Intercultural Experiences and Competences (2 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The purpose of the course is to help students to enjoy their experience abroad and to provide basic information about intercultural awareness and understanding process during the period abroad. Students will increase their knowledge and understanding to analyse different cultural habits, customs and communication styles.

Students become aware of the benefits and profits that the international exchange period has created concerning the student’s own career development.

Content (course unit)

Cultural Orientation to Finnish Culture
Cultural Orientation to Target Culture
Defining Learning Goals
Personal Development and Intercultural Awareness
Reflections of the Experience Abroad
Learning about the own field of study

Prerequisites (course unit)

At least one year of studies in one's own Degree Programme
Approval of international study or training exchange period

Exam schedules

Implementation is ongoing in Tabula

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments in Tabula
All the assignments of the course needs to get a passed mark. Final mark is passed.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Program is implemented in Tabula learning space. Different materials have been attached to the program in forms of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, links to web-pages, forums, scanned articles etc.
The course is based on experiential learning theory where student's own experiences and analysis of them are seen as precondition to high quality and permanent learning process.

Learning materials

Study material of the course is in TAMK Tabula learning space.

Student workload

Reading material 15%
Assignments before and during the exchange 35%
Reflections of the Experience Abroad (written document) 50%

Content scheduling

Assignments before the exchange
Assignments during the exchange
Assignments after the exchange

Completion alternatives

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Practical training and working life cooperation

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International connections

The whole course is about internationalisation via study or training exchange and assignments.

Further information

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

Pass:
The student has returned the assignments on time. The assignments fulfill the given requirements.
Fail:
The student has not returned the assignments on time. The assignments do not fulfill the given requirements.