Overview

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Introduction

Innovation and Entrepreneurship studies at UC focuses on developing your creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative skills to generate new business ideas.

This programme will teach you end-to-end business processes so you can look for emerging market needs, solve complex problems in a creative way, or identify unique prospects to launch a new product or business venture.

Your studies at UC will give practical opportunities to work with real businesses on new products, services, and solutions.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

What will my study involve?

Learn how to solve complex problems, recognise new business opportunities, and develop the essential skills in planning and project management to make them happen.
Explore current global markets, trends, and latest technologies that change how we do business, with practical projects or an internship in your final year applying your skills to real businesses.
Manage innovation process, set up your own business venture, or gain experience from industry experts through Te Pokapū Rakahinonga | UC Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Include a minor in Innovation or a minor in Entrepreneurship in several degree options to customise your studies with your business ideas.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Courses

Innovation and Entrepreneurship major

For the major in the Bachelor of Commerce, complete the following courses:

100-level

200-level

MGMT223 Innovation Management
MGMT241 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
One course chosen from these options

300-level

MGMT322 Innovation: Resourcing and Implementing OR MGMT325 Innovation and Technology Management
MGMT324 International Entrepreneurship OR MGMT343 Social Entrepreneurship
One course chosen from these strategy capstone options
One course chosen from these practical internship or project options

Entrepreneurship minor

For the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership, complete the following courses:

100-level

200-level

MGMT241 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
MGMT244 Startup Entrepreneurship

300-level

MGMT324 International Entrepreneurship OR MGMT343 Social Entrepreneurship

Innovation minor

100-level

200-level

300-level

MGMT322 Innovation: Resourcing and Implementing OR MGMT325 Innovation and Technology Management

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Career opportunities

All sectors need graduates who can identify growth opportunities, understand risks, and know how to develop plans and resources to achieve these. This skillset will likely see you progress into managerial or executive positions in business.

Business entrepreneurs/innovation managers are also likely to have higher potential income and career growth because of their abilities to find solutions and deal with problems effectively.

Career pathways could include: