Professional ICT skills (5 cr)

Objective

You know how to use ICT applications in your studies and future work tasks when working both individually and in teams.
You understand the policies, challenges and possibilities of the information society and the digital working environment.
You know ICT systems in your field of study and understand the role of information and information systems in organizations.
You understand the importance of information security and know how to improve information security.

Content

What ICT applications are used in studies and at work and how?
What are information society and digital working environment and how do they function?
What are the possibilities and challenges of ICT applications?
What is information security, and how to act securely during studies and at work?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional ICT vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated ICT tasks.
e. use the key methods, software and techniques of information and communication technology.

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
You will attend teaching and guidance sessions as specified in the weekly schedule.
Your study routine is determined by the scheduled group sessions and by the self-study assignments.

Student workload

135 h, of which 60 hours are worked in a classroom and labs. Homeworks and report writings takes the rest of the time.