An Introduction to the Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behavior
Program
Undergraduate
Area
Elective Courses from Other Sciences
Description
SYLLABUS
Seminar Sessions (plan):
1. Introduction- Learning Objectives-Requirements of the cource
2. What is entrepreneurship? What is the state of entrepreneurship research?
3. Entrepreneurship in the movies – Zest
4. Understanding the “opportunity”. Are opportunities discovered or created?
5. Entrepreneurship in the movies – Creativity-Hope
6. Psychological capital, perseverance & motivation
7. Entrepreneurship in the movies – Perseverance
8. The entrepreneurial process.
9. Entrepreneurship in the movies – Curiosity
10. Emotions and entrepreneurial behavior.
11. Entrepreneurship in the movies – Self-regulation
12. Entrepreneurship and well-being
13. What about fear of failure? Concluding remarks
Learning Objectives
The study of entrepreneurial behavior has become one of the fastest growing fields in Social Sciences in general and Work & Organizational Psychology, in particular. Τhis course offers a comprehensive overview of current theories and research findings in the field of psychology of entrepreneurial behavior. In the context of this this seminar, entrepreneurial behavior is approached as a competence that is, as the capacity to act upon opportunities and ideas to create value for others. The value created can be social, cultural, or financial. As competence, entrepreneurial behavior applies to all spheres of life: from nurturing personal development, to actively participating in society, to (re)entering the job market as an employee or as a self-employed person, and also to starting up ventures (cultural, social or commercial). The seminar will place emphasis on the role of character strengths such as Creativity, Curiosity, Perseverance, Hope, Self-regulation etc, from the field of Positive Psychology.
This seminar is designed to achieve the following goals:
• To introduce major topics and subspecialties including critical theory and research finding that have defined the field of the psychology of entrepreneurial behavior
• To increase the understanding that entrepreneurial behavior creates value (not necessarily in economic terms)
• Help students increase the awareness of their hidden “entrepreneurial” potential through self-evaluation exercises
• Help students understand the importance of entrepreneurial behavior in the organizational context.
The courses of the Computer Science Department are designated with the letters "CS" followed by three decimal digits. The first digit denotes the year of study during which students are expected to enroll in the course.
First Digit
Advised Year of Enrollment
1,2,3,4
First, Second, Third and Fourth year
5,6
Graduate courses
7,8,9
Specialized topics
Code
Computer Science Area
A1
Computer architecture and microelectronics
A2
Computer systems, parallel and high performance computing
A3
Computer security and distributed systems
A4
Computer networks, mobile computing, and telecommunications
B1
Algorithms and systems analysis
B2
Databases, information and knowledge management
B3
Software engineering and programming languages
B4
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
C1
Signal processing and analysis
C2
Computer vision and robotics
C3
Computer graphics and human-computer interaction
C4
Βioinformatics, medical informatics, and computational neuroscience
The following pages contain tables (one for each course category) summarizing courses offered by the undergraduate studies program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete. Courses with code-names beginning with "MATH" or "PHYS" are taught by the Mathematics Department and Physics Department respectively at the University of Crete.