ENTREP 3000 - Innovation and Creativity

North Terrace Campus - Summer - 2025

Innovation and creativity are two powerful human pursuits. They are responsible for so much human prosperity and your capacity to both understand and harness them in your personal and professional projects are certainly a determinant of your future success. In this course we will replace vague notions of creativity and innovation as buzzwords, and instead give you a clear understanding for the importance of them both, as well as a practical tool kit that will allow you to pursue them more reliably. It will give you advantage relative to others with potential to dramatically alter the decisions you make. The course itself also has a focus on these tools, with a range of modern materials, delivering a fun and memorable experience.

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Course Details

Course Code	ENTREP 3000
Course	Innovation and Creativity
Coordinating Unit	Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innov Centre
Term	Summer
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week in Semester. Intensive in Summer Semester and Winter Semester
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assessment	Individual assignments, group presentation

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Wendy Lindsay

Program Director Contact Details: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Name: Dr Matt McKinlay
Email: matthew.mckinlay@adelaide.edu.au

Teaching Staff

Summer School

Name: Dr Wendy Lindsay
Email: wendy.lindsay@adelaide.edu.au

Semester 2

Name:
Email:

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Distinguish common misconceptions regarding innovation and creativity;
2	Scope and identify different theories of innovation and creativity;
3	Criticise and question various innovation practices;
4	Formulate and generate creative routine practices that may challenge status quo.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.	1,2,3
Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.	2,3
Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.	3
Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.	3,4
Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.	3,4
Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.	1,4

Learning Resources

Required Resources

No textbook required.

There will be a range of readings provided in MyUni to reflect the theoretical and applied perspectives of creativity and innovation. A selected range of recommended resources will be uploaded into MyUni for students who wish to delve further into the domain knowledge areas covered in the course.

Recommended Resources

Further articles and readings will be available on MyUni

Library Resources
The University of 新浪彩票’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. .

Online Learning

is the University of 新浪彩票's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face to face component delivered in 5 full day intensive workshops. Given the nature of creativity and innovation, and the necessity to learn by doing, components of the intensives will be conducted through a small group discovery experience (SGDE), hands-on interactive activity workshops, fieldwork tasks external to the classroom, interspersed between lectures and short presentation/feedback sessions. Guest speakers and/or panel experts will be brought in to supplement lecture components. All course learning materials will be accessible to students via the online MyUni platform. This will allow students to interact with course preparation and assessment when not in class.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

Learning Activities Summary

The course is structured around a number of themes, with various supporting modules. Each module has extensive material and is the basis for in class activity.

Schedule
Module
	Theme: Why does innovation and creativity matter
1	The imperative of innovation The significance of creativity and innovation as a determinant of success Recognition of innovation and creativity as deep habit as well as modern management imperative The purpose of the course and the usefulness for students
2	Introduction to the course Course overview Overview of assessment Team formation
	Theme: What is innovation and creativity
3	Definitions of innovation and creativity Selected definitions of both innovation and creativity Contrast to related terms in invention, commercialisation
4	Myths of innovation and creativity The heroic innovator The creative muse The linear model of innovation
	Theme: How to be creative and innovative
5	The nature of ideas Idea generation Grand challenges (demand pull ideas) Grand technologies (supply push ideas)
6	The complexity of ideas Simultaneous discovery Recombination Imitation Innovation as design trade off
7	Creative practice Creativity as routine Creativity and innovation as interaction and management
	Theme: What challenges will you face
8	Innovation as collective change Multiple perspectives on ideas Social construction and evaluation of innovation and creativity
9	Innovation as systems Innovation systems- collective habit and preference Jumping out of the system- breaking the rules of the game Trajectories of resistance and transformation
	Theme: What are your responsibilities
10	Responsible innovation and creativity Ethics of creativity and innovation Ambiguity of novelty Innovation and creativity as a force for good (grand challenges)

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1	Reflective Journal	Individual		20%	1,2,3,4
2	Group presentation	Group	7 minute presentation	30%	1,2,3
3	Creative practice	Individual	1500 words	20%	1,3,4
4	Case study	Individual	2500 words	30%	1,2,3,4
	Total			100%

Assessment Related Requirements

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning during classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.

Course results may be subject to moderation by the Assessment Review Committee.

Assessment Detail

Reflective journal
As a timed in-class activity, students will be required to write a reflec

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