6 ECTS credits
161 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023168BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level and have passed the following courses: Management and Marketing
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business
Educational team
Nikolay Dentchev (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
27 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
122 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content
  • Concept of social entrepreneurship 
  • Breeds of business models of social entrepreneurs 
  • Financial challenges of social entrepreneurs 
  • Developing Financial skills for social entrepreneurs 
  • Developing other business skills for social entrepreneurs (Networking, Communicating, Commercialising, Governance) 
  • Access to funding for social entrepreneurs 
  • Impact measures for social entrepreneurs 
  • Look for sustainable business opportunities
Course material
Handbook (Required) : A financial guide for social entrepreneurs, Dentchev, Eiselein, Vander Velpen, Bouckaert, Diaz Gonzalez, Die Keure, 9789048639441, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Slides and articles, Canvas
Additional info
  • Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials 
  • Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials 
  • Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study 

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load. 

Lecture: 27 hours (9 x 3 hours) 

Practical: 12 hours 

  • preparation group assignment: 6 hours 
  • presentation group assignments: 6 hours 

Self: 122 hours 

  • keeping up with the course material during the semester, amounting to 1 hour per hour lecture: 27 hours 
  • research / attend event: 3 hours 
  • preparation group assignment: 40 hours (5 days of 8 hours) 
  • preparation presentation: 4 hours  
  • preparation exam: 48 hours (6 days of 8 hours)
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The student:

  • can communicate with laypeople about a substantiated approach and solution of a management issue in a learning environment; 
  • has a problem solving attitude with respect to business economics; 
  • can analyze political and social developments, and can relate them to business economic activity. 

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Assignment with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The written exam will be composed of four open questions and two questions related to practical cases. The final score of the written exam is the sum of scores to all questions. 

Practical Exam (Assignment) during the semester will count for 30 % of the final mark. This assignment is completed in self-composed groups, and focuses on specific case study.  Important stages in the evaluation of the practical exam are peer evaluation, in addition to the quality of the assignment. Peer evaluation is used to identify and mitigate problems of the functioning of groups. 

The final mark is the sum of the written exam and the practical exam. 

Marks on the assignment can be transferred from the first exam period to the second exam period. In the second exam period, students can work individually or in smaller group on the improvement of their assignment.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Business Economics: International Business