Study Guide

Objective

The student can describe the requirements for a successful business. The student can communicate goals of a business to various interest groups of a business. The student is able to establish a marketing plan to reach customers. The student can describe a business idea.

Content

Business environment
Business planning
Business operations
Entrepreneurship
Marketing and marketing tools
Sales

Materials

Materials in Its Learning and materials retrieved by the student.

Teaching methods

Exploratory Learning/Inquiry Based Learning (IBL)
Active Learning
Team Learning

Exam schedules

No exams, no possibility to improve tasks after deadline.

International connections

CDIO
Peer Learning

Completion alternatives

Does not exist.

Student workload

Individual ja team tasks
Portfolio
Information retrieval

135 h = 5 ECT
Estimated time used
lectures 48
individual inguiries and task 22 h
teamwork 35
reading assignment 30 h

Further information

With email to the teacher monica.tamminen@turkuamk.fi

In the title, please, use the course name.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evidence created from the study activities (assignments and a portfolio composed of them), showing the required development of competence.

Individual and group tasks
Peer-evaluations
Individual portfolio of learning
Evidence of learning
Evidence of improved Competences and Skills


Remember that the formation of the grade is especially influenced by the quality of doing and learning. Not just the length or number of outputs.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student has not actively participated in classes and group work. The student has serious deficiencies in knowledge, performance, or results. For example, there is a lack of self-directed information search, or the required literature has not been read or the required tools, methods, and theories have not been utilized in assignments or non-participation in the required presentations or assignments are completely missing or they have been returned late. COPYING of any kind is not allowed and will result in rejection of the course and possibly other sanctions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The assignments have been returned on schedule, but they are very narrow and incomplete. Or there are major flaws in the performances.

The student uses key concepts and basic theories when explaining his findings and observations. Student can describe, classify, and list things. The outputs are descriptive, but do not contain students' own reflection or insights. Individual theories or practical observations are not linked to a larger whole.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The tasks have been returned in time, and they are extensive and good, theories have been utilized, and instructed methods and tools have been used. Theory and references have been used correctly. And the presentations of learnings are meritorious.

The student understands entities and uses theory to describe them. Shows the ability to apply some principle related to the subject area and combines things. Uses the material and theory she has acquired in completing tasks.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

There are special merits in completing tasks and they are extensive and thorough.

The student sees critical success factors, understands theories, and presents her findings with justification. The student can see development areas and is a critical thinker. Can analyze cause-and-effect relationships and handle things insightfully. High-quality background material has been searched for, found and its use is justified.

Objective

The student can describe the requirements for a successful business. The student can communicate goals of a business to various interest groups of a business. The student is able to establish a marketing plan to reach customers. The student can describe a business idea.

Content

Business environment
Business planning
Business operations
Entrepreneurship
Marketing and marketing tools
Sales

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students will gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they will learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts. More specifically, students will focus on developing their language and communication skills in.
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to communicate at level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at B2-level students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to one’s field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex arguments, and read longer articles and reports.

Content

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of the field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

The course material is available in Its. Laptops or tablets are necessary to access the material during the course.

Teaching methods

The course is based on the flipped classroom method; the students study the theoretical part independently with help of the provided material and the contact meetings are used for guidance and testing.

Exam schedules

No exams are organized during or after the course.

Student workload

The students will be tested on their skills with spoken and written assignments on the course topics: email message, summary, meeting, presentation. The assignments include self-evaluation. Besides the assignments, the students are expected to prepare for the contact meetings with preparatory tasks.

Content scheduling

The course will run from 15 January to 26 April.

The course consists of contact meetings (28h) and individual/group work in Its (52h).

The course topics are professional emailing and reporting, meetings at work, and professional presentation. The topics will tie in the aspects of sustainability, digitalization, and field-specific vocabulary.

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society.

Learning objectives:

Spoken communication

The student
- discusses field-related topics using related terminology
- uses the functional language of group discussions
- participates actively in discussions by commenting, asking and reacting
- expresses themselves in a spontaneous way
- presents a field-related topic in a structured way
- uses the functional language of presentations (signposting)
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- expresses themselves in their own words

Written communication

The student
- follows the structure and language of professional email
- follows the structure and language of report writing
- considers the appropriate style for the situation
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- writes in their own words using sources correctly

Further information

The channel of communication during the course is Its.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is assignment-based and no exams will be organized.

The course work consists of two sections:

A preparatory tasks (5)

- evaluation pass/fail
- the purpose of the tasks is to be introduced to new topics and the study material, as well as be prepared for the contact meetings
- prep tasks are part of the learning process and should demonstrate it
- a passed task must be entirely completed before a certain contact meeting, mentioned in the task instructions
- prep tasks affect the final evaluation positively or negatively

B assignments (4)

- evaluation 1-5 per assignment
- the average of individual assignment evaluations forms the final evaluation
- specific evaluation criteria is given in connection with the assignment instructions

NOTE!

