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Communication skills (5 cr)

Code: KY00AA02-3158

General information


Enrollment

12.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

01.08.2019 - 09.03.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 52

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Johanna Jalkanen

Groups

  • MEMI19SPA
    Forestry, full-time studies
  • MEMI19SPB
    Forestry, full-time studies

Objective

You are familiar with Xamk's instructions for written assignments.
You are able to use professionally important databases and other sources of information and refer to them in your texts.

You know how to write texts that meet the standards for layout, content and style required in your studies and working life.

You are able to use appropriate writing and sharing tools.

You improve your interactive communication skills and manage fluently in different group work situations, such as meetings and negotiations.

You develop your presentation skills for professional purposes and acquire skills in giving and receiving feedback.

Content

Which written skills (genres, styles, tools) are you expected to master both in your studies and in work assignments in your own professional field?
Which spoken skills (presentations, interaction in meetings and negotiations, self-assessment and feedback, easing stage fright) are you expected to master both in your studies and in work assignments in your own professional field?
How do you search information from different sources and make use of it?