Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to understand the operational logics of an enterprise, to develop the operations of your own enterprise and to critically evaluate the development of the enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Growing into entrepreneurship, operations of an enterprise, customership, sales and marketing, basics of project management, team development.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Objectives (course unit)

Digitalisation as a part of business. Applying current issues in information technology into entrepreneurship. The importance of electrical marketing and commerce in business strategies.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

- The student sees the business potential of the experience economy.
- The students follow the development of the sector and is familiar with the other actors in the field of highly products and services.
- The student knows the experience economy of business models and how to apply them that is best suited.
- The student is able to design and implement the experience economy based business opportunities.
- - The student sees the field of potential customers and provide the industry with a whole new set of products and services.

Content (course unit)

What kind of business models in the experience economy is commonly used?
Which of these business models are best suited to their own products?
What is the potential customer and how to use it versatile?
How do I develop an experience-based economy and the tourism business?
What kind of project management and service process models are best suited to our business model and how I apply them effectively in practice?

Further information (course unit)

The course can be 3 to 15 credits. Course evaluation is based on the student's theory on the basis of written documents produced. He gets feedback from his team members and team coach. The course is assessed with a grading scale: fail/pass. Students can choose to do a minimum of 8 credits which the course is evaluated numerically on a scale of 0-5.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

The practical training in Proakatemia is carried out by doing projects for the students’ own teamcompany. The student keep a diary of the projects. The diary is used to determine the accumulation of credits. The student must also write pre- and post-project reports, which are discussed with the team and the coach. The student gets feedback from the customer/client, too.

Together with their team, a team entrepreneur knows how to
- design a business project to be implemented in a team enterprise
- market and sell the business product or service to the customer
- implement a business project in practice, taking into account contracts and customer relations
- manage the finances, human resources and communication of the business project
- take into account the principles of ethical and sustainable business in the planning and implementation of projects

Content (course unit)

Business project planning, implementation and evaluation.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Approved when
the student has designed and implemented a project or projects for clients of a team company. Both design and implementation are reported and success, lessons learned and areas for improvement are assessed.

Fail if
the student's project does not have a client or has not been implemented in practice.

Location and time

No given timetables. There are training sessions twice a week but otherwise, the team decides its timetables and everyone is responsible of their own time management. The most important tool is a calendar. It is important to find your motivation for independent learning and self-development. Responsibility and freedom go hand-in-hand.

Exam schedules

No exam; the hours are recorded and reported as agreed in the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Working hours, reported as agreed in the team.
Customer projects and their self-, peer- and coach evaluation, and most importantly customer feedback.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Studies start by establishing a team enterprise of appr. 15 - 20 students. Everyone has passed the preparatory courses of the first semester. The students start to work in their team company, find information, learn, read professional literature, and participate in seminars.

There are almost no traditional lectures or exams. Learning is based on doing. The studies consist of team meetings, learning cells, business development, independent information research, and projects. Projects are about i.e. marketing, communications, sales, event organizing, graphical design, project management, innovation, and ict. Nothing forbids implementing projects that your team is interested in (as long as they are legal).

Project studies and practical placements are carried out in customer projects.

Learning materials

At Proakatemia we value reading. You may choose your readings according to your professional interests and current needs from the book lists, or based on recommendations from coaches or other teampreneurs. You'll publish essays in the Bank of Essays. The content is applied to projects, to the team's business and self-development - theory to practice.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of work.

Content scheduling

Projects go on during the studies, according to sales and customers' needs.

Completion alternatives

Practical placement is conducted by working on customer projects of your team company. Project study alternatives may be discussed with your coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

All the projects have customer(s) and the work is done for the customer or according to the negotiated deal.

International connections

The project can be international.

Further information

These studies are part of team enterprise's business and available for the students of Entrepreneurship and Team leadership only, unless special arrangements are made.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed, when
the student has planned and put into practice a project/projects for the customers of the team enterprise. Planning and actions have been reported and success, learning outcomes and development areas have been evaluated.

Failed, if
the project does not have customer(s) or it has not been put into action.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Approved: The student has actively participated in the course lectures as well as in Sprint Innovation Festival (lectures and temwork). The student has understood the challenge and set out to solve it with the team. The student is able to suggest ideas in his / her team to solve the challenge, is able to plan the testing of ideas and develop them into workable solutions. Together with the team, the student offers the customer versatile solutions.

Rejected: The student does not participate in the course activities, does not interact constructively in the team; does not actively suggest, develop or test ideas in the field.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to focus on different the fields and tasks of entrepreneurship and to find an interesting area in which to deepen your own skills.

Content (course unit)

Project work, developing skills, innovation and creativity, life span of a team.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to learn to use different techniques for promoting innovative thinking and to create and develop new products for the team enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Why do some businesses thrive, and others fail? Generating innovative ideas, evaluating and developing innovative ideas and turning ideas into profitable products.