- For full final evaluation complete ALL course work within the given deadlines.

- Assignments are completed in contact meetings only.

- Note that course work cannot be done again or replaced by other work, or an exam.

- With problems of completing course work, contact the teacher BEFORE the deadlines.

- Assignments are not accepted after 26 April 2024.

Objective

The objective of the course is to give the student basic knowledge in Finnish language at the CEFR level A1.3
The student is able to use most important expressions in common everyday situations.

Content

After passing the course the student is able to
- Tell about his or her life, hobbies and studies orally and in writing
- Manage in discussions about everyday situations
- To ask questions, make suggestions and requests as well as denials
- To read short texts and gain information from e.g. instructions and schedules.

Materials

Material and links provided by teacher in Itslearning course platform
Book: Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni. 2023. Suomen mestari 1 Uudistettu — Suomen kielen oppikirja aikuisille. Otava.

Teaching methods

Group work, pair work, independent work at home.

Exam schedules

Follow the deadlines for the assignments given.

International connections

Working on the face-to-face lessons at campus in groups and independently, practising in Itslearning.

Student workload

Totally 135 h of work for the student

Content scheduling

The aim of the course is to learn basic knowledge of Finnish, focusing on the student´s practical language of everyday life and student's own study field. The aim of the course is to learn basic knowledge in Finnish language at the CEFR level A1.2.

The course consists of 44 lessons at Kupittaa campus. In addition, students must study the language independently in order to reach the target language level A1.2.

After passing the course you are able to use most important expressions in common everyday situations and you can

- tell about your life and studies orally and in writing
- manage short phrases and discussions in everyday situations
- understand some basic structures in Finnish language
- ask simple questions and answer them

Lessons at Kupittaa campus - see the schedule.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria will be presented in itslearning workspace.
The grade will be based on the homework and classwork completed on time and on the tasks to be evaluated. During the course, the student's oral and written language skills are evaluated.

Objective

You know how to operate as a student in Turku University of Applied Sciences, and you have sufficient higher education studies and working life skills
• you integrate into your study community
• understand the importance of planning the use of time, and large amount of independent work.
• you are able to evaluate your actions and take responsibility for your learning
• you are familiar with the curriculum of the degree programme of Industrial Management and Engineering
• career opportunities in industrial management and engineering

Content

the facilities, systems and instructions of Turku University of Applied Sciences (incl. the degree regulations and safety instructions), the Digistartti course
• guidance and counselling services, student benefits, health care
• team building, the rules of your study group and being a member of a work and study community
• studying skills
• preparation of your personal study plan, the significance of your choices with respect to your career plan and development discussions with your tutor teacher

Materials

The study material can be found in the learning environment Itslearning. Study materials include e.g.
- Curricula
- Different web pages and materials
- General and scientific articles

Content scheduling

_ Finnish education system
- Studies at TUAS
- Information Retrieval and Library Services
- Working in Finland
- Reports

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments to be graded:
- Theme 3: Current topics in Finnish economy
- Theme 4: Video-CV
- Theme 5: Company Presentation
- Theme 6: Test about sustainable development in higher education, Essay based on scientific articles
- In addition to the above-mentioned assignments, student's attendance and activeness is graded. The course is assessed on a scale of 0 to 5. Grade is defined on the basis of assignments as well as attendance and activeness.

Objective

You know how to operate as a student in Turku University of Applied Sciences, and you have sufficient higher education studies and working life skills
• you integrate into your study community
• understand the importance of planning the use of time, and large amount of independent work.
• you are able to evaluate your actions and take responsibility for your learning
• you are familiar with the curriculum of the degree programme of Industrial Management and Engineering
• career opportunities in industrial management and engineering

Content

the facilities, systems and instructions of Turku University of Applied Sciences (incl. the degree regulations and safety instructions), the Digistartti course
• guidance and counselling services, student benefits, health care
• team building, the rules of your study group and being a member of a work and study community
• studying skills
• preparation of your personal study plan, the significance of your choices with respect to your career plan and development discussions with your tutor teacher

Materials

The study material can be found in the learning environment Itslearning. Study materials include e.g.
- Curricula
- Different websites and online materials
- General and scientific articles

Content scheduling

- Finnish education system
- Studies at TUAS: curriculum, enrollment, grading, work placement, student services
- Information Retrieval and Library Services
- Working life in Finland
- Finnish companies
- Presentations
- Reports

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments to be graded:
- Theme 1: Digistart online course (4p)
- Theme 3: Current articles (2p)
- Theme 4: CV (2p)
- Theme 5: Company presentation (2p)
- Theme 6: Report on a field-specific topic (4p)
- In addition to the above-mentioned assignments, student's attendance and activeness is graded. The course is assessed on a scale of 0 to 5. Grade is defined on the basis of assignments as well as attendance and activeness.

