SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE |
Course Code | Course Name | Year | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
70619MEEOS-CME0292 | Entrepreneurship in Software Industry | 0 | Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Course Type : | Departmental Elective |
Cycle: | Master TQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree |
Language of Instruction: | English |
Prerequisities and Co-requisities: | N/A |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Name of Coordinator: | |
Dersin Öğretim Eleman(lar)ı: |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ÖZLEM FEYZA ERKAN |
Dersin Kategorisi: |
SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE |
Course Objectives: | The Software Entrepreneurship course aims to introduce the concepts, techniques, standards, skills, theories, models, methodologies, and practices necessary to start a new software company or innovate an existing one. In addition to lectures, students carry out collaborative team projects, work on case studies, and engage in entrepreneurship research. The course aims to: • Communicate to students concepts, theories, techniques, models and methods of entrepreneurship. • Promoting entrepreneurship and innovative thinking in the software field. • Present techniques and processes for identifying new software business opportunities. • Explore approaches to risk analysis and management. • Introduction to different types of entrepreneurship. • Presentations of marketing, accounting, financial analysis and planning concepts, techniques and theories related to software. |
Course Content: | PROJECT AND CASE STUDIES The projects and case studies planned in this course will help develop your entrepreneurial spirit. Both projects and case studies will be team-based activities. Teams are made up of interdisciplinary teams wherever possible. All projects are inherently applicable. The project drowns out various computer science and software development courses, with one major exception to the outcome. In traditional courses, results are primarily based on algorithms, programming languages, computer tools, and design. For entrepreneurship projects, results are guided by entrepreneurship and computational thinking. Students are encouraged to use their computational and innovative thinking skills to propose software products that demonstrate practical and applied value, and to use their business skills to anticipate demand and seize significant software business opportunities. COURSE EVALUATION • Exams: Students are asked multiple-choice questions to measure their entrepreneurial and innovative thinking skills. Both mentors and faculty participate in preparing for these exams. • Presentations by guest speakers: After listening to her speaker's presentation, students are required to write a report detailing lessons learned, existing risks and problems, and potential improvements. • Project: A software-based entrepreneurial project is provided for the purpose of evaluating the points described in the survey results. • Case Study: Case studies reflect real business cases as much as possible. We plan to offer two case studies per semester. • Research papers: A variety of entrepreneurial topics will be offered on the first day of class. Students select a topic from a list of topics of interest and are asked to collect as many papers on that topic as possible. Contributions should be drawn from journals, books and conferences. |
Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.) | ||
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.) | ||
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.) |
Week | Subject | ||
Related Preparation | Further Study |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Bob Walsh - The Web Startup Success Guide (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (2009) Eric Ries - The Lean Startup_ How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses -Crown Business (2011) Josh Tyler - Building Great Software Engineering Teams_ Recruiting, Hiring, and Managing Your Team from Startup to Success-Apress (2015) |
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SECTION III: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE UNIT AND COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) |
CLOs/PLOs | KPLO 1 | KPLO 2 | KPLO 3 | KPLO 4 | |||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE |
Lectures | |
Discussion | |
Case Study | |
Problem Solving | |
Demonstration | |
Views | |
Laboratory | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Project Preparation | |
Thesis Preparation | |
Peer Education | |
Seminar | |
Technical Visit | |
Course Conference | |
Brain Storming | |
Questions Answers | |
Individual and Group Work | |
Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation | |
Active Participation in Class |
Midterm | |
Presentation | |
Final Exam | |
Quiz | |
Report Evaluation | |
Homework Evaluation | |
Oral Exam | |
Thesis Defense | |
Jury Evaluation | |
Practice Exam | |
Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace | |
Active Participation in Class | |
Participation in Discussions |
LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS | ASSESMENT & EVALUATION METHODS | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Lectures | -Midterm | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Discussion | -Presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Case Study | -Final Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Problem Solving | -Quiz | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Demonstration | -Report Evaluation | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Views | -Homework Evaluation | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Laboratory | -Oral Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Reading | -Thesis Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Homework | -Jury Evaluation | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Project Preparation | -Practice Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Thesis Preparation | -Evaluation of Implementation Training in the Workplace | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Peer Education | -Active Participation in Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Seminar | - Participation in Discussions | ||||||||||||||||||||
-Technical Visit | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Course Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Brain Storming | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Questions Answers | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Individual and Group Work | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Role Playing-Animation-Improvisation | |||||||||||||||||||||
-Active Participation in Class |
Measurement and Evaluation Methods | # of practice per semester | Level of Contribution |
Presentation | 1 | % 10.00 |
Project | 2 | % 20.00 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20.00 |
Semester Final Exam | 1 | % 50.00 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE |