Overview

It may seem like genius ideas only strike a lucky few, but creativity is a skill anyone can develop. This unit will teach students to think like entrepreneurs. Hands-on learning will build their creative mindset and practical skills. They will collaborate in teams to bring sophisticated, considered, and innovative business concepts to life. Design thinking and business modelling frameworks will give them the tools they need to thrive in a competitive and ever-evolving landscape.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
03-August-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-June-2025
Census date
04-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
18-July-2025
Results released date
19-August-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • 1.Explore and ideate using a range of methods from different disciplines and professional practices
  • 2.Develop human-centred insights to inform and guide innovation
  • 3.Employ creative thinking to develop innovative ideas and concepts
  • 4.Identify and apply factors influencing creativity and entrepreneurship to self, teams and organisations
  • 5.Collaborate and participate in team and individual activities to explore and reflect on entrepreneurial practices and mindsets.
  • 6.Employ ways of working fit for modern working environments

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		 4 6 weeks  24
Online
Lecture		 2 6 weeks  12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 9.5 12 weeks  114
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Presentation 1 Individual 20 - 30%  3,4,5
Presentation 2 Individual 20 -30% 2,3,4,5
Portfolio Group 40 - 60%  1,2,3,4,5,6

Content

  • Setting the scene: wicked problems, mega trends, and entrepreneurial ecosystems
  • The creative and entrepreneurial mindset
  • Understanding creativity
  • The universal nature of entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship and inclusivity
  • Transformative entrepreneurship
  • Ethics in entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship and creativity in practice

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.