Communication skills (5 cr)
Code: KY00AA02-3199
General information
- Enrollment
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14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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18.01.2021 - 29.05.2021
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Kielet ja viestintä, Savonlinna
- Campus
- Savonlinna Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Electrical and Automation Engineering
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?
Evaluation
The course Communication skills takes place at the entry-level of the learning process. The assessment emphazises criteria b–f.
Students achieving the level 3 are able to
- search new information, react to it critically and make use of it in their written and spoken communication.
- understand interrelated tasks and complete them as scheduled.
- communicate interactively and appropriately in different situations.
- use Xamk's writing templates, referencing guidelines and software for writing and presentations.
Course material
Opettajan ja opiskelijoiden koostamat ja tekemät opiskelumateriaalit löytyvät opintojakson Learn-alustalta ja Teams-sovelluksesta.
Study forms and methods
Opetus ja tehtävät työjärjestyksen mukaan.
Student workload
Opintojakson laajuus 5 op = 135 tuntia opiskelijatyötä
Further information
Ota yhteyttä opettajaan
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Luentoihin liittyvät kirjalliset harjoitustehtävät, ryhmätyöskentely, testit ja opiskelijan aktiivisuus. Opettajan tekemä arviointi, itsearviointi ja vertaisarviointi.
Opintojakson arvioinnissa korostuvat kriteerit b–f.