ECTS - Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches (ART270) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature: Interdisciplinary Approaches ART270 Fall and Spring 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Fundamental facts of natural and ecological systems are explored and introduced as references for innovation and entrepreneurship. Basic principles of nature are mimicked in the process of innovation. New areas of opportunities for creativity are explored via interdisciplinary applications. 21. Century skills are introduced as new areas of development.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students are informed about the contemporary traits and skills necessary for personal and professional development.
  • Students are motivated towards new entrepreneurship opportunities in contemporary social and economic fields.
  • Students are guided to acquire an essential level of understanding of the principles of natural ecological systems and sustainability in an interdisciplinary frame.
  • Students are encouraged to explore and constructively criticize the physical and social relationship between contemporary lifestyles and the natural ecological systems.
Course Content Biomicicry; the natural processes of sustaining life on earth and using it as a model for social and economic innovations; the integration among the components of ecosystems: living organisms; climate, and the chemical environment;opportunities for innovative entrepreneurship practices with interdisciplinary approaches; the 21st century skills and nature?s principles for innovative and creative entrepreneurship opportunities.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction of the course content
2 Natural Systems as the source and support for life. Ecology: The grand global interaction
3 Sustainability principles
4 Biomimicry: Nature as a model, nature as a mentor, and nature as a measure for design, planning, and organizations.
5 Biomimicry: Interdisciplinary innovation and solutions
6 The circular pattern of nature’s dynamics.
7 Eco-effectiveness and Regenerative Models
8 Midterm: a critical analysis report/poster presentation
9 Nature for 21st century skills
10 From the beginning of the Modern Era to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
11 Interdisciplinary approaches in innovation and entrepreneurship.
12 Entrepreneurship opportunities inspired by nature.
13 Nature-inspired entrepreneurship success stories.
14 Final Presentations
15 Final Presentations
16 Final Presentations

Sources

Other Sources 1. Benyus, J. M. (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. New York: Morrow.
2. Borrello, M., Pascucci, S. ve Cembalo, L. (2020). Three Propositions to Unify Circular Economy Research: A Review. Sustainability. 12(10) 4069.
3. Cain, M. L., Bowman, W. D. ve Hacker, S. D. (2011). Ecology. Sunderland: Sinauer Assoc.
4. Ndubisi, N. O. ve Iftikhar, K. (2012). Relationship between Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Performance. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 14 (2), 214-236.
5. Hofstra, N. ve Huisingh, D. (2014). Eco-Innovations Characterized: a Taxonomic Categorization for Assessing the Relationships between Humans and Nature. Journal of Cleaner Production 66, 459-468.
6. Hofstra, N. (2015). Entrepreneurship Inspired by Nature. The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management.
7. Myers, W. (2014). Biodesign, Nature Science Creativity. Thames & Hudson
8. Prieto-Sandoval, V., Jaca, C. ve Ormazabal, M. (2017). Towards a Consensus on the Circular Economy. Journal of Cleaner Production 179 (1) 605- 615.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 15 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 1 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 18 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services.
2 Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex.
3 Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services.
4 Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it.
5 Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience.
6 Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services.
7 Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation.
8 Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees.
9 Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare.
10 Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties.
11 Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties.
12 Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health.
13 Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services.
14 Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner.
15 Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team.
16 Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations.
17 Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society.
18 Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach.
19 Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process.
20 Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 3 8 24
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 5 3 15
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 9 18
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 8 8
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 12 12
Total Workload 125