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Developing Professional Competences 1 (3 cr)

Code: AY00CE71-3003

General information


Enrollment

01.07.2021 - 05.09.2021

Timing

15.09.2021 - 31.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management (LAB)

Campus

Lahti Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business

Teachers

  • Marja Viljanen
  • Kati Jaakkola

Scheduling groups

  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • LLTIIB21S

Small groups

  • Luennot 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan their own learning and cooperate in situations related to their own field of studies
- recognize their own competence and the needs to develop them further and to plan their career path observing them
- act as a group member
- operate in the learning environments of LAB University of Applied Sciences
- picture their own field of studies and its future skills
- give feedback on tuition and services and thus participate in the development of education

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching lectures
Online studying
Group works
Individual assignments

Timing and attendance

Compulsory attendance during the course is required
Developing professional competence course starts with the Orientation Week:
After the orientation week, course activities will be organized according to the course timetable, approximately once a month.

Exam retakes

No exam

Learning environment

Different learning environments during the course.

Student time use and work load

Developing professional competence is a 5 ECTS course.
Course is divided between 1st, 2nd, 3rd study years.
Developing Professional Competence 1, 3 ECTS - 1st study year
Developing Professional Competence 2, 1 ECTS - 2nd study year
Developing Professional Competence 3, 1 ECTS - 3rd study year

1 ECTS is 27 hours of student work.

Contents

This course will introduce the student:
• how to plan their own learning and cooperate in situations related to their own field of studies
• how to identify themselves as a learner and develop their own learning skills
• ability to recognize their own competence and the needs to develop them further and to plan their career path observing them
• how to act as a group member
• how to operate in the learning environments of LAB University of Applied Science
• knowledge of their own field of studies and its future skills
• how to give feedback on tuition and services and thus participate in the development of education
• knowledge of working life in Finland

Assessment criteria

Active class attendance and participation
Course assignments

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed