ENG 3130 Entrepreneurship

Introduction

This course is an introduction to the world of entrepreneurship and gives students the opportunity and tools to create a virtual start-up.
This course introduces students to the world of business via the themes of entrepreneurship and start-ups. They will learn the basic language and notions of business English and apply this to the creation of a virtual start-up. Every class has some structured language work, using different forms of media, based on the necessary building blocks to launch a new venture (finding the idea, recruitment, funding, marketing, advertising etc). Then, with the additional use of case studies/ articles/ different forms of media, the students will work towards the creation of a start-up in teams. They will work throughout the course to improve their oral, negotiating, presentation and team-based skills.