Objective

After completing this study unit, the student will be able to:
- tell the basic processes of an enterprise
- discuss the processes by applying process thinking
- explain what is meant by value chain
- discuss the main elements of operations management
- describe the success factors of a supply chain and the influence of those factors to the customer service level, profitability and competitiveness of a company
- explain the influence of eg purchasing, inventories and transportation on business economy and competitiveness
- discuss the main principles and terminology of production planning and control
- explain the role of production planning
- combine the business processes and information systems to all the operations in a company.

Content

- Processes and process thinking
- Role of different supply chain elements for the competitiveness of the company: purchasing, inventories and transportation as a part of logistics process
- Measures of Profitability, Economy and Service Level
- Basic Terminology and Aims of Operations management, Production and Production Control
- Forms and Methods of Production
- Production Scheduling
- Principles of Production Control
- Information Flows in Business Process
- Basics of quality and environmental management

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Students have computing skills: Word, PowerPoint
and Excel

Content

Word and PowerPoint
Excel

Materials

Koch, J. & Karjalainen, O. (2016). Office 2016 & Office 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook. Jyväskylä: Docendo Oy.
Office 365 For Dummies. (2022)
e-book can be found in Finna.

Teaching methods

Flipped learning, Groupwork, Weekly reading/video teaching material go thorough task.

Completion alternatives

Certificate. ECDL or Tieke...

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Attending lecture is mandatory. If student cant attend S/he will be responsibility to get familiar subject that are covered in class. Its learning and fellow students will be resources turn to.

Content scheduling

Students will get familiar uptodate office setting tools that will help them
-give presentation, record and share instructions and information
-Write proper reports
-gather and interpret data
-Precedence similar skills as digistart course gives.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Groupwork
Knowledge questionaire
Mid-term x2 Order to get pass grade you need to get 50% correct.

Objective

After completing the course, the student can

discuss Turku University of Applied Sciences as an organization and work community
identify the regulations and rules governing studying in Turku University of Applied Sciences
operate the digital learning environments and tools of the university
locate information regarding studying, safety issues, student health services and recruitment possibilities
describe and identify values and norms of the Finnish society

Content

Digistartti
Intranet Messi
Cultural information

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussions about the topic of the week.

International connections

During the implementation student gets familiarized with Turku UAS pedagogical approach where studying is based on active learning methods that enable varied and effective ways of learning. Also, the course is aiming to promote ecological solutions in everyday life of a student.

Student workload

Weekly lectures and completing Digistart.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Active attendance and completed Digistart.

Content scheduling

The course is optional for international bachelor’s degree programme students. It will be implemented as a lecture series. Topics of the lectures support the student when starting the studies in Finland.
There is one weekly contact day during the course.

Further information

Lecture once a week
Wed at Lemminkäisenkatu Campus (for PBUADK24 and PIMEK24)
Thu at ICT/EduCity Campus (for PINFOK24)

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student is able to carry out or explain:
- basics, terms, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and circular economy
- solutions and technologies that enable meeting the targets set for sustainable development
- most important challenges in sustainable development, eg. climate change
-lifecycle thinking principles and examples of applying it in various business fields
-lifecycle assessment
-explain the basics of occupational safety related regulations and law as well as the manager's responsibility
-recognize occupational safety related development points and make improvement suggestions for improving occupational safety

Content

- Principles of sustainable development
-Trends in sustainable development
-New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
-Terms of circular economy
-Promoting the use of circular economy
-Problems related to current use of resources
-Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment
- Occupational safety from management perspective
-Occupational safety regulations and law

Materials

All the material used in the course has been instructed and distributed on the course's Itslearning platform.

Teaching methods

The course is based on independent work and group work. The assignments are related to writing a research essay and implementing a business plan as a group project, as well as project management. In addition, work-life connection is promoted through external expert visits.

Working is both independent remote working and face-to-face teaching, in which case we delve into a certain theme of the subject area by discussing and presenting the results of group work.

Exam schedules

There is an exam in the course. Assessment is based on learning tasks.
The dates for the returns of individual learning tasks (individual and group work) are mentioned in Itslearning.
Passing the course requires completion of the group task section, at least 50% attendance in classes and passing the exam.

