The Innovation & Enterprise electives is a set of courses that are designed for students to explore different facets of design, entrepreneurship, venture creation. In these courses, students learn how to bring their ideas from concepts and prototypes to actual products and services that are of value to potential users and customers.

Students are required to read 8 units (Cohort AY2019/2020 onwards) or 12 units Cohorts AY2016/2017 to AY2018/2019) of these electives, chosen from any combination of following course:

Strategy and Technology Management

• MT5001 Intellectual Property Management & Innovation Strategy (4 units) or MT5024 Patent Data Analytics for Innovation Management (4 units)
• MT5007 Management of Technological Innovation (4 units)
• MT5023 Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Strategy (4 units) or BSN3703 Entrepreneurial Strategy (4 units)
• MT5026 Experiential Learning Applied Project (4 units) or MT5902 Management Extended Practicum (4 units)
• MT5911 Venture Funding (4 units)
• MT5920 Enterprise Development (4 units)
• BSN3701 Technological Innovation (4 units) or IS3251 Principles of Technology Entrepreneurship (4 units)
• BSN3702/TR3002% New Venture Creation (4 units)
• BSN3714 Co-Creating Value (Tools for Collaborative Innovation) (4 units)
• BSN3715 Digital Strategy (4 units)
• BSS4003A SSIB: Innovation and Productivity (4 units) or BSN4811 Innovation and Productivity (4 units)
• MNO1706% Organisational Behaviour (4 units)
• MNO3811 Social Entrepreneurship (4 units)
• DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management (4 units)
• CP2201 Journey of the Innovator (2 units)

Product Design and Development

• CDE5311 Essential Skills in UI/UX Design (4 units)
• IE5213 Service Innovation and Management (4 units)
• IE5301 Human Factors in Engineering and Design (4 units)
• MT5006 Value Creation Through Product Development (4 units)

Economics, Finance and Marketing

• ACC1701/ACC1701X Accounting for Decision Makers (4 units)
• ACC3614/ACC3705 Valuation (4 units)
• BSP1703/BSP1703X Managerial Economics (4 units)
• EC1101E Introduction to Economic Analysis (4 units)
• FIN2704/FIN2704X Finance (4 units)
• IE5003 Cost Analysis and Engineering Economy (4 units)
• MKT1705% Principles of Marketing (4 units)
• MKT2711 Marketing Venture Challenge (4 units) – for BIZ students only
• IS3150 Digital Media Marketing (4 units)

Students may only count a maximum of 4 units of Level-1000 courses from the above towards the minimum of 8 or 12 units required for the Innovation & Enterprise electives. They should also ensure that they meet the pre-requisite(s) before enrolling for any of the above courses.

Students should register for these courses via the Course Registration System (CourseReg@EduRec) and are advised to check the list of courses that are offered at the start of each semester. Some of these courses may only be available during Round 3 if they are reserved for students from the host department/Faculty during the earlier rounds. A number of the Level 5000 courses have limited vacancies for undergraduate students and can only be enrolled by submitting an appeal via CourseReg.

As the number of vacancies for some the these courses may be small, students are advised to plan ahead and consider as many options as possible.

Students in Engineering majors who have taken any of these courses as part of their primary major requirement may NOT double-count them towards the requirements of the Second Major in Innovation & Design.