Congratulations on your admission to BTH!
Welcome to the course package Specialized courses in Industrial Economics and Management, 30 credits
To kickstart your course package, you will engage with two initial courses: Project and Process Management (7.5 credits) and Product Management (7.5 credits). Below, you will find detailed information about each course.
The course package starts on January 19th 2026.
Please note, to keep your place, you must fulfil the steps in the section below: “Here is a checklist on what you need to do now".
Welcome to BTH as you embark on an exciting learning journey exploring Industrial Economics and Management!
Wen Pan Fagerlin
Course package manager
wen.pan.fagerlin@bth.se
Here is a checklist on what you need to do now.
Activate your student account from 18 December 2025
You can activate your student account on konto.bth.se. Read more on Get started.
Register for the courses from 18 December 2025
To keep your place on the course package, you need to enrol on courses. Instructions can be found on Get started.
Course information
Information from the course manager about courses can be found on the respective page in Canvas. The course literature is listed in the course syllabus. Attendance at courses roll calls is always mandatory. If you are unable to attend for any reason, please inform the course manager.
Courses in this course package the first semester:
Literature
Current literature can be found in each specific course syllabus.
IY1441 Project and Process Management
This course is designed to prepare students for effectively handling and managing projects. It aims to develop the student’s knowledge in process and project management, including theoretical foundations for different types of leadership and team management in knowledge-intensive environments, the general structure of projects and project planning in knowledge-intensive environments, and practical implications for running a project smoothly and successfully.
This course is a remote learning opportunity that runs from 19 January 2026 to 29 March 2026. The first lecture will be held on January 20th between 10AM and 11AM via Zoom. Through the course we will cover topics such as leadership theories, strategic project management, and various models and tools for traditional, agile, and extreme project management. Students can access the course material before each lecture and ask questions at the end of each session. The lectures will be delivered online via Zoom and the material will be available on Canvas. Therefore, students need to have a notebook or PC with a reliable internet connection, as well as Zoom and a common browser like Google Chrome installed. Some of the group work activities may require using Miro, which is an online platform that does not require any installation. The course consists of eight lectures in total.
- Introduction to Leadership
- Strategic Project Management (SPM)
- Traditional Project Management (TPM): Scoping
- Traditional Project Management (TPM): Planning
- Traditional Project Management (TPM): Launching
- Traditional Project Management (TPM): Executing
- Agile Project Management (APM): Introduction
- Agile and Hybrid Project Management (A&HPM): Practices
The course assignments consist of three components: Reflections, Project report, and take-home exam. Each component has a different format, weight, and assessment criteria. Reflections is an individual exam that tests your understanding of the course content and your ability to apply it to real-world scenarios. Project report is a group assignment that requires you to work collaboratively with your peers to design and implement a solution for a given problem. Take-home exam is an individual assignment that evaluates your knowledge and skills on the topics covered in the course. Reflections and Project report are marked as pass/fail, while take-home exam is graded on a scale from A to F.
Instructors for this course:
Mojtaba Hosseini (Course manager and Teacher): Mojtaba.hosseini@bth.se
Wen Pan Fagerlin (Teacher): wen.pan.fagerlin@bth.se
IY1463 Product Management
The course is given remotely and starts on 2026-01-19 and ends 2026-03-29. You can therefore choose when and how you study, provided that you follow the schedule and respect the deadlines that apply to the submission tasks.
Please note that all lecture material is pre-recorded. As a complement to the pre-recorded lectures, there will be scheduled discussion sessions for those of you who have the opportunity to participate. The scheduled discussion session takes place on 19-01-2026, at 10.15 - 11.00
Teacher Henrik Sällberg posts the current Zoom link in announcements in Canvas.
The purpose of the course is to give you students basic knowledge in product management based on four areas, each of which is examined in turn:
Part 1: Management and Organization
Part 2: Product idea, Service idea and Product innovation
Part 3: Productization
Part 4: Commercialization
Start by reading the Schedule and Study Guide. You will find them under the heading "Modules" on the course page in Canvas.
The examinations take place via written submissions.
Instructors for this course:
Johanna Börrefors (course manager) johanna.borrefors@bth.se
Henrik Sällberg (teaching teacher) henrik.sallberg@bth.se
Evangelos Bourelos (teaching teacher) evangelos.bourelos@bth.se
Link to the course package:
Specialized courses in Industrial Economics and Management, 30 HP | Blekinge Tekniska Högskola External link, opens in new window.
Learning platform and equipment
BTH expects all students to have access to their own computer. There is only limited access to computers in our computer labs on campus. You also need access to a webcam, headset with microphone and internet connection for digital lessons.
The Canvas learning platform is used in all courses and programmes on campus and in digital education. Once you have activated your student account and registered for a course, you have access to programme and course pages in Canvas. Here you will find more information about Canvas, Zoom and other digital tools that you have access to at BTH External link, opens in new window..
Do you have any questions?
If you still have questions after reading this welcome letter and visiting the New student page, please contact studentreception@bth.se.
