COURSE SYLLABUS
Business and Economy, 6 credits
Företagande och ekonomi, 6 högskolepoäng
Course Syllabus for students Spring 2018
Course Code: | TFEK17 |
Confirmed by: | Dean Mar 1, 2016 |
Revised by: | Director of Education Oct 27, 2017 |
Valid From: | Jan 1, 2018 |
Version: | 2 |
Reg number: | JTH 2017/4227-313 |
Education Cycle: | First-cycle level |
Disciplinary domain: | Technology (95%) and social sciences (5%)
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Subject group: | FE1
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Specialised in: | G1F
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Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
After completing the course, the student shall
Knowledge and understanding
- knowledge and understanding of global business principles
- have an understanding of entrepreneurship
- knowledge and understanding of business
- have knowledge and understanding of how new businesses are started and run
- knowledge and understanding of how accounting works in a company
- knowledge and understanding of how to subscribe a business deal
Skills and abilities
- demonstrate the ability to identify business opportunities and formulate a business idea.
- show the ability to formulate a business idea
- show the skill and ability to make a product costing
- view the skills to formulate an offer
Judgement and approach
- demonstrate insight into how the market requirements affecting the development of new products
- demonstrate an understanding of accounting and financial accounting affects the product development process
Contents
The course is intended to provide a basic understanding of economic principles and their impact on product design, community planning and humans and a deeper knowledge of business planning, management and financial control. Furthermore, the course provides an understanding of the micro and macro perspective on economy
The course includes the following topics:
- Business planning
- Financial management
- Organization and leadership
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Micro and macroeconomic economics
Type of instruction
Teaching consists of lectures, seminars, tutorials assignments and exam.
The teaching is conducted in English.
Prerequisites
General entry requirements and Mathematics D or Mathematics 3c, and 15 credits Mathematics, and English language requirements corresponding to English 6 or English B in the Swedish upper secondary school (or the equivalent).
Examination and grades
The course is graded 5,4,3 or Fail.
Registration of examination:
Name of the Test | Value | Grading |
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Examination | 4 credits | 5/4/3/U |
Assignments | 2 credits | U/G |
Course literature
Literature
The literature is preliminary until one month before the course starts.