International connections

The study course is implemented in accordance with innovation pedagogy, where studying is based on work-life-oriented learning and the development of innovation abilities. During the course, the student must play an active role and must independently take responsibility for his own learning and the implementation of learning tasks. The course is based on individual and group work, where the role of instructors is to support and guide the work.

Student workload

The course consists of learning tasks to be done on adjacent floors, an exam and a business plan to be done as group work, as well as a responsibility analysis. The business plan of one's own company is presented to other small groups.
More detailed descriptions of learning tasks and instructions on the course's own Itslearning platform.

1 ECTS corresponds to 27 hours of student work, i.e. 3 ECTS = 81 hours.

Content scheduling

- Principles of sustainable development
- Trends in sustainable development
- New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
- Terms of circular economy
- Promoting the use of circular economy
- Problems related to current use of resources
- Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment

Timing: Duration of the course, 24/11/2023 - 30/11/2023 (a total of 3 short sessions) A more detailed schedule of the course and the themes/topics of the next lessons are described on the course's Itslearning platform.

Further information

Communication to the teacher through the message of the itslearning platform.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course uses numerical evaluation.
Grades are used for successfully completed studies (5-step numerical scale):
5 = commendable
4 and 3 = good
2 and 1 = satisfactory
0 = rejected
The grade consists of:

- Exam (individual performance) 30% of the course grade
- extensive group work 1 (includes a written section and a presentation) 40% of the course grade
- Participation in lectures and the student's activity in lectures 30% (At least 50% of lectures must be attended in order to pass the course

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

No performance.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student satisfactorily masters the basic concepts of of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.The student is satisfactorily able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and can name only a few actors and sources of information related to the topic. The student can satisfactorily identify how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student can satisfactorily manage his own work, allocate resources to the tasks to be performed, work in a group and satisfactorily take into account the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is satisfactorily able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has a good command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is well able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and is well able to describe and utilize a few actors and information sources related to the topic. The student knows how to recognize how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student knows how to manage his own work well, allocates resources to the tasks to be performed and works in a group, and takes good account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is well able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has an excellent command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business in an excellent and broader way and is able to name and utilize several actors and information sources related to the topic. The student is excellent at describing how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student is excellent at managing his own work, divides the resource between the tasks to be performed and works actively in the group, and takes excellent account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is excellently able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Objective

The student is able to carry out or explain:
- basics, terms, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and circular economy
- solutions and technologies that enable meeting the targets set for sustainable development
- most important challenges in sustainable development, eg. climate change
-lifecycle thinking principles and examples of applying it in various business fields
-lifecycle assessment
-explain the basics of occupational safety related regulations and law as well as the manager's responsibility
-recognize occupational safety related development points and make improvement suggestions for improving occupational safety

Content

- Principles of sustainable development
-Trends in sustainable development
-New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
-Terms of circular economy
-Promoting the use of circular economy
-Problems related to current use of resources
-Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment
- Occupational safety from management perspective
-Occupational safety regulations and law

Materials

All the material used in the course has been instructed and distributed on the course's Itslearning platform.

Teaching methods

The course is based on independent work and group work. The assignments are related to writing a research essay and implementing a business plan as a group project, as well as project management. In addition, work-life connection is promoted through external expert visits.

Working is both independent remote working and face-to-face teaching, in which case we delve into a certain theme of the subject area by discussing and presenting the results of group work.

Exam schedules

There is an exam in the course. Assessment is based on learning tasks.
The dates for the returns of individual learning tasks (individual and group work) are mentioned in Itslearning.
Passing the course requires completion of the group task section, at least 50% attendance in classes and passing the exam.

International connections

The study course is implemented in accordance with innovation pedagogy, where studying is based on work-life-oriented learning and the development of innovation abilities. During the course, the student must play an active role and must independently take responsibility for his own learning and the implementation of learning tasks. The course is based on individual and group work, where the role of instructors is to support and guide the work.

Completion alternatives

The course consists of learning tasks to be done on adjacent floors, an exam and a business plan to be done as group work, as well as a responsibility analysis. The business plan of one's own company is presented to other small groups.
More detailed descriptions of learning tasks and instructions on the course's own Itslearning platform.

1 ECTS corresponds to 27 hours of student work, i.e. 3 ECTS = 81 hours.

Content scheduling

- Principles of sustainable development
- Trends in sustainable development
- New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
- Terms of circular economy
- Promoting the use of circular economy
- Problems related to current use of resources
- Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment

Timing: Duration of the course, 1/9/2023 - 6/10/2023 (a total of 5 short sessions) A more detailed schedule of the course and the themes/topics of the next lessons are described on the course's Itslearning platform.

