SCI2501 · Monash University
Impact through science 2A
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Workload
- —
- Faculty
- Science
What it covers
This unit introduces you to the world of innovation and its role in addressing the key challenges facing businesses and industries all over the world. You will be introduced to the key frameworks, stakeholders and considerations necessary for critically evaluating the corporate innovation space. You will explore how an entrepreneurial mindset can be harnessed to develop cutting edge business solutions and use your own ideas as the basis for a potential business opportunity that can be pitched to investors. The unit will enable you to identify, define and describe key corporate innovation and entrepreneurial frameworks, the importance of lean methodology, risk analysis and pitching to bring an idea into reality in two different contexts.
Assessment
| Task | Type | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reflections | Portfolio | 20% |
| Team peer evaluation | Demonstration | 10% |
| Proposal to management (group) | Written | 35% |
| Final [pitch (group) | Presentation | 15% |
| Lean canvas pitch (group) | Presentation | 20% |
When and where
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On-campus |