Year as an Entrepreneur Project (10 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student
- recognizes the requirements of entrepreneurship and is able to evaluate his/her personal strengths and areas that require development
- develops their entrepreneurship skills, which include sales, teamwork, problem solution, communication, and public speaking, among others
- builds cooperation networks that can further his/her business operations
- recognizes and evaluates his/her operation within the company as part of a team
- is able to plan the business operation of the company
- is able to use tools related to the planning of business operations and to draw up the documents related to establishing a company
- can create a business model and plan to support his/her idea, as well as develop them during the operation
- understands the basic principles of business and develops the operation of the company

Content

The JA Company Program supports entrepreneurship and developing the students’ ideas. The program includes completing a process that consists of the life cycle of a real company. In the program, the students establish, alone or as part of a group, a JA company that operates using real money. The program consists of an innovation section (Let’s Innovate) and a business section (Let’s Do Business).
The program provides higher education teachers a turnkey solution for entrepreneurship education. The program includes competitions.
The program provides a practical, low-threshold approach that challenges the students in line with their personal goals.
Program and all of its material are available in Finnish, English and Swedish.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed