Entrepreneurship in the Field of Construction (3 cr)

Code: 8H00DJ95-3004

General information

Enrollment: 22.04.2025 - 03.09.2025; Registration for the implementation has begun.

Timing: 02.03.2026 - 24.04.2026; The implementation has not yet started.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: SeAMK Construction Engineering and Construction Management

Campus: SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Engineering; Bachelor of Construction Site Management

Teachers: Anna Vierula

Groups: RKM24
Bachelor of Construction Site Management; RAK24
Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Engineering

Course: 8H00DJ95

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student
- is able to describe the prerequisites of a profitable business activity
- is able to describe the main features of entrepreneurship and reflect on personal aims and strengths
- knows the stages of the establishment of a company
- knows the challenges of building trade as a small-scale entrepreneur
- understands the meaning of bookkeeping in operations
- is able to present and market business activities
- knows the financing options of a business activity

Content

- personal relationship to entrepreneurship
- the meaning of entrepreneurship in the society
- business plan
- stakeholders
- understanding the activities of competitors
- accountability
- risk assessment

Materials

Material provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

- Lectures (contact lessons)
- Independent work
- Groupwork

Student workload

81 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student
- takes the responsibility of personal tasks
- is able to describe and reflect on entrepreneurship and business activities
- knows the financing options of a business activity, bookkeeping
- knows the stages of the establishment of a company

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student
- takes the responsibility of personal tasks
- is able to assess personal possibilities to act as entrepreneur
- is able to assess possibilities for entrepreneurship and starting a business
- is able to recognise and describe personal networks
- knows the theoretical framework of business activities and the connection of accountability with business activities
- is able to present and market business activities

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- takes the responsibility of personal tasks
- is able to assess personal possibilities to act as entrepreneur
- is able to recognise and describe personal networks
- knows well the theoretical framework of business activities and the connection of accountability with business activities
- is able to assess the challenges and possibilities of entrepreneurship
- is able to analyse and evaluate business opportunities, strategic choices and business models