Prerequisites (course unit)

1st year studies.

Further information (course unit)

Teaching methods: Project work, seminars, web-based learning activities and study of the literature.
Language of instruction: Finnish.
Study year: 2 - 3.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

Having participated on this module, students will be able to devise and implement a fully integrated marketing plan for a business start-up.

Content (course unit)

The focal points for this module are new wave marketing, personal marketing, and the integration of marketing into project work.

Prerequisites (course unit)

1st year studies.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- can use national and international information sources in planning their bachelor’s thesis
- can use applicable information critically
- know copyrights and respect them
- can consider research-related and field-specific ethical principles
- can select and define a working life oriented thesis topic which supports their learning
- can make a thesis plan in accordance with TAMK’s thesis guidelines and justify their choices
- know applicable research methods of the field of education
- can choose suitable data collection and analysis methods for the thesis
- know the meaning of evidence-based operation in the field of education

Content (course unit)

Course is accepted when at least thesis plan and thesis contract or permit are accepted.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

- The student understands and knows how to apply the philosophy, terminology, and process of service design (service design, design thinking, business development).
- The student knows how to use service design tools to develop their own work/organization (service path, customer profile, prototyping, testing, customer understanding, productization).
- The student knows how to define a problem, and they know how to build a process that utilizes service design and involves the organization.
- The student knows the basics of facilitation, ideation, and data analysis.

Content (course unit)

How to involve the end users of different services and/or representatives of different departments of an organization in the development process?
In what ways is customer understanding gathered?
How can the obtained information be analyzed and utilized?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of service design.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student knows how to design the service to be sold using the principles of service design.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student knows how to design the service to be sold using the principles of service design.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B2 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional English
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication.

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

- pronunciation is not always correct but acceptable for communication
- comprehension of key points of limited professional material is fairly good and with tools for studies
- basic knowledge is acquired and shared
- basic and unclear expressions are used in communication but main message is shared and
- transmitted with some professional touch
- communication seems clumsy and limited but some attention is paid to interaction
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

- pronunciation sounds clear and quite natural
- comprehension of key points as well as details of professional material is good and acquired
- knowledge can be implemented
- clear professional expressions are used and the number of mistakes is limited
- communication seems professional and interpersonal skills are quite good
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

- pronunciation sounds clear and natural with different nuances in tone
- comprehension of key points as well as details of demanding professional material is good and
- acquired knowledge can be implemented with ease
- fluent and proficient language is used with a good sense of style and register
- communication seems professional, interactive and efficient with very few mistakes made
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Approved:
All the separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade must be fulfilled.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B1 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional Swedish
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication (media, conferences, literature).

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) briefly and introduce the basic information of a company, product and services
- communicates in expected oral work life situations, but requires help
- interprets and produces the most common business life communication situations (e.g. phone)
- recognises the characteristics of the Nordic operational environment
- interprets the main points of publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) and introduce a company, product and services fairly effortlessly
- communicates fairly fluently and actively in expected oral work life situations
- takes into account the characteristics of Nordic operational environment
- utilizes the publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to fluently introduce themselves (education, work experience, skills) as well as company, its products and services and to analyse key figures
- communicates naturally and fluently in various, even challenging, oral work life situations (e.g. creating and maintaining customers)
- can work successfully in the Nordic operational environment
- can utilize, apply and analyse publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed (0):
The course is failed if the student does not reach the level 1 of the evaluation criteria

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B1 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional Swedish
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication (media, conferences, literature).

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) briefly and introduce the basic information of a company, product and services
- communicates in expected written work life situations, but requires help
- interprets and produces the most common business life communication situations (e.g. e-mail)
- recognises the characteristics of the Nordic operational environment
- interprets the main points of publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) and introduce a company, product and services fairly effortlessly
- communicates fairly fluently and actively in expected written work life situations
- is able to interpret and create common business documents (e.g. memo)
- takes into account the characteristics of Nordic operational environment
- utilizes the publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to fluently introduce themselves (education, work experience, skills) as well as company, its products and services and to analyse key figures
- communicates naturally and fluently in various, even challenging, written work life situations (e.g. creating and maintaining customers)
- is able to interpret and create business documents in a manner suitable to the target audience
- can work successfully in the Nordic operational environment
- can utilize, apply and analyse publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed (0):
The course is failed if the student does not reach the level 1 of the evaluation criteria.

Assessment scale

0-5

Location and time

During the studies in a real business project where the studets works as a leader or in a leading position.

Exam schedules

No exam. Students need to
- lead a business project
- write a project plan
- write a project report
including budgeting and follow up.
Documents are returned to coach.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on
- self-evalutation: what was the success of the project
- peer-evaluation: feedback especially on leadership skills from other teampreneurs
- coach's evaluation in development discussions
- customer feedback.

