Service Business is an interdisciplinary minor study program at JYU for students interested in understanding how business relates to their chosen field, developed by the Faculty of Business and Economics. It is coordinated by Global Venture Lab.

Launched in autumn 2008, the study program offers short and intensive business know-how courses designed for students in the faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Sport and Health Sciences.

It is possible to complete the study program in one year (35 ECTS), which means that obligatory courses are held yearly. Majority of courses are in Finnish.

The Program

The Service Business study program offers basic business skills for students who are interested in leveraging their existing knowledge in the business world. Aside from the practical elements of entrepreneurship, marketing, leadership and accounting, the Service Business program focuses on how to GROW a business.

The program is flexible, enabling to students to choose the most appropriate business courses including:

• Growth Venturing
• Entrepreneurial Marketing 
• Productisation
• Venture Capital Strategies
• Sales
• Project Management
• Launch Pad
• Business in Asia
• Business in Russia
  

Service Business is an evolving and experimental study program, which relies heavily on business co-operation and collaboration. The Growth Venturing research group operates a business partner program whereby people in the field get involved via visiting lectures, course material, and mentoring. The aim of the business partner program is to offer students the direct possibility to get familiar with problem solving methods in a real business context.

Links

JYU Website: Palveluliiketoiminta