Study and workplace skills (5 cr)

Objective

You can act responsibly as a student and as a member of the university community.

You can set your learning goals, plan your study and career path, monitor your progress, and assess your own learning.

You can enhance your employability and skills for working life and act entrepreneurially in the professional world.

You can adhere to the ethical principles of your field and market your own skills to the job market.

Content

What kind of a learning community is Xamk, and what are the study networks at Xamk like?
How do you build your own study and career plan?
How do you identify your own skills and enhance your employability?
What is your professional field like, and what are the professional ethics in your field?
How do you market your skills and strengthen your job search skills?
How do you advance your continuous learning?

Evaluation

Students can
a) use professional vocabulary systematically.
b) look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c) identify interrelated tasks.
d) work together with customers/clients, users and target groups.
e) use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f) work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g).justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Study materials are provided by the teacher via the Learn platform.

Study forms and methods

• The implementation entails 12 contact lessons on 6 campus and scheduled/unscheduled online study. Contact lessons are scheduled in weekdays.
Attendance in the contact lessons is mandatory and absence must be compensated.
• The course is carried out within the group's curriculum schedule. The students must complete individual assignments and group assignments.
• The teacher provides guidance during and after contact lessons.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Job search guidance.

Timing of exams and assignments

The course entails weekly assignments.
The end date of the course is presented in the course details. By this date, the student must submit all assignments.

International cooperation

Information on international exchange opportunities and guidance on student exchange.

Student workload

• 1 ECTS credits equals 27 hours of work by the student.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Tasks completed successfully.