Further information

Communication to the teacher through the message of the itslearning platform.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course uses numerical evaluation.
Grades are used for successfully completed studies (5-step numerical scale):
5 = commendable
4 and 3 = good
2 and 1 = satisfactory
0 = rejected
The grade consists of:

- Exam (individual performance) 30% of the course grade
- extensive group work 1 (includes a written section and a presentation) 40% of the course grade
- Participation in lectures and the student's activity in lectures 30% (At least 50% of lectures must be attended in order to pass the course

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

No performance.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student satisfactorily masters the basic concepts of of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.The student is satisfactorily able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and can name only a few actors and sources of information related to the topic. The student can satisfactorily identify how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student can satisfactorily manage his own work, allocate resources to the tasks to be performed, work in a group and satisfactorily take into account the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is satisfactorily able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has a good command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is well able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and is well able to describe and utilize a few actors and information sources related to the topic. The student knows how to recognize how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student knows how to manage his own work well, allocates resources to the tasks to be performed and works in a group, and takes good account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is well able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has an excellent command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business in an excellent and broader way and is able to name and utilize several actors and information sources related to the topic. The student is excellent at describing how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student is excellent at managing his own work, divides the resource between the tasks to be performed and works actively in the group, and takes excellent account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is excellently able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Objective

After completing the course, the student can

discuss Turku University of Applied Sciences as an organization and work community
identify the regulations and rules governing studying in Turku University of Applied Sciences
operate the digital learning environments and tools of the university
locate information regarding studying, safety issues, student health services and recruitment possibilities
describe and identify values and norms of the Finnish society

Content

Digistartti
Intranet Messi
Cultural information

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussions about the topic of the week.

International connections

During the implementation student gets familiarized with Turku UAS pedagogical approach where studying is based on active learning methods that enable varied and effective ways of learning. Also, the course is aiming to promote ecological solutions in everyday life of a student.

Student workload

Weekly lectures and completing Digistart.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Active attendance and completed Digistart.

Content scheduling

The course is optional for international bachelor’s degree programme students. It will be implemented as a lecture series. Topics of the lectures support the student when starting the studies in Finland.
There is one weekly contact day during the course.

Further information

Lecture once a week
Wed at Lemminkäisenkatu Campus (for PBUADK24 and PIMEK24)
Thu at ICT/EduCity Campus (for PINFOK24)

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Objective

The student can describe the requirements for a successful business. The student can communicate goals of a business to various interest groups of a business. The student is able to establish a marketing plan to reach customers. The student can describe a business idea.

Content

Business environment
Business planning
Business operations
Entrepreneurship
Marketing and marketing tools
Sales

Materials

Materials in Its Learning and materials retrieved by the student.

Teaching methods

Exploratory Learning/Inquiry Based Learning (IBL)
Active Learning
Team Learning

Exam schedules

No exams, no possibility to improve tasks after deadline.

International connections

CDIO
Peer Learning

Completion alternatives

Does not exist.

Student workload

Individual ja team tasks
Portfolio
Information retrieval

135 h = 5 ECT
Estimated time used
lectures 48
individual inguiries and task 22 h
teamwork 35
reading assignment 30 h

Further information

With email to the teacher monica.tamminen@turkuamk.fi

In the title, please, use the course name.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evidence created from the study activities (assignments and a portfolio composed of them), showing the required development of competence.

Individual and group tasks
Peer-evaluations
Individual portfolio of learning
Evidence of learning
Evidence of improved Competences and Skills


Remember that the formation of the grade is especially influenced by the quality of doing and learning. Not just the length or number of outputs.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student has not actively participated in classes and group work. The student has serious deficiencies in knowledge, performance, or results. For example, there is a lack of self-directed information search, or the required literature has not been read or the required tools, methods, and theories have not been utilized in assignments or non-participation in the required presentations or assignments are completely missing or they have been returned late. COPYING of any kind is not allowed and will result in rejection of the course and possibly other sanctions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The assignments have been returned on schedule, but they are very narrow and incomplete. Or there are major flaws in the performances.

The student uses key concepts and basic theories when explaining his findings and observations. Student can describe, classify, and list things. The outputs are descriptive, but do not contain students' own reflection or insights. Individual theories or practical observations are not linked to a larger whole.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The tasks have been returned in time, and they are extensive and good, theories have been utilized, and instructed methods and tools have been used. Theory and references have been used correctly. And the presentations of learnings are meritorious.

The student understands entities and uses theory to describe them. Shows the ability to apply some principle related to the subject area and combines things. Uses the material and theory she has acquired in completing tasks.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

There are special merits in completing tasks and they are extensive and thorough.

