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CS5092: SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: ISSUES IN STARTUPS (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

Within this module students deepen their understandings of the business startups through a mixture of self-directed study and guided discussion with guest speakers. The class under the guidance of the course organizer determines the classroom topics of discussion. Suggestions topics could be finance, staffing, burnout and motivation as well as customer development, risk and legal issues.



Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Bruce Scharlau

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Computing Science (CS) (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course covers two different themes. On the one hand, it covers customer development process for all startup products. On the other hand, the students create the content based around weekly discussion sessions and independent study covering product development, business development and other relevant issues to the organising of their business product.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%): a protfolio of work containing at least four pieces of relevant work reflecting on understanding of the materials covered in the course. These might be essays, multimedia presentations, or other suitable components that illustrate understanding of the work.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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