KD2000 Entrepreneurship in Art and Design Course description

The course employs a wide definition of entrepreneurship that includes personal development, creativity, self-reliance, initiative taking and action orientation, i.e. becoming entrepreneurial. The course aims to introduce students to practical entrepreneurship through an action-based approach to value creation. Students will work in teams to solve real-life challenges.

The course is a common course for the programme options Art and Dissemination and Fashion and Industry. It provides an introduction to business knowledge, innovation and project management in development processes relating to creative work.

The course facilitates internationalisation and is open to guest and exchange students with a relevant education at the same Level.

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After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student is expected to demonstrate knowledge of:

• project management processes, techniques and tools
• Design Thinking and/or other relevant creative development processes, techniques and tools
• professional practice in the art, design and cultural fields
• processes and methods used for entrepreneurial work and innovation of relevance to these fields
• ethical foundations within these fields
• information sources and support for business startups

Skills

The student is able to:

• utilize processes and methods and tools for innovative and creative work in teams
• identify and analyze information that is relevant to conducting an entrepreneurial project
• implement, execute, and follow up on a project within a specified deadline
• reflect on knowledge and experience from their own field and use it to develop business concepts
• reflect on their professional practice, teamwork competence, achieved results, and learning as a basis for their own ongoing development.

Competence

The student demonstrates competence of:

• planning and carrying out tasks independently and as part of a team
• entrepreneurial thinking
• leading themselves and others in different development projects
• using relevant forms of communication in an international context

The course employs a problem-based learning approach, which is supported by lectures and project tutoring. The project will be carried out as group work in teams of four to five students. The primary objective is to define, research, and conceptualize an entrepreneurial project.

Students will be introduced to theories and methods that are relevant to the course's scope. This will serve as preparation for active participation in the course's problem-based learning methods, which integrate theory and practice.

The group work entails knowledge sharing, collective decision-making, academic discussions, action coordination, and mutual critical feedback. Student groups will collaborate closely with their supervisors and external partners, such as organizations, businesses or other project groups.

Entrepreneurial projects may require standard contracts for student projects as provided by OsloMet.

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The examination consists of two parts (part exam): a portfolio assessment and an oral presentation. Both parts must be graded E or better in order to pass the exam.

Portfolio Assessment

Each project group submits a project report of approximately 3,000 words and a visual project poster that communicates the process, concept, and identity of the project. Visual design is emphasized. In some cases, students may be required to complete the portfolio assessment individually. The portfolio assessment accounts for 60% of the final grade. The exam result may be appealed.

Oral Presentation

The group presents the project through one or more oral pitches during a joint poster and pitch session. The audience and examiners may ask questions as part of the pitch. In some cases, students may be required to present individually. The oral component counts for 40%. The exam result cannot be appealed.

All forms of support materials are permitted.

Grade scale A-F

One internal examiner. An internal co-examiner evaluates a selection of the exams. External sensor is used regularly.

Lena Vida

5. ECTS overlapping content toward KDM3200.