EPN-V2

ENT4300 Entrepreneurship 2: Strategic business development for entrepreneurs  Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Entrepreneurship 2: Strategic business development for entrepreneurs 
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
SPRING 2026
Schedule
  • Introduction

    The course will include lectures and seminars. Students will be exposed to conceptual theories and tools that they will bridge to their previous entrepreneurial experiences. Students are expected to actively participate in discussions and to link theory and research to their own practice. The seminars are led by students and are based on teamwork. Through participation in lectures and seminars, the students will enhance their ability to present and argue for their own ideas and practices as well as to reflect and give feedback to fellow students.

  • Required preliminary courses

    The exam in the course is an essay. The essay is written individually. The essay must have a scope of 5000 words (+ - 10 percent).

    In the essay the students are expected to discuss recent literature on entrepreneurship and innovation theory in relation to their own experiences with venture creation and development. Further details concerning the details for the essay topic/problem will be given in lecture 1.

    Font and font size: Arial or Calibri, 12 points. Line spacing 1,5.

    Students awarded a fail grade are given one opportunity to submit an improved version of the essay.

  • Learning outcomes

    All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    Grade scale A - F

  • Course requirements

    The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

    At least 25 per cent of the exam papers are assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level of all the exam papers.

  • Assessment

    Karl Joachim Breunig

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A - F

  • Examiners

    The individual essay and term paper are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

    At least 25 per cent of the exam papers are assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.