Course

Introduction to Entrepreneurship  by Katherine Carpenter (CC-BY)

This first-year course introduces students to entrepreneurship as an approach to life and to creating their own careers. Through foundational concepts and frameworks, it examines entrepreneurship as a process, including forming an entrepreneurial identity, opportunity creation and evaluation, mobilizing resources, and growth. The course is designed around the major stages in this process, and an overview of factors that are key to entrepreneurial success is provided.

Introduction to Innovation curated and designed by Katherine Carpenter (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) (CC – BY).

Innovation, creativity, and adaptability are all critical to success for both organizations and individuals. In fact, innovative and creative thinking are paramount for organizations to survive in a rapidly changing world. In this course, students will learn to productively question the status quo, think creatively about solving challenging and complex problems, and innovate opportunities to create value. They will work individually and in teams to think entrepreneurially and creatively solve a series of challenging and complex problems, as they would in the role of a consultant or professional advisor, as well as, learn about and apply creative problem-solving techniques and develop innovative, viable solutions to solve some of our most pressing challenges. Learning methods include peer reviews, discussions, and assignments focused on defining problems, innovative problem-solving tools, evaluating solutions, and defining success.

Textbooks

Innovation by Katherine Carpenter (CC-BY).

This course on innovation will provide you with the opportunity develop your creative problem solving (and opportunity identifying) skills by applying key process steps in the innovation process both as an individual and as a group.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship by Katherine Carpenter (CC-BY).

Learn about entrepreneurship and what makes entrepreneurs successful, all while developing your entrepreneurial skills

Media Attributions

• BC Map by Adamwashere (CC BY-NC-SA).