PROGRAMME: AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (NATIONAL DIPLOMA)
COURSE: EDD126 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DURATION: 45 HOURS (3 HOURS LECTURES )
UNITS: 3.0
GOAL: This course is designed to create general entrepreneurship
awareness in the student with a view to inculcating in him the spirit of self-reliance.
General Objectives:
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Understand the basic concept of entrepreneurship
2. Understand the roles of entrepreneurship in personal and national growth and
development
3. Know how to set business goals
4. Know how to identify business opportunities
5. Know how to draw single business plans.
PROGRAMME: NATIONAL DIPLOMA AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYt
Course: INTRODUCTION TO Code:EDD126 Credit Hours: hours 3
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Semester: 2 Pre-requisite: Theoretical: 1 hours/week
Practical: 33 %
2 hours/week
67 %
Course main Aim/Goal
This course is designed to create general entrepreneurship awareness in the student with a
view to inculcating in him the spirit of self-reliance.
General Objectives:
Theoretical Content Practical Content
Week Specific Teacher’s Resources Specific Teacher’s Resources
Learning Activities Learning Activities
Outcomes Outcomes
General Objective 1: . Understand the basic concept of Entrepreneurship
1-4 1.1 Explain the Explain the terms Textbooks
terms: related to
entrepreneurship.
i)
Entrepreneurship ii. Compare wage
ii) Entrepreneur employment and
iii) Enterprise iv) self employment
Self Employment with
v) Wage entrepreneurship.
Employment
iii. Identify
1.2 Compare: opportunities for
self employment
i) Wage
Employment and iv. Explain the
Entrepreneurship role of
ii) Self entrepreneurship
Employment and in wealth
Entrepreneurship creation.
1.3 Identify the v. Give
facilities and assignment
opportunities
available for self vi. Organize a
employment. visit to an
entrepreneur’s
1.4 Identify organization.
successful
entrepreneurs in
Nigeria
Evaluate the role
of
entrepreneurship
in wealth
creation.
General Objective 2: Understand the roles of entrepreneurship in personal and
national growth and development
5-7 2.1 Explain how Explain the role Textbooks Explain the role Explain with Computer
entrepreneurship of of computer and the aid of a and
leads to the entrepreneurship information computer and accessories
creation of: to national technology in application
development. entrepreneurship packages:- Lotus 123
i) Self confidence
ii) Self ii. Explain
Expression resources and E-mail Dbase
iii) Wage constraints of
Employment for entrepreneurship. Internet, Internet
others website facility
iv) Self iii. Explain the
Employment spirit of Create:
Achievement
Motivation Test Spreadsheet
2.2 Identify (AMT).
resources and Invoice
constraints of iv. Invite a
entrepreneurship. successful Purchase
entrepreneur to order etc.
2.3 Explain how give a talk to the
entrepreneurship students
leads to import
substitution and
utilization of
local resources.
2.4 Explain how
entrepreneurship
leads to equitable
distribution of
industries.
2.5 Explain the
spirit of
Achievement
Motivation Test
(A.M.T.)
General Objective 3: Know how to set business goals
8-10 1 Evaluate Explain SWOT Textbooks Explain the Demonstrate, Computer
strengths, analysis and Entrepreneurship using and
weaknesses relate it to the appropriate accessories
opportunities and organization application
threat (SWOT visited. package: Lotus 123
Analysis). package
ii. Explain Business
3.2 Explain the characteristics of planning Text Book
personal an entrepreneur.
characteristics of Time
an entrepreneur. iii. Explain the Management
entrepreneurial etc.
3.3 Explain the tasks.
Entrepreneurial
Tasks: iv. Conduct Test
i) Leadership
ii) Decision-
making
iii) Business
Planning
iv) Time
Management
Self Management
General Objective 4 Know how to identify business opportunities
11-12 1 Define business Explain business Textbooks Explain the Demonstrate Computer
opportunity. opportunities and process of using and
process of exploring appropriate accessories
4.2Identify the exploring them. opportunities application
process of ii. Explain the package. Dbase
product/service process of Product
selection. product/service selection Lotus 123
selection product
4.3 State the tracking Text Book
process of order
exploring tracking
opportunities
General Objective 5: Know how to draw simple business plans
13-15 5.1 Define the . Explain the Textbooks Explain the Guide Computer
concept of concept of process of students in complete
business plan. business plan and preparing preparing with
project proposal. preliminary preliminary accessories
5.2 Explain the project proposal. project. and:
process of ii. Guide students
preparing in preparing a Explain the Demonstrate, Lotus 123
preliminary modest business process of using
project proposal. plan. preparing a appropriate Dbase
detailed business packages.
5.3 Explain the iii. Give plan. Internet
process of assignment. Sales connection
preparing a Conduct a forecasting
detailed) business modest business Text book
plan. plan on a selected
venture
5.4 Conduct a
modest business Business plan
plan on a selected
venture (The Time sheet
written business analysis
plan should be
assessed as part Employee
of the continuous tracking
assessment).
Loan
Amortization
etc.
Explore
internet for:
Company
profile
Product
catalogue
Product
nformation
URL
Management