Evaluation is written in the project report.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publising, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. Project Management is learnt by leading a business project.

Learning materials

Literature advice and sparring from coaches, teachers and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

5 cr = 135 hours of student's work, reported in team's personal study records (time-management records).

Completion alternatives

to be negotiated with your coach

Practical training and working life cooperation

Business project is a product or service that team enteprise sells btob or btoc.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated to teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Approved
The student has demonstrated that he/she comprehends the main concepts of the topic in the context of his/her team enterprise. He/she has applied them in practice together with other team entrepreneurs. The student operates according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Location and time

No given timetables. There are training sessions twice a week but otherwise, the team decides its timetables and everyone is responsible of their own time management. The most important tool is a calendar. It is important to find your motivation for independent learning and self-development. Responsibility and freedom go hand-in-hand.

Exam schedules

No exam; the hours are recorded and reported as agreed in the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Working hours, reported as agreed in the team.
Customer projects and their self-, peer- and coach evaluation, and most importantly customer feedback.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Studies start by establishing a team enterprise of appr. 15 - 20 students. Everyone has passed the preparatory courses of the first semester. The students start to work in their team company, find information, learn, read professional literature, and participate in seminars.

There are almost no traditional lectures or exams. Learning is based on doing. The studies consist of team meetings, learning cells, business development, independent information research, and projects. Projects are about i.e. marketing, communications, sales, event organizing, graphical design, project management, innovation, and ict. Nothing forbids implementing projects that your team is interested in (as long as they are legal).

Project studies and practical placements are carried out in customer projects.

Learning materials

At Proakatemia we value reading. You may choose your readings according to your professional interests and current needs from the book lists, or based on recommendations from coaches or other teampreneurs. You'll publish essays in the Bank of Essays. The content is applied to projects, to the team's business and self-development - theory to practice.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of work.

Content scheduling

Projects go on during the studies, according to sales and customers' needs.

Completion alternatives

Practical placement is conducted by working on customer projects of your team company. Project study alternatives may be discussed with your coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

All the projects have customer(s) and the work is done for the customer or according to the negotiated deal.

International connections

The project can be international.

Further information

These studies are part of team enterprise's business and available for the students of Entrepreneurship and Team leadership only, unless special arrangements are made.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed, when
the student has planned and put into practice a project/projects for the customers of the team enterprise. Planning and actions have been reported and success, learning outcomes and development areas have been evaluated.

Failed, if
the project does not have customer(s) or it has not been put into action.

Objectives (course unit)

The student knows the basic concepts of economics.
The student understands and is able to calculate the main economic indicators.
The student masters profit margin calculations and understands how the working capital commits to enterprise.
The student knows the basic accounting entries and monthly authoritative announcements.

Content (course unit)

How to carry out day-to-day bookkeeping and what does it include?
How to follow and analyze the economic situation of a company?
How to calculate profit margins and how those calculations can be used?
Where the capital comes from and how is it bind to the operations of the business?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student can passably identify the basic concepts of economics. With supporting material he is able to explain and calculate the main economic indicators. He knows passably how to calculate profit margins and he knows some ways how to get capital. Together with others he is able to analyze the economic situation of the company, to do basic accounting entries and authoritative announcements.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

During this course, you will learn the fundamental principles related to the financial expertise of business graduates.
Students will be able to
- solve essential percentage calculations relevant to entrepreneurs.
- be able to perform currency conversions.
- to apply index thinking in value determinations.
- to use spreadsheet software for financial and investment calculations.

Content (course unit)

How are percentage calculations relevant to financial thinking done?
How are currency conversions calculated?
What does indexing mean and how is it applied?
How is spreadsheet software used to solve financial and investment-related questions?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student is familiar with the basic concepts and methods related to financial mathematics.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student has a good command of the fundamental concepts and methods related to financial mathematics. The student can analyze practical tasks related to this subject and justify their solutions. The student can apply their learning to real-life situations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student understands the basic concepts and methods related to financial mathematics. The student is capable of analyzing practical tasks related to the subject matter and can provide comprehensive justifications for their solutions.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass, when the student is able to show his/her certificate and practical skilss in team coaching.
Fail, if the student does not have prove of his/her participation or can not demonstrate his/her skilss in team coaching.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Objectives (course unit)

The student recognizes the possibilities of team learning and is able to learn in a team.
The student knows how to act in different kinds of dialogue situations in a productive way.
The student is able to produce new knowledge in a team for current needs.
The student is able to judge strengths and weaknesses of different business models.
The student is able to use different tools to build business models in a versatile way.

Content (course unit)

What is a learning organization?
What are the benefits of team learning?
How do we learn in teams?
What are the different kinds of business models and what possibilities/opportunities they have?
What kind of tools there are and how tools are used when developing business models?

