BA in Start-up Management
Ventspils, Latvia
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
The aim of the BA in Start-up Management is to train versatile, ambitious business management leaders with proven experience and future competencies capable of creating innovative solutions and sustainable businesses, as well as adapting to the dynamic business environment and technology trends.
Tasks
- To provide knowledge and practical skills in entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and the development of emotional intelligence.
- To ensure practice-based learning. (Student teams will build their own companies in the 1st year.)
- To apply non-traditional knowledge acquisition through team self-study, in combination with discussion panels and hands-on activities to stimulate interest and motivation for in-depth learning in a practical way within the company.
- To provide each student individual mentor sessions to develop a student's personal growth plan and skills.
- To provide knowledge and practical skills in financial management, marketing, business modeling, communication skills, economics, accounting, data analysis and interpretation, service design, leadership, product development, minimal viable product development, content creation and media, personal branding.
- To ensure that there is a possibility to make money in the study process without paying attention to extra-curricular activities.
- To provide attendance at industry conferences, hackathons, and their organization to get to know the industry, understand business relationships, and presentation skills.
- To prove the knowledge acquired during the studies in the bachelor's examination and practical tests of real enterprise problem-solving.
Learning Process
Learning the literature
Students acquire knowledge independently through recommended literature, online courses, and other materials.
Discussions
During the class, students discuss their new knowledge with each other.
Application
During the class, students solve the problems of entrepreneurs and apply their knowledge in the development of their companies.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum
General study courses
- Personal growth
- Professional English in the labor market
- Communication skills
- Innovation Week
Optional courses
- Financial markets
- Sharing economy
- Platform business model
- Game theory
Basic theoretical courses and courses of information technologies
- Information communication technologies for entrepreneurs
- Technology Business
- Basics of Economics
- Accounting
- Management of the company
- Legislation and administrative management
- Statistics and data interpretation
- Civil and environmental protection
- Sustainability and Green Thinking
Courses of professional specialization
- The 21st Century Marketing
- Financial management
- Service design
- Future leadership
- Sales and customer relations
- Practical company marketing
- Product development through experimentation
- Content creation and media
- Innovation management
- Production
- Project 24
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Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
The program's aim is to train versatile, ambitious business management leaders with proven experience and future competencies. Graduates will be able to perform tasks of:
- Business Manager, Marketing Manager
- Sales Manager
- Business Development Manager
- Project Manager
- Innovation Manager or any other role in the company which involves being capable of creating innovative solutions and sustainable businesses, as well as adapting to the dynamic business environment and technology trends.