Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

In this course the students will be introduced to the field of social entrepreneurship and the best practices of starting and growing successful social mission-driven ventures or organizations. The following questions will be discussed during the course:

• What is social entrepreneurship?
• How is social entrepreneurship different from traditional entrepreneurship?
• Which skills are required to be a successful social entrepreneur?

Learning outcome

After completing this course you will be familiar with social entrepreneurship theory, the current status of this emerging field and its most important contributors. You will be able to define social entrepreneurship, and differentiate it from both business entrepreneurship and other social purpose activities. You will also be familiar with social entrepreneurship terminology and the main actors in the ecosystem of social entrepreneurship.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

This course is only available for students enrolled in the Social entrepreneurship programme.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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Completed bachelor's degree or being in your sixth semester of a degree is required. There are no restrictions on field of study.

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with ENT4500 - Social Entrepreneurship (discontinued).

Teaching

Teaching will take place during four full day seminars held in Oslo in the period from mid January until March. Attendance at these seminars is compulsory. The seminars will consist of lectures and class discussions.

You will need to attend at least 80 percent of the lectures to be allowed to take the exam in this course. If you are absent more than 20 percent you will need a medical declaration for the absence, otherwise you will not pass the course.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

You will need to attend at least 80 percent of the lectures to be allowed to take the exam in this course, as described under Teaching. The assessment for the course is based on an individual written report handed in at the end of the course. The report is based on the compulsory course readings.

Examination support material

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Language of examination

You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. If you would prefer to have the exam text in English, you may apply to the course administrators.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Anders Lunnan is the external auditor for this course.

Explanations and appeals

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A student may appeal against an awarded grade and/or file a formal complaint about exam procedures. Only written exams can be appealed against. For further information, see Grounds for and appeal against determination of the grade.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.

Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.