Ideation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
The five course add-on certificate in Ideation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship allows students to acquire business knowledge related to business principles and models in the context of entrepreneurship, as well as systematic approaches to create ideas, recognize opportunities, and capitalize on those opportunities.
The certificate is appealing to both business students and non-business students who are interested in entrepreneurship. It provides an avenue to pair their educational pathways and degree outcomes with innovation-focused, creative thinking and entrepreneurial and small business management tools.
Small businesses (businesses with fewer than 50 employees) account for over 98.8 per cent of Saskatchewan’s nearly 149,000 businesses. Small businesses employed 30.6 per cent of employees in 2022. For more information, view the Saskatchewan Small Business Profile 2023 (PDF).
Understanding how business models work is a highly useful skill for entrepreneurs, managers, and policy makers. These skills and abilities can be applied to any discipline.
Note that this is not a direct entry program or primary program, and must be taken alongside another degree or diploma program.Quick Facts
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Why Study Ideation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Regina?
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Hill faculty members are active in research that makes an impact in our communities. Their research interests include:
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Small Business
- Financial Markets and Financial Reporting
- Global Perspectives and Internationalization
- Leadership; Strategic Management
- Sustainable Community; Well-Being; EDII
- Teaching and Learning
Ideation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Frequently Asked Questions
BUS 100 Introduction to Business
This course will introduce students o the functional areas of business in a variety of organizations and allows students to explore future possibilities. This course is mandatory for all business students.
BUS 201 Entrepreneurship: Creativity, Design and Innovation
This experiential and case-based course will identify barriers to individual and group creativity, approaches for overcoming these barriers, and methods for generating ideas that solve commercial, operational and/or institutional problems.
BUS 302 – Entrepreneurship: Small Business Modeling and Feasibility Analysis
This course addresses early stage elements of starting up and operating a small business on a conceptual level. Using cases, competitions and experiential exercises, students will learn opportunity alertness and identification, building a value proposition, testing business hypotheses, creating competitive advantage, setting up financials, analyzing break even, charting growth and planning for exit. Students develop, build and test an entrepreneurial opportunity they identify, and assess its feasibility. The course applies to all business start up including non profit, for profit, for benefit and corporate or institutional intrapreneurship.
ADMN 225 First Nations Economic Development
This course is designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to band entrepreneurial development undertaken by government agencies, research and planning groups, band organizations, band councils, and individual band entrepreneurs. Problem areas and alternative approaches will be investigated in relation to the physical and social environments, external factors, and the socio-cultural environment.
301BUS 301 – Negotiation
This course will develop a student’s understanding of the principles, strategies, and tactics of effective negotiation and professional relationship management. Students will learn to identify and assess the variables in negotiations, develop sound negotiation planning techniques, and develop an understanding of various strategies and tactics to ethically resolve conflicts and interpersonal differences.
BUS 303 – Small Business Start-Up and Management
Using a multi-period entrepreneurship simulation, students establish and manage a small enterprise. Topics include: characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, recognizing opportunities, legal forms and environments, financing, marketing, financial management, operations, human resources, using boards and advisors, deciding to startup, buy or franchise, and managing growth, transfer or exit.
BUS 394 – Entrepreneurial Finance
This course analyzes how entrepreneurs and their financial backers can spot, create and manage value. Start-up and early-stage ventures have particular financial challenges associated with the uncertain and unproven nature of the project. Topics include sources of capital, cash flow forecasting, sensitivity analysis, valuation methodologies, financial contracts and careful negotiations, and different strategies for growing or exiting a venture.
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