Think Big is a unit about generating, developing, and evaluating ideas for the introduction of innovative and viable new ventures. Think Big entails a process of discovery designed to develop creation of dynamic and impactful enterprises. You will learn about innovative business concepts and the design of performance-differentiating business models. The unit will assist you to generate new marketable ideas and develop skills in innovative thinking, and market assessment in digital, commercial, service and social contexts. This unit will also introduce you to the concept of ideation and horizon thinking, and explore how creative and innovative ideas are generated through teamwork and by brainstorming or workshopping ideas. You will be able to apply the principles of lean entrepreneurship and appreciate what is involved when starting a business or a social enterprise, as well as how to pitch business ideas to potential investors as part of an entrepreneurial team. The unit has a strong practice and market disruption focus.
Level | Postgraduate |
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Unit Level | 9 |
Credit Points | 6 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
Residential School | No Residential School |
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Practical Assessment | 30% |
2. Practical Assessment | 30% |
3. Presentation and Written Assessment | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
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Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 94.74% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.79% response rate.
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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