The student sees critical success factors, understands theories, and presents her findings with justification. The student can see development areas and is a critical thinker. Can analyze cause-and-effect relationships and handle things insightfully. High-quality background material has been searched for, found and its use is justified.

Objective

Students have computing skills: Word, PowerPoint
and Excel

Content

Word and PowerPoint
Excel

Materials

Koch, J. & Karjalainen, O. (2016). Office 2016 & Office 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook. Jyväskylä: Docendo Oy.
Office 365 For Dummies. (2022)
e-book can be found in Finna.

Teaching methods

Flipped learning, Groupwork, Weekly reading/video teaching material go thorough task.

Completion alternatives

Certificate. ECDL or Tieke...

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Attending lecture is mandatory. If student cant attend S/he will be responsibility to get familiar subject that are covered in class. Its learning and fellow students will be resources turn to.

Content scheduling

Students will get familiar uptodate office setting tools that will help them
-give presentation, record and share instructions and information
-Write proper reports
-gather and interpret data
-Precedence similar skills as digistart course gives.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Groupwork
Knowledge questionaire
Mid-term x2 Order to get pass grade you need to get 50% correct.

Objective

The objective of the course is to give the student basic knowledge in Finnish language at the CEFR level A1.3
The student is able to use most important expressions in common everyday situations.

Content

After passing the course the student is able to
- Tell about his or her life, hobbies and studies orally and in writing
- Manage in discussions about everyday situations
- To ask questions, make suggestions and requests as well as denials
- To read short texts and gain information from e.g. instructions and schedules.

Materials

Material and links provided by teacher in Itslearning course platform
Book: Gehring, Sonja & Heinzmann, Sanni. 2023. Suomen mestari 1 Uudistettu — Suomen kielen oppikirja aikuisille. Otava.

Teaching methods

Group work, pair work, independent work at home.

Exam schedules

Follow the deadlines for the assignments given.

International connections

Working on the face-to-face lessons at campus in groups and independently, practising in Itslearning.

Student workload

Totally 135 h of work for the student

Content scheduling

The aim of the course is to learn basic knowledge of Finnish, focusing on the student´s practical language of everyday life and student's own study field. The aim of the course is to learn basic knowledge in Finnish language at the CEFR level A1.2.

The course consists of 44 lessons at Kupittaa campus. In addition, students must study the language independently in order to reach the target language level A1.2.

After passing the course you are able to use most important expressions in common everyday situations and you can

- tell about your life and studies orally and in writing
- manage short phrases and discussions in everyday situations
- understand some basic structures in Finnish language
- ask simple questions and answer them

Lessons at Kupittaa campus - see the schedule.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria will be presented in itslearning workspace.
The grade will be based on the homework and classwork completed on time and on the tasks to be evaluated. During the course, the student's oral and written language skills are evaluated.

Objective

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students will gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society. In addition, they will learn to utilize tools and techniques to further develop their skills in authentic, field-specific contexts. More specifically, students will focus on developing their language and communication skills in.
Upon completing the course, the students should have acquired skills to communicate at level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages, which states that at B2-level students should be able to produce clear, coherent and well-structured texts, present detailed descriptions related to one’s field of interest, express and exchange opinions using fluent language, follow complex arguments, and read longer articles and reports.

Content

- writing professional, field-specific texts
- presenting and discussing field-specific topics in a professional manner
- reading field-specific texts and utilizing the information in professional contexts
- learning and using key terminology of the field
- becoming professional, autonomous language users in working life

Materials

The course material is available in Its. Laptops or tablets are necessary to access the material during the course.

Teaching methods

The course is based on the flipped classroom method; the students study the theoretical part independently with help of the provided material and the contact meetings are used for guidance and testing.

Exam schedules

No exams are organized during or after the course.

Student workload

The students will be tested on their skills with spoken and written assignments on the course topics: email message, summary, meeting, presentation. The assignments include self-evaluation. Besides the assignments, the students are expected to prepare for the contact meetings with preparatory tasks.

Content scheduling

The course will run from 15 January to 26 April.

The course consists of contact meetings (28h) and individual/group work in Its (52h).

The course topics are professional emailing and reporting, meetings at work, and professional presentation. The topics will tie in the aspects of sustainability, digitalization, and field-specific vocabulary.

The aim of the course is to activate and develop the students’ field-relevant English language and communication skills. The students gain professional skills in various spoken and written communicative situations encountered in working life and society.