Prerequisites (course unit)

none

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of team learning and dialogue in theory. He/she understands how new knowledge is being produced together. He knows different kinds of business models and related tools and knows some of their strengths and weaknesses.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of team learning and dialogue and has tried them out in real life. He has experienced how new knowledge is produced together and he is able to evaluate his own development. He knows possibilities of different business models and is able to use some related tools.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student shows his competence in team learning and dialogue in practice and in theory. As an active participant, he builds new knowledge in his team. He is able to put business models in practice and knows how to use tools to develop them. He is able to evaluate his skills realistically.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed, if
The student knows the basics of team learning and dialogue only cursorily. He is not committed to the rules of his team and does not participate in knowledge creation. He knows some business models but none of their characteristics. His ability to use related tools is minimal.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to establish a team enterprise, to plan and initiate the operations of the enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Establishing an enterprise, planning the operations of the enterprise, basics of team work.

Further information (course unit)

Teaching methods: Team meetings, innovations and presentations, related literature, appraisal discussion, learning contract and portfolio, learning assessment.
Language of instruction: Finnish.

Location and time

At Proakatemia during the spring semester according to the paja schedule (please see Pakki/Lukkarikone and Teams)

Exam schedules

A Tiimidiili/Shark Tank or similar event acts as a demonstration; substitutions due to absenteeism are agreed on a case-by-case basis in the team, with the coach.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student will perform work time monitoring in a jointly agreed manner. The amount and quality of the work will be monitored together, and feedback discussions will take place with both the team and the coach.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The course consists of practical work to launch a team company, workshop lessons developing theory and dialogue skills, seminars, literature, and essays on ennobled knowledge, and participation in building a team company and community culture.

Learning materials

Literary tips are shared during the course of the course, in development discussions, et al. With them, the student draws up a reading plan. Based on literature, students write 15 essay points of essays with separate instructions.

Student workload

Students are required to get a minimum of
120 h paja hours
290 h of other learning tasks (company creation, seminars, cells, development discussions, demonstrations...)
15 essay points, i.e. 150 h literature essays
In addition, the spring semester includes 133 h of projects.

Content scheduling

According to the teams paja plan

Completion alternatives

If necessary, agreed with your Proakatemia coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The theory is connected to the practice of your own team company.

Further information

Completion of the course requires the student to belong to a team and to set up a team company.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student participates randomly in the startup stages of the team business. The student brings little new information to the team business: participation in workshops is not active nor do the essays have valuable content for the team. The student has difficulty in self-assessment and utilizing peer feedback. He doesn't act on team values.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has participated in the launch of the team company. He has been involved in creating policies, values, vision, and mission. He has acquired knowledge and distributed it sporadically in the 'pajas'. The essays are written, but there are flaws in grammatical correctness, use of sources, or fluent merging theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has been actively involved in the launch of the team company. They have been involved in the creation of policies, values, vision, and mission and demonstrated that they have internalized them. They have acquired relevant information and shared it in learning situations. They have mastered the principles of dialogue. The essays demonstrate the management of the issue and contribute to the learning of the team company, but occasionally there are shortcomings in the right language, use of sources, or fluent combining theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has made an active contribution to the launch of the team company and claimed responsibility. They have directed processes that have created common practices, values, vision and mission of the team company. They have acquired appropriate information from reliable sources and shared it in learning situations.
The student has shown that they master dialogue skills and that they are able to think together, following the principles of dialogue. They have participated in seminars, cells and various learning situations, and have read literature et al materials appropriately, and through the essays that he has prepared, shared the skills that benefit the team and the team company.
The essays show the mastery of the matter. Relevant sources have been versatile utilized, the text rightly provides applications for your own activities based on ideas generated by sources. The language is groomed. The essays contribute to the learning of a team company.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

To build positive company image and culture using communication skills:
- The student is able to plan and communicate according to the needs of his/her bisnes.
- The student is able to write the most common written documents of a company.
- The students knows how to write an academic report according to TAMK standards.
- The students knows how to prepare for and act in meetings and negotiation situations. He know the principles of confident and powerful presentatios. He can give company presentations and is able to pitch.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to focus on different the fields and tasks of entrepreneurship and to find an interesting area in which to deepen your own skills.

Content (course unit)

Project work, developing skills, innovation and creativity, life span of a team.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- can use national and international information sources in planning their bachelor’s thesis
- can use applicable information critically
- know copyrights and respect them
- can consider research-related and field-specific ethical principles
- can select and define a working life oriented thesis topic which supports their learning
- can make a thesis plan in accordance with TAMK’s thesis guidelines and justify their choices
- know applicable research methods of the field of education
- can choose suitable data collection and analysis methods for the thesis
- know the meaning of evidence-based operation in the field of education

Content (course unit)

Course is accepted when at least thesis plan and thesis contract or permit are accepted.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment scale

0-5

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to establish a team enterprise, to plan and initiate the operations of the enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Establishing an enterprise, planning the operations of the enterprise, basics of team work.

