Bachelor of Entrepreneurship

Western Sydney University

About

The Bachelor of Entrepreneurship is not a stand-alone degree, but is designed to be undertaken in combination with any Western Sydney bachelor degree.

The degree is an innovative approach to training the next generation of high impact entrepreneurs by providing knowledge and developing practical skills.

The course aims to guide students through all phases of their entrepreneurship journey:

from forming a team to helping with pitching their ideas to potential investors and developing strategies for obtaining funding.Students will have the ability to complete the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship as either intertwined with the student’s primary degree and studied concurrently, or as a final year block of units at the end of their primary degree.Student must meet the requirements for admission of their primary course, before they can be admitted into the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship.

Structure

The Bachelor of Entrepreneurship is not a stand-alone degree, but is designed to be undertaken in combination with any Western Sydney bachelor degree.

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below and 160 credit points of Advanced Standing. At least 80 credit points must be completed while enrolled in the Bachelor of Entrepreneurship.

Core Units

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200979 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
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301165 Incubator 1: Innovation and Creativity for Entrepreneurship
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301206 Incubator 2: Start-up Essentials
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301168 Incubator 3: Product Development
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301169 Incubator 4: Commercial and Financial Setting of Entrepreneurship
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301170 Incubator 5: Operational Aspects of Entrepreneurship
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301171 Incubator 6: Funding and Start-up
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301172 Incubator 7: Growth and Exit Strategies

The units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2018 or earlier.

301166 - Incubator 2: Legal and Ethical Setting of Entrepreneurship

Plus 160 credit points of advanced standing which must include a minimum of:

30 credit points at Level 3 units for a three year degree (240 credit points)

90 credit points at Level 3 or above for a four year degree (320 credit points)

Institution