Learning objectives:

Spoken communication

The student
- discusses field-related topics using related terminology
- uses the functional language of group discussions
- participates actively in discussions by commenting, asking and reacting
- expresses themselves in a spontaneous way
- presents a field-related topic in a structured way
- uses the functional language of presentations (signposting)
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- expresses themselves in their own words

Written communication

The student
- follows the structure and language of professional email
- follows the structure and language of report writing
- considers the appropriate style for the situation
- expresses themselves in a clear and logical way
- writes in their own words using sources correctly

Further information

The channel of communication during the course is Its.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is assignment-based and no exams will be organized.

The course work consists of two sections:

A preparatory tasks (5)

- evaluation pass/fail
- the purpose of the tasks is to be introduced to new topics and the study material, as well as be prepared for the contact meetings
- prep tasks are part of the learning process and should demonstrate it
- a passed task must be entirely completed before a certain contact meeting, mentioned in the task instructions
- prep tasks affect the final evaluation positively or negatively

B assignments (4)

- evaluation 1-5 per assignment
- the average of individual assignment evaluations forms the final evaluation
- specific evaluation criteria is given in connection with the assignment instructions

NOTE!

- For full final evaluation complete ALL course work within the given deadlines.

- Assignments are completed in contact meetings only.

- Note that course work cannot be done again or replaced by other work, or an exam.

- With problems of completing course work, contact the teacher BEFORE the deadlines.

- Assignments are not accepted after 26 April 2024.

Objective

After completing this study unit, the student will be able to:
- tell the basic processes of an enterprise
- discuss the processes by applying process thinking
- explain what is meant by value chain
- discuss the main elements of operations management
- describe the success factors of a supply chain and the influence of those factors to the customer service level, profitability and competitiveness of a company
- explain the influence of eg purchasing, inventories and transportation on business economy and competitiveness
- discuss the main principles and terminology of production planning and control
- explain the role of production planning
- combine the business processes and information systems to all the operations in a company.

Content

- Processes and process thinking
- Role of different supply chain elements for the competitiveness of the company: purchasing, inventories and transportation as a part of logistics process
- Measures of Profitability, Economy and Service Level
- Basic Terminology and Aims of Operations management, Production and Production Control
- Forms and Methods of Production
- Production Scheduling
- Principles of Production Control
- Information Flows in Business Process
- Basics of quality and environmental management

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

You know how to operate as a student in Turku University of Applied Sciences, and you have sufficient higher education studies and working life skills
• you integrate into your study community
• understand the importance of planning the use of time, and large amount of independent work.
• you are able to evaluate your actions and take responsibility for your learning
• you are familiar with the curriculum of the degree programme of Industrial Management and Engineering
• career opportunities in industrial management and engineering

Content

the facilities, systems and instructions of Turku University of Applied Sciences (incl. the degree regulations and safety instructions), the Digistartti course
• guidance and counselling services, student benefits, health care
• team building, the rules of your study group and being a member of a work and study community
• studying skills
• preparation of your personal study plan, the significance of your choices with respect to your career plan and development discussions with your tutor teacher

Materials

The study material can be found in the learning environment Itslearning. Study materials include e.g.
- Curricula
- Different websites and online materials
- General and scientific articles

Content scheduling

- Finnish education system
- Studies at TUAS: curriculum, enrollment, grading, work placement, student services
- Information Retrieval and Library Services
- Working life in Finland
- Finnish companies
- Presentations
- Reports

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments to be graded:
- Theme 1: Digistart online course (4p)
- Theme 3: Current articles (2p)
- Theme 4: CV (2p)
- Theme 5: Company presentation (2p)
- Theme 6: Report on a field-specific topic (4p)
- In addition to the above-mentioned assignments, student's attendance and activeness is graded. The course is assessed on a scale of 0 to 5. Grade is defined on the basis of assignments as well as attendance and activeness.

Objective

The student can describe the requirements for a successful business. The student can communicate goals of a business to various interest groups of a business. The student is able to establish a marketing plan to reach customers. The student can describe a business idea.

Content

Business environment
Business planning
Business operations
Entrepreneurship
Marketing and marketing tools
Sales

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The student is able to carry out or explain:
- basics, terms, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and circular economy
- solutions and technologies that enable meeting the targets set for sustainable development
- most important challenges in sustainable development, eg. climate change
-lifecycle thinking principles and examples of applying it in various business fields
-lifecycle assessment
-explain the basics of occupational safety related regulations and law as well as the manager's responsibility
-recognize occupational safety related development points and make improvement suggestions for improving occupational safety

Content

- Principles of sustainable development
-Trends in sustainable development
-New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
-Terms of circular economy
-Promoting the use of circular economy
-Problems related to current use of resources
-Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment
- Occupational safety from management perspective
-Occupational safety regulations and law

Materials

All the material used in the course has been instructed and distributed on the course's Itslearning platform.