Further information (course unit)

Teaching methods: Team meetings, innovations and presentations, related literature, appraisal discussion, learning contract and portfolio, learning assessment.
Language of instruction: Finnish.

Location and time

At Proakatemia during the spring semester according to the paja schedule (please see Pakki/Lukkarikone and Teams)

Exam schedules

A Tiimidiili/Shark Tank or similar event acts as a demonstration; substitutions due to absenteeism are agreed on a case-by-case basis in the team, with the coach.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student will perform work time monitoring in a jointly agreed manner. The amount and quality of the work will be monitored together, and feedback discussions will take place with both the team and the coach.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The course consists of practical work to launch a team company, workshop lessons developing theory and dialogue skills, seminars, literature, and essays on ennobled knowledge, and participation in building a team company and community culture.

Learning materials

Literary tips are shared during the course of the course, in development discussions, et al. With them, the student draws up a reading plan. Based on literature, students write 15 essay points of essays with separate instructions.

Student workload

Students are required to get a minimum of
120 h paja hours
290 h of other learning tasks (company creation, seminars, cells, development discussions, demonstrations...)
15 essay points, i.e. 150 h literature essays
In addition, the spring semester includes 133 h of projects.

Content scheduling

According to the teams paja plan

Completion alternatives

If necessary, agreed with your Proakatemia coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The theory is connected to the practice of your own team company.

Further information

Completion of the course requires the student to belong to a team and to set up a team company.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student participates randomly in the startup stages of the team business. The student brings little new information to the team business: participation in workshops is not active nor do the essays have valuable content for the team. The student has difficulty in self-assessment and utilizing peer feedback. He doesn't act on team values.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has participated in the launch of the team company. He has been involved in creating policies, values, vision, and mission. He has acquired knowledge and distributed it sporadically in the 'pajas'. The essays are written, but there are flaws in grammatical correctness, use of sources, or fluent merging theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has been actively involved in the launch of the team company. They have been involved in the creation of policies, values, vision, and mission and demonstrated that they have internalized them. They have acquired relevant information and shared it in learning situations. They have mastered the principles of dialogue. The essays demonstrate the management of the issue and contribute to the learning of the team company, but occasionally there are shortcomings in the right language, use of sources, or fluent combining theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has made an active contribution to the launch of the team company and claimed responsibility. They have directed processes that have created common practices, values, vision and mission of the team company. They have acquired appropriate information from reliable sources and shared it in learning situations.
The student has shown that they master dialogue skills and that they are able to think together, following the principles of dialogue. They have participated in seminars, cells and various learning situations, and have read literature et al materials appropriately, and through the essays that he has prepared, shared the skills that benefit the team and the team company.
The essays show the mastery of the matter. Relevant sources have been versatile utilized, the text rightly provides applications for your own activities based on ideas generated by sources. The language is groomed. The essays contribute to the learning of a team company.

Objectives (course unit)

- The student understands and knows how to apply the philosophy, terminology, and process of service design (service design, design thinking, business development).
- The student knows how to use service design tools to develop their own work/organization (service path, customer profile, prototyping, testing, customer understanding, productization).
- The student knows how to define a problem, and they know how to build a process that utilizes service design and involves the organization.
- The student knows the basics of facilitation, ideation, and data analysis.

Content (course unit)

How to involve the end users of different services and/or representatives of different departments of an organization in the development process?
In what ways is customer understanding gathered?
How can the obtained information be analyzed and utilized?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of service design.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student knows how to design the service to be sold using the principles of service design.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student knows how to design the service to be sold using the principles of service design.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Location and time

During the studies in a real business project where the studets works as a leader or in a leading position.

Exam schedules

No exam. Students need to
- lead a business project
- write a project plan
- write a project report
including budgeting and follow up.
Documents are returned to coach.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on
- self-evalutation: what was the success of the project
- peer-evaluation: feedback especially on leadership skills from other teampreneurs
- coach's evaluation in development discussions
- customer feedback.

Evaluation is written in the project report.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publising, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. Project Management is learnt by leading a business project.

Learning materials

Literature advice and sparring from coaches, teachers and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

5 cr = 135 hours of student's work, reported in team's personal study records (time-management records).

Completion alternatives

to be negotiated with your coach

Practical training and working life cooperation

Business project is a product or service that team enteprise sells btob or btoc.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated to teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Approved
The student has demonstrated that he/she comprehends the main concepts of the topic in the context of his/her team enterprise. He/she has applied them in practice together with other team entrepreneurs. The student operates according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Location and time

No given timetables. There are training sessions twice a week but otherwise, the team decides its timetables and everyone is responsible of their own time management. The most important tool is a calendar. It is important to find your motivation for independent learning and self-development. Responsibility and freedom go hand-in-hand.

