BSc Home Science Major Entrepreneurship in Textile Arts and Crafts Theory Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the Semester 6 syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year timetables name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Major Entrepreneurship in Textile Arts and Crafts Theory
Module I: Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Textile and Craft Sector
- A Entrepreneurship – Definition, meaning and concept.
- B Qualities of successful entrepreneur
- C Entrepreneurship development – meaning
- D Objectives of entrepreneurship development program with relevance to textile arts and crafts
- E Types of entrepreneurship
- F Types of start-ups
- G Entrepreneurial development training – importance, objective and methods
- H Project report and its importance
- I Government textile policies / subsidies towards textile arts and crafts
- J Finance / Investors / Crowd funding / angel investment / venture capital and bank loan
Module II: Business Planning, Costing and Feasibility Analysis in Textile Arts
- and Crafts
- A Identification of business opportunities – market research and product analysis for textile arts & crafts
- B Small scale industry entrepreneurship – meaning and objectives
- C Steps for starting a small scale industry
- D Types of business organization
- E Introduction to Costing – methods and types
- F Break Even Analysis
- G Depreciation – Definition, meaning and methods.
- H Feasibility analysis
- I Case study (2)from the area of textile arts and crafts
References
- 1 Bessant, J., and Tidd, J. (2021). Innovation and entrepreneurship (4th ed.). Wiley.
- 2 Burns, P. (2020). Entrepreneurship and small business: Start-up, growth and maturity (5th ed.). Red Globe Press.
- 3 Chaudhuri, S. (2018). Marketing management for fashion and textiles. New Age International Publishers.
- 4 Crawford, C. M., and Di Benedetto, A. (2021). New products management (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
- 5 Easey, M. (2019). Fashion marketing (5th ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
- 6 Ghemawat, P. (2018). Global strategy and management. Wiley India.
- 7 Kotler, P., Keller, K. L., Chernev, A., and Shah, D. (2022). Marketing management (16th ed.). Pearson Education.
- 8 Mariotti, S., and Glackin, C. (2020). Entrepreneurship: Starting and operating a small business (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
- 9 McQuarrie, E. F. (2020). The market research toolbox: A concise guide for beginners (5th ed.). Sage Publications.
- 10 Posner, H. (2015). Marketing fashion (2nd ed.). Laurence King Publishing.
- 11 Ramaswamy, V., and Ozcan, K. (2018). The co-creation paradigm. Stanford University Press.
- 12 Sharma, S., and Bansal, P. (2023). Sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation. Springer.
- 13 Stone, E. (2018). The dynamics of fashion (4th ed.). Fairchild Books.
- 14 Tungate, M. (2018). Fashion brands: Branding style from Armani to Zara (3rd ed.). Kogan Page.
- 15 UNESCO. (2022). Creative economy outlook. UNESCO Publishing
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Home Science) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.