International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship

The tuition fee covers accommodation during international visits.

Programme booklet

Curriculum and format

Curriculum

The programme's content is based on real economics and business. Over the course of six semesters students will progressively develop knowledge, skills and competencies in international business and start-up economics and management. Regarding how the programme's content is presented, equal attention is given to how knowledge is delivered and co-produced as well as to how courses are formatted. This includes activities outside classes and seminars in the real business and economic management environment and relating different courses to one another (for example how maths is used in business, or how to use communication skills to sell business ideas to investors).

Study format

Students will acquire the curriculum of the programme in a variety of study formats - activities outside classes and seminars in the real business and economic management environment, study visits abroad as well as to international companies in Latvia, business problem solving using simulations, practical semester projects and collaboration with the RSU B-Space Business Incubator to develop business ideas and learn how to pitch to investors, etc.

Syllabus

1. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
A	SBUEK_167	Applied Enterpreneurship	Faculty of Social Sciences	Kristaps Zaļais	6
A	SBUEK_178	Applied Microeconomics and Mathematics in Business	Faculty of Social Sciences	Irina Možajeva	6
B	VC_125	Business English and Concise Writing	Faculty of Social Sciences	Sniedze Vilde	9
B	VC_119	Business English and Concise Writing	Faculty of Social Sciences	Sniedze Vilde	12
A	SBUEK_176	Business Research Methodology	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
A	KPUMTK_012	Civil Defence and Environmental Protection	Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies	Oļegs Sabeļņikovs	3
A	SBUEK_175	Semester project I - Orientation and Integration	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	3

2. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
A	SBUEK_179	Applied Macroeconomics and Statistics	Faculty of Social Sciences	Tatjana Boikova	6
A	SBUEK_177	Business Communication and Ethics	Faculty of Social Sciences	Jana Bunkus	6
B	VC_125	Business English and Concise Writing	Faculty of Social Sciences	Sniedze Vilde	9
B	VC_119	Business English and Concise Writing	Faculty of Social Sciences	Sniedze Vilde	12
A	SBUEK_180	Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance	Faculty of Social Sciences	Anželika Berķe-Berga	6
B	VC_124	Latvian Language Course for Foreign Students	Faculty of Social Sciences	Inga Laizāne	3
A	SBUEK_192	Semester Project II - Knowledge Integration	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6

3. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
A	SBUEK_185	Business and Societal Governance / International Exposure I - Brussels Week	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	9
B	VC_120	Second Language (German) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Dace Žibala	18
B	VC_122	Second Language (Spanish) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Aleksandrs Timofejevs	18
A	SBUEK_186	Securities Market. Experience of Europe	Faculty of Social Sciences	Anželika Berķe-Berga	3
A	SBUEK_187	Semester Project III - Leadership and Pitches at RSU Business Incubator	Faculty of Social Sciences	Kristaps Zaļais	6
A	SBUEK_184	Start-up Patents	Faculty of Social Sciences	Līga Sileniece	6

4. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
B	SBUEK_196	Behavioural Economics	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	SBUEK_194	Digital Health and MedTech Development	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	SBUEK_195	Health Care System Impact on Labour Market	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	SBUEK_181	International Business and Marketing	Faculty of Social Sciences	Laura Martinsone-Ozoliņa	6
B	SVUEK_122	Public Health	Institute of Public Health	Lauma Spriņģe	6
B	VC_120	Second Language (German) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Dace Žibala	18
B	VC_122	Second Language (Spanish) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Aleksandrs Timofejevs	18
A	SBUEK_193	Semester Project IV - Practice Integration I	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	LUSDK_233	Social Innovation Design and Impact Assessment	Department of Rehabilitation	Lolita Vilka	6
B	LUSDK_232	Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship	Department of Rehabilitation	Ieva Kalve	6
B	SBUEK_188	Talent Management in International Business	Faculty of Social Sciences	Olga Leontjeva	6
B	SBUEK_189	Venture Capital	Faculty of Social Sciences	Līga Sileniece	6

5. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
B	SBUEK_190	Environmental Economics and Finances	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	SBUEK_183	Process Management for Sustainable Business Development	Faculty of Social Sciences	Jekaterina Pankova	6
B	VC_120	Second Language (German) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Dace Žibala	18
B	VC_122	Second Language (Spanish) and Intercultural Relations	Faculty of Social Sciences	Aleksandrs Timofejevs	18
A	SBUEK_191	Semester Project V - Practice Integration II	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6
B	SBUEK_170	Social and Legal Aspects of Digital Economy	Faculty of Social Sciences	Tatjana Muravska	6
B	SBUEK_172	Strategic and Change Management	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	6

6. semester

Category	Course code	Course title	Structural unit	Course supervisor	ECTS
A	SBUEK_002	Development of Bachelor’s Thesis and Defence	Faculty of Social Sciences	Romāns Putāns	27
A	SBUEK_023	Methodical and Theoretical Seminar of the Development of Bachelor's Thesis	Faculty of Social Sciences	Inna Dovladbekova	3

Admissions requirements

Admissions requirements

Career opportunities after graduation

Graduates of the study programme can work as specialists in economics and international business and start-up management, as entrepreneurs, researchers, managers, experts, business consultants, project managers, business analysts or economists.

Graduates of this program will be confident in economic trends and able to make strategic, ambitious, bold and informed decisions .

Feedback

It is essential for any potential entrepreneur that the university not only provides a theoretical education, but also gives an introduction to the dynamic business environment, demonstrates how to create a successful start-up and assists in establishing the first contacts in Latvia and abroad. The new programme is designed to be very close to the industry, which benefits both students and the business environment.

Sergejs Jakimovs,
Co-Founder of start-ups Vortexoil and Koatum, Board Member and Strategist at Longenesis, RSU visiting lecturer

Business today has no borders on the map. I started developing my mobile app Drone Pilot in Riga, continued in Estonia, but am now working on it in London. RSU is the most international among Latvian universities – a quarter of students are from abroad, and these are ideal conditions to prepare for the international environment that awaits every start-up entrepreneur.

Kristers Jurševskis,
Co-Founder of start-up Drone Pilot, RSU graduate