Exam schedules

No exam; the hours are recorded and reported as agreed in the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Working hours, reported as agreed in the team.
Customer projects and their self-, peer- and coach evaluation, and most importantly customer feedback.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Studies start by establishing a team enterprise of appr. 15 - 20 students. Everyone has passed the preparatory courses of the first semester. The students start to work in their team company, find information, learn, read professional literature, and participate in seminars.

There are almost no traditional lectures or exams. Learning is based on doing. The studies consist of team meetings, learning cells, business development, independent information research, and projects. Projects are about i.e. marketing, communications, sales, event organizing, graphical design, project management, innovation, and ict. Nothing forbids implementing projects that your team is interested in (as long as they are legal).

Project studies and practical placements are carried out in customer projects.

Learning materials

At Proakatemia we value reading. You may choose your readings according to your professional interests and current needs from the book lists, or based on recommendations from coaches or other teampreneurs. You'll publish essays in the Bank of Essays. The content is applied to projects, to the team's business and self-development - theory to practice.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of work.

Content scheduling

Projects go on during the studies, according to sales and customers' needs.

Completion alternatives

Practical placement is conducted by working on customer projects of your team company. Project study alternatives may be discussed with your coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

All the projects have customer(s) and the work is done for the customer or according to the negotiated deal.

International connections

The project can be international.

Further information

These studies are part of team enterprise's business and available for the students of Entrepreneurship and Team leadership only, unless special arrangements are made.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed, when
the student has planned and put into practice a project/projects for the customers of the team enterprise. Planning and actions have been reported and success, learning outcomes and development areas have been evaluated.

Failed, if
the project does not have customer(s) or it has not been put into action.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Approved: The student has actively participated in the course lectures as well as in Sprint Innovation Festival (lectures and temwork). The student has understood the challenge and set out to solve it with the team. The student is able to suggest ideas in his / her team to solve the challenge, is able to plan the testing of ideas and develop them into workable solutions. Together with the team, the student offers the customer versatile solutions.

Rejected: The student does not participate in the course activities, does not interact constructively in the team; does not actively suggest, develop or test ideas in the field.

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B1 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional Swedish
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication (media, conferences, literature).

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) briefly and introduce the basic information of a company, product and services
- communicates in expected oral work life situations, but requires help
- interprets and produces the most common business life communication situations (e.g. phone)
- recognises the characteristics of the Nordic operational environment
- interprets the main points of publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) and introduce a company, product and services fairly effortlessly
- communicates fairly fluently and actively in expected oral work life situations
- takes into account the characteristics of Nordic operational environment
- utilizes the publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to fluently introduce themselves (education, work experience, skills) as well as company, its products and services and to analyse key figures
- communicates naturally and fluently in various, even challenging, oral work life situations (e.g. creating and maintaining customers)
- can work successfully in the Nordic operational environment
- can utilize, apply and analyse publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed (0):
The course is failed if the student does not reach the level 1 of the evaluation criteria

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B1 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional Swedish
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication (media, conferences, literature).

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) briefly and introduce the basic information of a company, product and services
- communicates in expected written work life situations, but requires help
- interprets and produces the most common business life communication situations (e.g. e-mail)
- recognises the characteristics of the Nordic operational environment
- interprets the main points of publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to tell about themselves (education, work experience, skills) and introduce a company, product and services fairly effortlessly
- communicates fairly fluently and actively in expected written work life situations
- is able to interpret and create common business documents (e.g. memo)
- takes into account the characteristics of Nordic operational environment
- utilizes the publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to fluently introduce themselves (education, work experience, skills) as well as company, its products and services and to analyse key figures
- communicates naturally and fluently in various, even challenging, written work life situations (e.g. creating and maintaining customers)
- is able to interpret and create business documents in a manner suitable to the target audience
- can work successfully in the Nordic operational environment
- can utilize, apply and analyse publications of their field of study.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed (0):
The course is failed if the student does not reach the level 1 of the evaluation criteria.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student knows the basic concepts of economics.
The student understands and is able to calculate the main economic indicators.
The student masters profit margin calculations and understands how the working capital commits to enterprise.
The student knows the basic accounting entries and monthly authoritative announcements.

Content (course unit)

How to carry out day-to-day bookkeeping and what does it include?
How to follow and analyze the economic situation of a company?
How to calculate profit margins and how those calculations can be used?
Where the capital comes from and how is it bind to the operations of the business?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student can passably identify the basic concepts of economics. With supporting material he is able to explain and calculate the main economic indicators. He knows passably how to calculate profit margins and he knows some ways how to get capital. Together with others he is able to analyze the economic situation of the company, to do basic accounting entries and authoritative announcements.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

During this course, you will learn the fundamental principles related to the financial expertise of business graduates.
Students will be able to
- solve essential percentage calculations relevant to entrepreneurs.
- be able to perform currency conversions.
- to apply index thinking in value determinations.
- to use spreadsheet software for financial and investment calculations.

