IA40250 Entrepreneurship for Social Good

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module has been developed to expose students to the world of Social Entrepreneurship. Participants will explore social entrepreneurship through conversations with social entrepreneurs, hands-on activities, and an exciting fast-paced intensive challenge - the results of which will be presented on the final day of the module. Students will then apply what they learn over the course of the week in considering potential for Social Entrepreneurship ventures or initiatives in their own context.

Throughout the module, students will develop their skills in research, innovation, evaluation and communication in exploring the motivation for and development of social ventures, and establishing how to evaluate and sustain them; both within and outside their immediate discipline/area of expertise.

The overall aim of this module are to enable students identify, develop, evaluate and initiate potential Social Entrepreneurial projects, initiatives and ventures.


UCD Innovation Academy

At the UCD Innovation Academy we take an action-oriented approach to learning. We are a group of Educator Practitioners with extensive real-world experience as academics, business and social entrepreneurs, tech thinkers, creative professionals and design thinking practitioners. All of our teaching is grounded in academic rigor but our focus is on ‘learning by doing’ in a real-world context.

Students must pass each individual assessable component individually in order to be able to pass the module as a whole.

**Enrolment on an Innovation Academy module means a commitment to active participation and engagement, which necessitates attendance at scheduled classes (minimum 80% of scheduled classes must be attended, with certain key classes being required). **

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module, participants should be able to:

• Have a better understanding of social entrepreneurship and the variety of of contexts within which social ventures are launched
• Understand the motivation and need for the development of social ventures
• Consider the potential for social ventures within or relating to ones discipline/area of expertise
• Learn how to launch and sustain social ventures by combining skills in creativity, innovation, evaluation and communication
• Develop and apply knowledge of critical analysis and research design/methods in evaluating the impact (both qualitative and quantitative) of social ventures

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

10
Small Group

12
Practical

8
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
• Active/task-based learning
• Peer and Group work
• Reflective Learning
• Enquiry & Problem-based learning
• Student Presentations
• Case Study Learning
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
IA20060 - Social Entrepreneurship


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Attendance: Attendance/participation. This modules requires active participation and engagement, which necessitates attendance at ALL scheduled classes (80% attendance is required to pass this component). Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

40
Project: Project Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

30
Assignment: Self-realisation report Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be given to students upon request. This will include feedback based on their participation throughout the module and their deliverables

Name Role
Ms Orlaith McGourty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer