Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The main goal of the course is to help the students strengthen their study skills and study ability. After completing the course, the students:
- are aware of the learning and well-being support services offered at TAMK Parvi and know how to utilise them in order to support their studies.
- recognise their own learning and studying methods and know how to develop their study skills
- can identify different ways to increase and maintain study ability and well-being
- know how to promote their own well-being
- are able to identify communal working methods as way of supporting well-being.

Content (course unit)

During the study period, the students participate in at least 6 activities of their choice at TAMK Parvi reflecting on what they have experienced and learned in a learning diary. The Parvi calendar for activities and events may be found in the Student’s Handbook on the designated TAMK Parvi page.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

The course will be graded as a pass when the students:
- know how to resort to the services of TAMK Parvi to support their own studies
- have found suitable study methods for themselves and improved their study skills
- have attempted to enhance their own study ability and well-being
- have participated in individual and/or communal activities supporting well-being.

For passing the course it is required that the student participates in TAMK PARVI activities in accordance with the requirements and instructions of the course, they reflect on what they experienced and learned in the learning diary, and return the diary by the agreed date.
If the student has not sufficiently participated in PARVI activities and/or returned the learning diary according to the instructions, and has not supplemented his performance as agreed, the course will be assessed as failed.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

This course is only in Finnish. The name of the English course is Improve Your Study Ability at TAMK Parvi.

Further information

This course is only in Finnish. The name of the English course is Improve Your Study Ability at TAMK Parvi.