Content (course unit)

How are percentage calculations relevant to financial thinking done?
How are currency conversions calculated?
What does indexing mean and how is it applied?
How is spreadsheet software used to solve financial and investment-related questions?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student is familiar with the basic concepts and methods related to financial mathematics.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student has a good command of the fundamental concepts and methods related to financial mathematics. The student can analyze practical tasks related to this subject and justify their solutions. The student can apply their learning to real-life situations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student understands the basic concepts and methods related to financial mathematics. The student is capable of analyzing practical tasks related to the subject matter and can provide comprehensive justifications for their solutions.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The student recognizes the possibilities of team learning and is able to learn in a team.
The student knows how to act in different kinds of dialogue situations in a productive way.
The student is able to produce new knowledge in a team for current needs.
The student is able to judge strengths and weaknesses of different business models.
The student is able to use different tools to build business models in a versatile way.

Content (course unit)

What is a learning organization?
What are the benefits of team learning?
How do we learn in teams?
What are the different kinds of business models and what possibilities/opportunities they have?
What kind of tools there are and how tools are used when developing business models?

Prerequisites (course unit)

none

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of team learning and dialogue in theory. He/she understands how new knowledge is being produced together. He knows different kinds of business models and related tools and knows some of their strengths and weaknesses.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student knows the principles of team learning and dialogue and has tried them out in real life. He has experienced how new knowledge is produced together and he is able to evaluate his own development. He knows possibilities of different business models and is able to use some related tools.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student shows his competence in team learning and dialogue in practice and in theory. As an active participant, he builds new knowledge in his team. He is able to put business models in practice and knows how to use tools to develop them. He is able to evaluate his skills realistically.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Failed, if
The student knows the basics of team learning and dialogue only cursorily. He is not committed to the rules of his team and does not participate in knowledge creation. He knows some business models but none of their characteristics. His ability to use related tools is minimal.

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

To build positive company image and culture using communication skills:
- The student is able to plan and communicate according to the needs of his/her bisnes.
- The student is able to write the most common written documents of a company.
- The students knows how to write an academic report according to TAMK standards.
- The students knows how to prepare for and act in meetings and negotiation situations. He know the principles of confident and powerful presentatios. He can give company presentations and is able to pitch.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to understand the operational logics of an enterprise, to develop the operations of your own enterprise and to critically evaluate the development of the enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Growing into entrepreneurship, operations of an enterprise, customership, sales and marketing, basics of project management, team development.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

Having participated on this module, students will be able to devise and implement a fully integrated marketing plan for a business start-up.

Content (course unit)

The focal points for this module are new wave marketing, personal marketing, and the integration of marketing into project work.

Prerequisites (course unit)

1st year studies.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

The aim is to learn to use different techniques for promoting innovative thinking and to create and develop new products for the team enterprise.

Content (course unit)

Why do some businesses thrive, and others fail? Generating innovative ideas, evaluating and developing innovative ideas and turning ideas into profitable products.

Prerequisites (course unit)

1st year studies.

Further information (course unit)

Teaching methods: Project work, seminars, web-based learning activities and study of the literature.
Language of instruction: Finnish.
Study year: 2 - 3.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

Digitalisation as a part of business. Applying current issues in information technology into entrepreneurship. The importance of electrical marketing and commerce in business strategies.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

- The student sees the business potential of the experience economy.
- The students follow the development of the sector and is familiar with the other actors in the field of highly products and services.
- The student knows the experience economy of business models and how to apply them that is best suited.
- The student is able to design and implement the experience economy based business opportunities.
- - The student sees the field of potential customers and provide the industry with a whole new set of products and services.

Content (course unit)

What kind of business models in the experience economy is commonly used?
Which of these business models are best suited to their own products?
What is the potential customer and how to use it versatile?
How do I develop an experience-based economy and the tourism business?
What kind of project management and service process models are best suited to our business model and how I apply them effectively in practice?

Further information (course unit)

The course can be 3 to 15 credits. Course evaluation is based on the student's theory on the basis of written documents produced. He gets feedback from his team members and team coach. The course is assessed with a grading scale: fail/pass. Students can choose to do a minimum of 8 credits which the course is evaluated numerically on a scale of 0-5.

Location and time

According to Proakatemia's common schedules and by organizing independently.

Exam schedules

No exams.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to Curriculum;
- quantity in a timesheet (internal HOPS) reporting hours in seminars, learning cells, team and business meetings
- reading, studying, and publishing essays as agreed
- self-reflection, feedback from team and coach, and possibly from the community or customers.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Courses related to Leadership, Sales, marketing, Customers & Networks, Finance, and Trade Specific Competencies are mostly learned by attending seminars and learning cells and by way of literature/essays.

Learning materials

Literature, seminar, and learning cell advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of students' work, which is reported in personal timesheets.

