Entrepreneurship and business 1Laajuus (9 cr)

Objective

Entrepreneurship and business
You are able to evaluate the role and potential of entrepreneurship in society.
You are able to define your familiarity with and explain the opportunities for entrepreneurship offered by digital society.
You are able to describe the operations and processes of an enterprise as a whole.
You are able to identify the main stakeholder groups of an enterprise.

ICT-tools
You learn to use the common software and communications technology as your daily tool in your studies and future work tasks.
You understand the possibilities of digital working environment and know how to use the proper ICT tools efficiently individually and in teamwork.
You understand the importance of information security and know how to improve it.

Professional Swedish
You can appropriately communicate orally and in writing in field-specific situations.
You have a working knowledge of the terminology of your field and can use Swedish in professional situations. The objectives are based on the Common European Framework of Languages, level B1 and the Decree 18.12.2014/1129.

Finnish as a second language
You are able to express yourself in Finnish in the most common everyday situations both orally and in writing.
You have a command of simple phrases, basic clauses and vocabulary (CEFR level A1.1/A1.2) needed in e.g. introducing yourself and in service encounters.
You are familiar with the most essential grammatical features, such as vowel harmony, present tense of the verb types and partitive singular case, and can manage with the pronunciation and spelling.
You are able to expand your vocabulary and knowledge of language usage also independently using different sources.
You are familiar with the key features of the Finnish culture.

Content

Entrepreneurship and business
What is the role of entrepreneurship in society?
What opportunities does digital society offer for entrepreneurship?
What are the operational processes of an enterprise?
What are the main stakeholder groups?
What are the key interest groups?

ICT-tools
What are the common ICT tools used in your field of studies and future work.
What are the possibilities of digital working environment in information and communication technology.

Professional Swedish
How do you appropriately use Swedish vocabulary related to education, work environment, and workplace duties?
How do you use Swedish in different communicative situations of working life, e.g. e-mails, on telephone, and in meetings?
How do you use the basic professional vocabulary of your field and your operational environment?

Finnish as a second language
What kind of language is Finnish compared with other languages that you know? What are the special features of Finnish?
Which phrases and what kind of knowledge of Finnish language and culture are needed in everyday communication?
Which sources and tools can you use in order to learn elementary Finnish in the classroom and independently?
How to pronounce and spell words in Finnish?

Evaluation

a) Students can use professional vocabulary systematically
b) Students can look for information in the key sources of the field
c) Students can identify interrelated tasks.
d) Students can communicate in the workplace, with customers, target groups and the users of applications and services provided in the field, orally and in writing.
e) Students can use the key models and methods of the field

Professional Swedish:
After completing the course with a grade of 3, you can
- understand clear standard and job-related speech.
- use basic structures reasonably correctly both orally and in writing.
- speak relatively fluently in such a way that occasional mistakes in pronunciation or prosody do not lead to misunderstanding.
- describe your education and work experience e.g. when applying for a job.
- describe and discuss key issues of your professional field (e.g. the work, products, processes or services of companies and/or organizations)

Professional Swedish
According to the Act (424/2003, 6 §, subsection 1) on language skills required of state officials functioning in a position requiring a higher education in a bilingual office, the student is given a grade for both oral and written skills. In the degree certificate, the grade satisfactory equals course grades 1–3 while the grade good equals course grades 4–5.

Finnish as a second language:
The course "Suomi 1" is scheduled on the entry-level of your studies. The assessment emphazises criteria a–d and f. A student that has reached the level 3 is able to
a) use phrases, basic vocabulary and structures (CEFR levels A1.1 - A1.2) in everyday communication
b) look for information from the text books and other information sources of the elementary Finnish
c) identify various contexts and interrelated tasks
d) communicate in simple everyday situations
e) work as a team-member in a goal-oriented way.

Qualifications

Professional Swedish: If you have been instructed to participate in the preparatory course, you must pass it or acquire the equivalent knowledge and skills before you can participate in this course.