Course Title: Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies
Course Code:
BDI3C
Grade: 11
Course Type: College Preparation
Prerequisite:
None
Credit Value: 1
This course focuses on ways in which
entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas, and organize resources
to plan successful ventures that enable them to achieve their personal goals by
satisfying the needs of others. Students learn about values, traits, and skills
most often associated with successful entrepreneurial activity.
Print
Text: Cranson, Lori, and Madeline Dennis. Entrepreneurship: Creating a Venture, 2nd Edition, Toronto,
Ontario: Nelson Thomson Learning, 2001.
Workbook: Cranson,
Lori, and Madeline Dennis. Entrepreneurship:
Creating a Venture, 2nd
Edition, Student Workbook, Toronto, Ontario: Nelson Thomson
Learning. $15.00
www.businessideas.com
www.commonconnections.com
http://www.toolkit.cch
www.entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com
www.homeofficemag.com
http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/cb/
www.innovationcentre.ca/eureka/Default.htm
www.niagaracanada.com
www.businessbuffet.com
This
unit focuses on the characteristics and skills of successful business people.
Students investigate both intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities in
business today. They look at how enterprising people become successful within
the organizations that employ them. Students also look at examples of
entrepreneurs and examine what helped them and their venture become successful.
Students investigate entrepreneurs in both their local and surrounding
communities and evaluate their contribution to the economy. Students begin to
assess their own entrepreneurial skills by creating and developing a portfolio.
This
unit examines the inventing and innovation processes and their impact on
Canadians. Students hone their creativity skills by recognizing opportunities
and ideas for entrepreneurial ventures. Students select an idea for a venture
plan and perform market research to determine its viability.
Students
analyse and organize resources that could be required to create a new venture.
Through applications, students develop an understanding of the components of an
effective production plan, the process involved in developing and delivering a
new product, employee roles in a venture, start-up costs, and financial risk.
Students compare ways to distribute a new venture, methods of advertising and
promoting a venture, and product/service pricing in order to produce an
effective marketing plan.
This
unit focuses on the financial aspects of the venture. Students explore the financial goals of the venture, the critical
sources of capital financing and the financial statements used by businesses.
Students discover the importance of a cash-flow analysis.
The
venture plan is the culminating activity of the course. In this unit, students
design their own business plan based on the theory and practice of the previous
units. Students must work independently
as the venture plan is part of the final evaluation.
Learning
Skills will be reported to parents for information only on report cards. They will not be included as part of the
formal evaluation.
|
Category |
Needs
Improvement |
Satisfactory |
Good |
Excellent |
|
Works Independently |
- rarely meets deadlines - rarely focussed |
- sometimes meets
deadlines - needs reminder to stay
on task |
- usually meets deadlines - occasionally needs
reminders to stay on task |
- always meets deadlines - focussed |
|
Teamwork |
- reluctant to try an
alternate role in group work - rarely shares ideas - rarely listens to
others |
- occasionally tries an
alternate role in group work - sometimes shares ideas - listens to others some
of the time |
- frequently tries
alternate role in group work - usually shares ideas - listens to others most
of the time. |
- takes on a variety of
roles in group work - always shares ideas - listens to others |
|
Organization |
- rarely prepared for
class - demonstrates limited
organization - rarely uses available
resources |
- generally prepared for
class - demonstrates some
organization - uses some of the
available resources |
- usually prepared for
class - demonstrates
considerable organization - makes good use of
available resources |
- always prepared for
class - demonstrates effective
organization - seeks out and uses
additional resources and uses those provided |
|
Work Habits/Homework |
- rarely completes
homework - rarely makes up missed
work - rarely makes good use
of class time |
- completes more than
half of the homework - makes up some missed
work - sometimes makes good
use of class time |
- completes most homework - makes up most missed work - usually makes good use
of class time |
- completes all homework - makes up all missed
work - always makes good use
of class time |
|
Initiative |
- rarely acts to solve
problems - rarely seeks available
assistance |
- sometimes acts to solve
problems - sometimes seeks
available assistance |
- usually acts to solve
problems - usually seeks available
assistance |
- always acts to solve
problems - always seeks available
assistance |
1. Arrive to class on time prepared to work with all required tools including a notebook, workbook, paper, pen, disk and calculator.
2. It is your responsibility to catch up on any work missed due to illness or school-related activity.
3. Inform Ms Waterfield ahead of time of any days that you are going to miss. This helps to arrange tests.
4. Unless it is a group assignment, if you share your work, all parties involved will receive a zero!
5. Any unexplained absences (such as skipping class) will result in a mark of zero on any evaluation that day.
6. No food or drink of any kind in the lab.
7. Remember to SAVE!! All computer work must be saved. You are responsible.
It is the philosophy of the Business Department that
those students who take the time and effort to complete their assignments on
time should not be disadvantaged by those students who do not.
Most assignments will be assessed a late penalty of 10 % per day. After 5 days a mark of 0 will be given. Smaller assignments such as daily homework will not be accepted after the following class period.
An assignment of a larger nature such as the Venture Plan will have more flexibility built into the late penalty.
Students who are unable to complete a major
assignment by the due date must meet with Ms Waterfield, prior to the due
date, either before school, during lunch or after school to negotiate a
mutually acceptable extension and late penalty.
BDI3C1 EVALUATION
Knowledge/Understanding.................................................................... 15%
·
Tests
·
Quizzes
·
Interviews
·
Electronic research
Thinking/Inquiry........................................................................................ 15%
·
Interviews
·
Electronic Research
·
Projects
·
Assignments
Communication......................................................................................... 20%
·
Portfolio
·
Projects
·
Presentations
·
Assignments
·
Case Study
Application.................................................................................................. 20%
·
Production Plan
·
Marketing Analysis
·
Financial Plan
·
Assignments
Final Evaluation......................................................................................... 30%
·
Venture Plan 20%
·
Final Examination 10%
Additional Time/Help
The classroom will be open, subject to Ms
Waterfield’s supervision schedule, before school (8:30 a.m.) and during lunch
throughout the semester for students to have additional time to complete
assignments and receive extra assistance.
After school time may be
arranged through mutual agreement with individual students and Ms Waterfield.
Course outlines are on file in the office or
may be accessed at the web-site www.adamscott.ca