Entrepreneurship, Bachelor of Arts

These are the requirements for the Bachelor Entrepreneurship

With your Bachelor in Entrepreneurship you will work, for example, as a founder or managing director, as a product manager or as an innovation manager.

You can be admitted to the part-time distance learning programme Entrepreneurship at the IU International University of Applied Sciences if you have either a Abitur (the general university entrance qualification), a subject-restricted Abitur or the subject-linked university entrance qualification.

In addition, you can also study Entrepreneurship without an Abitur. In order to be admitted to the IU distance learning programme without an Abitur, you must present a completed advanced training course, for example as a state-certified business economist, or a master craftsman's certificate. You can also be admitted if you have completed vocational training and worked full-time for at least 3 years following this training.

This is what you will study in the online study programme Entrepreneurship

This Bachelor's degree at IU comprises about 31 modules, which you take and complete in the course of 6 semesters of standard study time. Each module has a scope of 5-10 credit points (ECTS) and concludes with an examination such as a term paper or an exam. In total, you will earn 180 credit points from module to module and from semester to semester.

The typical study plan for full-time studies in Entrepreneurship is as follows:

• Semester 1: International Marketing, Introduction to Academic Work, Introduction to User Research, Project: Development of Business Ideas, Business 10, International Contract Management
• Semester 2: Start-Up Financing, Accounting and Balancing, Agile Project Management, Applied Sales I, Collaborative Work, Project: Prototyping and validation of a business idea
• Semester 3: Management Accounting, Managerial Economics, Applied Sales II, Corporate Planning and Control, Intercultural and Ethical Decision-Making, Project: Entrepreneurship
• Semester 4: Market Research, Fundamentals of Product Management, Pricing, Personnel Psychology, Agile Management, Project: Business Model Development
• Semester 5:Project: Minimum Viable Product, Seminar in Current Topics in Digitalization, Online Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Elective A
• Semester 6: Elective B, Elective C, Bachelor Thesis

The special feature of the Bachelor's programme Entrepreneurship at IU is the many opportunities to delve into topics according to one's own interests and professional fields in the compulsory elective area.

As first specialisation you can choose from these exciting modules: Digital Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Sustainable Entrepreneurship.

As a second and third specialisation you choose one of these study modules: Business Ethics and Sustainability, Innovative Technologies and Sustainability, Internet of Things and Big Data, Organizational Development and Change Management, User Testing and Prototyping, Working environment 4.0., Studium Generale.

This is how flexible the standard period of study is in the distance learning programme Entrepreneurship

At IU International University of Applied Sciences, you can choose one of 3 study models for your part-time distance learning programme:

• In the full-time study, the standard period of study is 6 semesters or 36 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. The full-time study programme in Entrepreneurship is particularly suitable for those who do not work or only work a few hours a week.
• In the Part-time study I, the standard period of study is 8 semesters or 48 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study I is suitable, for example, if you work part-time while studying.
• In Part-time study II the standard period of study is 12 semesters or 72 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study II is particularly suitable if you are heavily involved in your career in addition to your distance learning.

By the way, you can also take a vacation semester during the course of your studies, at no additional cost.

How does online study at IU work?

Study that adapts to your life: In online study at IU, you learn flexibly and digitally when you want to learn and where you want to learn.

In the Entrepreneurship distance learning programme at IU International University of Applied Sciences, there is no compulsory attendance - you learn continuously from home, in the library of your choice or wherever you can learn best.

You take your modules and courses when you want. This means that you can usually arrange your study plan and semester schedule flexibly yourself.

Central to the IU distance learning programme are your interactive learning scripts. You receive the scripts in printed form as well as digitally as a PDF and for your tablet. The smart app IU Learn gives you access to the scripts for your studies in Entrepreneurship as well as scripts from all other distance learning programmes at IU.

You can also access additional materials, such as videos, via myCampus, IU's online campus. You can exchange information with your lecturers and fellow students in virtual live formats, for example, about the interactive courses.

And exams? If you wish, you can write them as online exams. You can take an online exam around the clock as soon as you feel sufficiently prepared for the course material. Alternatively, you can take the exam at one of the IU's numerous exam centres throughout Germany.