Communication skills (5 cr)

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?

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.