Content scheduling

The student chooses and plans themselves when, how deeply, and in which order they learn this content.

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with your own team coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

Seminars, learning cells, and literature are related to the development of own business.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed,
when the quality of the learning outcomes is acceptable and the hours and essays have been reported as agreed.

Failed,
if there is a lack of hours or the learning outcomes do not meet the learning objectives of the course.

Objectives (course unit)

The practical training in Proakatemia is carried out by doing projects for the students’ own teamcompany. The student keep a diary of the projects. The diary is used to determine the accumulation of credits. The student must also write pre- and post-project reports, which are discussed with the team and the coach. The student gets feedback from the customer/client, too.

Together with their team, a team entrepreneur knows how to
- design a business project to be implemented in a team enterprise
- market and sell the business product or service to the customer
- implement a business project in practice, taking into account contracts and customer relations
- manage the finances, human resources and communication of the business project
- take into account the principles of ethical and sustainable business in the planning and implementation of projects

Content (course unit)

Business project planning, implementation and evaluation.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

See pass/fail

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Approved when
the student has designed and implemented a project or projects for clients of a team company. Both design and implementation are reported and success, lessons learned and areas for improvement are assessed.

Fail if
the student's project does not have a client or has not been implemented in practice.

Location and time

No given timetables. There are training sessions twice a week but otherwise, the team decides its timetables and everyone is responsible of their own time management. The most important tool is a calendar. It is important to find your motivation for independent learning and self-development. Responsibility and freedom go hand-in-hand.

Exam schedules

No exam; the hours are recorded and reported as agreed in the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Working hours, reported as agreed in the team.
Customer projects and their self-, peer- and coach evaluation, and most importantly customer feedback.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Studies start by establishing a team enterprise of appr. 15 - 20 students. Everyone has passed the preparatory courses of the first semester. The students start to work in their team company, find information, learn, read professional literature, and participate in seminars.

There are almost no traditional lectures or exams. Learning is based on doing. The studies consist of team meetings, learning cells, business development, independent information research, and projects. Projects are about i.e. marketing, communications, sales, event organizing, graphical design, project management, innovation, and ict. Nothing forbids implementing projects that your team is interested in (as long as they are legal).

Project studies and practical placements are carried out in customer projects.

Learning materials

At Proakatemia we value reading. You may choose your readings according to your professional interests and current needs from the book lists, or based on recommendations from coaches or other teampreneurs. You'll publish essays in the Bank of Essays. The content is applied to projects, to the team's business and self-development - theory to practice.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours of work.

Content scheduling

Projects go on during the studies, according to sales and customers' needs.

Completion alternatives

Practical placement is conducted by working on customer projects of your team company. Project study alternatives may be discussed with your coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

All the projects have customer(s) and the work is done for the customer or according to the negotiated deal.

International connections

The project can be international.

Further information

These studies are part of team enterprise's business and available for the students of Entrepreneurship and Team leadership only, unless special arrangements are made.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed, when
the student has planned and put into practice a project/projects for the customers of the team enterprise. Planning and actions have been reported and success, learning outcomes and development areas have been evaluated.

Failed, if
the project does not have customer(s) or it has not been put into action.

Objectives (course unit)

On this course students will learn about the professional business communication in working life environment. European Framework of Reference for Languages B2 level.

After completing the course students will be able to
- tell about their personality, education, work experience, tasks and duties at work by using professional English
- meet customers’ needs when servicing the customer base and communicating with interest groups
- follow and participate in the development of their field by using different ways of communication.

Content (course unit)

What can the student communicate on his/her competence and working life environment in the target language?
What kind of qualifications does the student need to succeed in multicultural customer-based interaction in the target language?
How can the student develop his/her competence and acquire business-related information in the target language?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

- pronunciation is not always correct but acceptable for communication
- comprehension of key points of limited professional material is fairly good and with tools for studies
- basic knowledge is acquired and shared
- basic and unclear expressions are used in communication but main message is shared and
- transmitted with some professional touch
- communication seems clumsy and limited but some attention is paid to interaction
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

- pronunciation sounds clear and quite natural
- comprehension of key points as well as details of professional material is good and acquired
- knowledge can be implemented
- clear professional expressions are used and the number of mistakes is limited
- communication seems professional and interpersonal skills are quite good
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

- pronunciation sounds clear and natural with different nuances in tone
- comprehension of key points as well as details of demanding professional material is good and
- acquired knowledge can be implemented with ease
- fluent and proficient language is used with a good sense of style and register
- communication seems professional, interactive and efficient with very few mistakes made
- all separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade are met.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Approved:
All the separately defined course requirements contributing to the final grade must be fulfilled.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass, when the student is able to show his/her certificate and practical skilss in team coaching.
Fail, if the student does not have prove of his/her participation or can not demonstrate his/her skilss in team coaching.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail