CovenantUniversity

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College:

Engineering/ScienceandTechnology

Departments: UniversityWide
Course

Programmes: Engineeringand
EnvironmentalScience
Programs

1.BasicDetails

Entrepreneurial

CourseCode:

EDS511

CourseTitle:

Unit(s):

Semester:

Alpha

Location:

LT1

Time:

Thursday1112am

DevelopmentStudies

EDS111,EDS121,
Level

500

Prerequisites:

EDS211,EDS221,
EDS311,EDS321&
EDS411

Lecturer(s)

Dr.Okeniyi,J.O.(Coordinator);Dr.AkintundeAjagbe;Mr.OdebiyiJohn;Mr.
EfobiUchenna;Dr.AdunolaOke;MrsAdebukolaOyewunmi

2.CourseDescription

ThecourseteachesEntrepreneurialDevelopmentStudiesasaCovenantUniversitybrandofimpacting
studentswithentrepreneurialskills.

3.CourseObjectives/LearningOutcome

The objective of the course is to ensure students are imparted with technopreneurship and
entrepreneurial skills in a global community through descriptive disseminations of innovative
entrepreneurialprocesses.

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4.CourseContent

Week Topic(s)
1.
2.
3.
4.

GeneralIntroductiveClass

AllLecturers

Module 1 Technopreneur & The Innovation Process

Module 2 Fundamentals of Business

Dr. Joshua O. Okeniyi

Dr. Adunola Oke

Module 3 Principles of Innovation

Dr. Akintunde Ajagbe

5.

Test 1 (Mid-Semester)

All Lecturers

6.

Module 4 Fundamentals of Economics in a Global

Context

Mr. Uchenna Efobi

7.

Independence Day Parley (Lecture Free)

All Lecturers

8.
9.
10.

Instructor

Module 5 Purposeful Innovation and the Seven Sources

for Innovative Opportunity
Module 6 Technology Ventures in a Global Context
Module 7 The Entrepreneurial Business

Mrs. Bukola Oyewunmi

Mr. John Odebiyi
Dr. Akintunde Ajagbe

11.

Test 2

All Lecturers

12.

Revision(CourseWrapUp)AttendanceClosure

All Lecturers

13.

Tutorials/CourseEvaluation

All Lecturers

14.

Examination

All Lecturers

15.

Grading

All Lecturers

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5.Learning&TeachingActivities

i. Lecture delivery methods: This will constitute the main teaching method using
PowerPoint presentations, the white board and marker 50%.
ii. EDS Practical: This run concurrently as the course module delivery, every week, and is
coordinated by the Covenant University Centre for Entrepreneurial and Development
from which grading of student performance in the practical components are collected
for inclusion and collation of students final grading 50%.
iii. Term paper and/or assignments: are given to students as a means of imparting selfdiscovery skills This could be in the Lecture/Theory session or the EDS practical
session.

6.AssessmentMethod

ContinuousAssessment

ClassTests[Test1(15marks)andTest2(15Marks)]:

30

Assignments:

TermPapers:

Practicals:

50

FieldWork:

Examinations

SemesterExamination:

20

Other:

7.AlignmenttoCovenantUniversityVision/Goal

ThestudyisaCovenantUniversitybrandinitiationwhichispresentlybeingadoptedfromtheCU
platformforotherUniversitiesbytheNationalUniversityCommission(NUC),thestudyisgeared
towardsCovenantUniversitysgoalofproducinggraduateswhoareequippedwithcurrenttrendsand
soundintheoreticalknowledgeofentrepreneurialprocessestobecomeemployersofLabourinsteadof
jobseekers.

8.IndustryRelevance

The course has industrial applications which include imparting students with innovative and
technopreneurialskillsbeyondtheirnormalcurricularchoiceordisciplineofstudy.

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9.RecommendedReading/Text

ISBN No

Author

Date

Title

Publisher

978-0060851132

P. F. Drucker

2006

Innovation and Entrepreneurship:

Practice and Principles

Harper Business

978-0-12-374502-6

T.N. Duening,
R. D. Hisrich,
& M.A. Lechter

2010

Technology
Entrepreneurship:
Creating, Capturing, and Protecting
Value

Academic
(Elsevier)

10.GroundRules&Regulations

Press

Studentwillnotbeallowedtowriteexaminationforthecoursewithoutsatisfactory
attendanceatlectures.
Studentmustsubmittermpapersandassignmentsasatwhendue.

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