The Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI) is designed to give individuals the creative, intellectual, and motivational skills necessary to create and identify new opportunities and to start their own businesses, or initiate new ventures within existing companies. Students will engage with the teaching material in the classroom, and through entrepreneurial project work, a field trip, and relationships with mentors. A critical experiential learning component comes from guided project work with start-ups corporate venture where students will provide independent analysis of, and solutions to, problems confronting entrepreneurs and innovators operating in highly dynamic and uncertain environments. After observing and engaging with existing entrepreneurial ventures, students will embark on the development of their own start-up ideas within regional and global contexts, guided by academic staff and industry mentors. To achieve their entrepreneurial goals, students will learn industry-specific knowledge from experts, in particular industrial sectors that best coincide with students’ venture ideas. Examples of possible sectors include travel and tourism, agribusiness/aquaculture, and high technology. This course is full fee-paying, which means that domestic students will be charged at the full fee-paying rate listed for each unit. Fees cover tuition, all study materials (with the exception of text books) and costs associated with the study sessions. Learning Outcomes On completion of the course graduates will be able to: Critically evaluate and reflect on theories and practices of entrepreneurship and innovation. Identify and critically analyse internal and external factors that affect a venture’s ability to create and/or discover new opportunities and that influence entrepreneurial decisions and the ability to commercialise products and services. Critically analyse the current and future state of a chosen industry sector (including the nature of competition, its financial and economic conditions, short- and long-run trends (both locally and globally), and other factors that will affect entrepreneurial activity in the sector. Effectively contribute to the management of the start-up and commercialisation practice by establishing entrepreneurial businesses and developing supportive organisational environments to foster innovation. Effectively contribute to the management of the start-up and commercialisation practice by establishing entrepreneurial businesses and developing supportive organisational environments to foster innovation. Demonstrate creative and reflective thinking, lifelong learning and critical inquiry skills fundamental to entrepreneurial leadership. Career outcomes Graduates from the course will have the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for starting their own business venture, or to make significant contributions to the development of new ventures within existing businesses.