ADV4638 Innovation and EnterpreneurshipBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ADV4638 Innovation and Enterpreneurship Fall 3 0 3 5
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Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ŞAFAK ŞAHİN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course inspires entrepreneurial innovation and creativity through interactive lectures and case studies especially in contemporary issues. Students will gain awareness of entrepreneurial innovation sources, structures and dynamics. Students will develop individual and group skills for generating innovative ideas and find ways to apply these ideas to address current issues and problems in different industries and settings.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Understanding of the sources of innovation opportunities and development of the skills to identify and analyze these opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Understanding of the industry/market dynamics and factors for developing successful innovations and apply this understanding to innovations in sectors.

Development of a personal skill set for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship and specific concepts and tools for combining and managing creativity and innovation in an organizational setting.

Course Content

Philosophy of Thinking Differently, Innovation, Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability of Innovation in Industries, Creating Value, Digitalizing Industry.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) 1.week: The Innovation Imperative
2) The Social Enterprenuership and Innovation
3) Globalisation, Development and Sustainability
4) Recognising The Opportunity
5) Sources of Innovation
6) Searching for Opportunities
7) Midterm Exam
8) Finding The Resources
9) Exploiting The Newtworks
10) Developing New Products and Services
11) Creating New Ventures
12) Exploiting Knowledge and Intellectual Property
13) Creating Value and Growing Ventures
14) Learning to Manage Innovation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: "Innovation and Enterprenuership" (2.Edition)
John Bessant and Joe Tidd

"The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses"
Eric Ries
References: "Innovation and Entrepreneurship"
Peter F. Drucker

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 13 % 10
Quizzes 1 % 10
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 35
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 65
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 35
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Study Hours Out of Class 13 6 78
Homework Assignments 2 3 6
Quizzes 1 4 4
Midterms 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
Total Workload 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2) Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3) Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4) Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5) Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6) Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7) Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8) Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9) Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10) Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11) Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12) Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13) Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.