Introduction
The Department of Business and Public Administration offers a Minor in Entrepreneurship to a limited number of students of other departments but is mostly constructed particularly for students from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences. However other students from other Departments can also apply for the Minor Degree in entrepreneurship.
The minor in Enterpreneurship gives students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge relative to technological evolution, business evaluation of technological and other innovations and help them acquire the necessary knowledge that allow them to be effectively engaged in the business field (i.e. the creation of a new business) in various economic sectors.
Programme´s Structure
The required courses for the minor degree are divided into two categories: compulsory and elective. Students must cover at least 60 ECTS (10 courses), five (5) of them are compulsory.
Table 1: Requirements for a Minor in Enterpreneurship
Compulsory Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | ECTS |
| BPA131 | Principles of Management | 6 |
| BPA435 | Strategic Management | 7 |
| BPA448 | Planning and Managing Projects | 6 |
| BPA468 or
BPA434-AS |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation or
Entrepreneurship |
7
6 |
| BPA469 | Creativity and Design Thinking in Organization | 6 |
The Elective Courses have to be chosen from the following tables (2, 3, 4 and 5) in the relative science fields. The programme is structured in a specific way in order to provide students with the maximum flexibility to choose courses and get involved in the business fields, in which they are more interested.
Table 2: Elective courses from Marketing
At least one (1) of the following courses:
| Course Code | Course Title | ECTs |
| BPA251 | Principles of Marketing | 6 |
| BPA351 | Marketing Research | 7 |
| BPA352 | Consumer Behavior | 7 |
| BPA353 | Sales Management | 6 |
| BPA354 | Marketing Communications | 6 |
| BPA452 | International Marketing | 6 |
| BPA453 | Strategic Marketing | 6 |
| BPA456 | Digital Marketing | 6 |
Table 3: Elective courses from Management
At least one (1) of the following courses:
| Course Code | Course Title | ECTs |
| BPA332 | Business Ethics | 6 |
| BPA334 | Human Resource Management | 6 |
| BPA335 | Cross-Cultural Management | 6 |
| BPA337 | Labor/Industrial Relations | 6 |
| BPA432 | Innovation Management | 6 |
| BPA436 | Leadership | 7 |
| BPA437 | Managing the Family Business | 6 |
| BPA463 | Negotiations and Conflict Management | 6 |
| BPA464 | Energy – Strategy and Management | 6 |
| BPA465 | Business and Climate Change | 6 |
Table 4: Elective courses from Management Science and Information Systems Management
At least one (1) of the following courses:
| Course Code | Course Title | ECTs |
| BPA341 | Operations Management | 7 |
| BPA342 | Supply Chain Management | 6 |
| BPA343 | Applied Optimization Modelling | 7 |
| BPA345 | Quality Management | 6 |
| BPA346 | Quantitative Methods in Management II | 6 |
| BPA347 | Management Information Systems | 6 |
| BPA349 | Revenue Management | 6 |
| BPA433 | Business and eCommerce | 6 |
| BPA445 | Service Management | 6 |
| BPA448 | Planning and Managing Projects | 6 |
Table 5: Elective courses from Accounting and Finance
Only one (1) of the following courses:
| Course Code | Course Title | ECTs |
| AFN111 | Financial Accounting | 7 |
| AFN222 | Corporate Financial Management | 7 |
| AFN321 | Corporate Financial Management II | 6 |
| AFN323 | Modern Capital Budgeting | 6 |
Criteria of Admission:
- The admission of students will be based on the University’s Regulations.
- Students can apply to the Minor only after the completion of two (2) semesters of studies.
- Applications could be accepted by candidates who have an average rate of at least 6.5.
- With the application, candidates must submit a paragraph explaining their interest to the minor program in Entrepreneurship and how that will fit to their academic and professional goals.
