Study Guide

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

Further information (course unit)

The course is arranged online and it is constantly ongoing. Each implementation begins in May and ends in September the following year. Hence, one implementation lasts about one and a half years.

Exam schedules

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Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments in Moodle

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

The course is implemented through Moodle and based on experiential learning theory, where the student's own experiences and analysis of them are seen as a prerequisite for reaching high quality learning outcomes.

Learning materials

Materials in Moodle

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

Interacting with other students from various cultural backgrounds and learning about different cultures.

Further information

If a student uses AI tools to assist with their learning tasks, they must cite the AI tools used and provide the prompts they used alongside their task responses. If a student presents AI-generated results as their own without citations, sources, and/or prompts, the teacher may reject the work or require it to be redone. The teacher has the right to ask the student if they have used AI in their learning task.

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

All the assignments of the course need to be completed to get a passed mark.