing market including the role of policy interventions (notably mortgage interest deductibility and spatial planning), and the role of housing corporations.

     

    Credits: 6

    Study guide: click here

    Course registration:

    Dec 10 - Mar 11. Click here.

    Schedule: click here

     

  • Block 6 | Jun 3 - Jun 28

    Master's Thesis Entrepreneurship (UvA)

    The main purpose of a Master’s thesis is to train the ability to independently develop and conduct original and relevant research. The Master's thesis must be written about a subject that is closely related to the field of entrepreneurship.

     

    Thesis information session: Date tba

    Credits: 12

    Study guide: click here

     

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