Teaching methods

The course is based on independent work and group work. The assignments are related to writing a research essay and implementing a business plan as a group project, as well as project management. In addition, work-life connection is promoted through external expert visits.

Working is both independent remote working and face-to-face teaching, in which case we delve into a certain theme of the subject area by discussing and presenting the results of group work.

Exam schedules

There is an exam in the course. Assessment is based on learning tasks.
The dates for the returns of individual learning tasks (individual and group work) are mentioned in Itslearning.
Passing the course requires completion of the group task section, at least 50% attendance in classes and passing the exam.

International connections

The study course is implemented in accordance with innovation pedagogy, where studying is based on work-life-oriented learning and the development of innovation abilities. During the course, the student must play an active role and must independently take responsibility for his own learning and the implementation of learning tasks. The course is based on individual and group work, where the role of instructors is to support and guide the work.

Student workload

The course consists of learning tasks to be done on adjacent floors, an exam and a business plan to be done as group work, as well as a responsibility analysis. The business plan of one's own company is presented to other small groups.
More detailed descriptions of learning tasks and instructions on the course's own Itslearning platform.

1 ECTS corresponds to 27 hours of student work, i.e. 3 ECTS = 81 hours.

Content scheduling

- Principles of sustainable development
- Trends in sustainable development
- New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
- Terms of circular economy
- Promoting the use of circular economy
- Problems related to current use of resources
- Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment

Timing: Duration of the course, 24/11/2023 - 30/11/2023 (a total of 3 short sessions) A more detailed schedule of the course and the themes/topics of the next lessons are described on the course's Itslearning platform.

Further information

Communication to the teacher through the message of the itslearning platform.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course uses numerical evaluation.
Grades are used for successfully completed studies (5-step numerical scale):
5 = commendable
4 and 3 = good
2 and 1 = satisfactory
0 = rejected
The grade consists of:

- Exam (individual performance) 30% of the course grade
- extensive group work 1 (includes a written section and a presentation) 40% of the course grade
- Participation in lectures and the student's activity in lectures 30% (At least 50% of lectures must be attended in order to pass the course

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

No performance.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student satisfactorily masters the basic concepts of of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.The student is satisfactorily able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and can name only a few actors and sources of information related to the topic. The student can satisfactorily identify how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student can satisfactorily manage his own work, allocate resources to the tasks to be performed, work in a group and satisfactorily take into account the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is satisfactorily able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has a good command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is well able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and is well able to describe and utilize a few actors and information sources related to the topic. The student knows how to recognize how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student knows how to manage his own work well, allocates resources to the tasks to be performed and works in a group, and takes good account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is well able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has an excellent command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business in an excellent and broader way and is able to name and utilize several actors and information sources related to the topic. The student is excellent at describing how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student is excellent at managing his own work, divides the resource between the tasks to be performed and works actively in the group, and takes excellent account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is excellently able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Objective

The student is able to carry out or explain:
- basics, terms, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development and circular economy
- solutions and technologies that enable meeting the targets set for sustainable development
- most important challenges in sustainable development, eg. climate change
-lifecycle thinking principles and examples of applying it in various business fields
-lifecycle assessment
-explain the basics of occupational safety related regulations and law as well as the manager's responsibility
-recognize occupational safety related development points and make improvement suggestions for improving occupational safety

Content

- Principles of sustainable development
-Trends in sustainable development
-New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
-Terms of circular economy
-Promoting the use of circular economy
-Problems related to current use of resources
-Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment
- Occupational safety from management perspective
-Occupational safety regulations and law

Materials

All the material used in the course has been instructed and distributed on the course's Itslearning platform.

Teaching methods

The course is based on independent work and group work. The assignments are related to writing a research essay and implementing a business plan as a group project, as well as project management. In addition, work-life connection is promoted through external expert visits.

Working is both independent remote working and face-to-face teaching, in which case we delve into a certain theme of the subject area by discussing and presenting the results of group work.

Exam schedules

There is an exam in the course. Assessment is based on learning tasks.
The dates for the returns of individual learning tasks (individual and group work) are mentioned in Itslearning.
Passing the course requires completion of the group task section, at least 50% attendance in classes and passing the exam.

International connections

The study course is implemented in accordance with innovation pedagogy, where studying is based on work-life-oriented learning and the development of innovation abilities. During the course, the student must play an active role and must independently take responsibility for his own learning and the implementation of learning tasks. The course is based on individual and group work, where the role of instructors is to support and guide the work.

Completion alternatives

The course consists of learning tasks to be done on adjacent floors, an exam and a business plan to be done as group work, as well as a responsibility analysis. The business plan of one's own company is presented to other small groups.
More detailed descriptions of learning tasks and instructions on the course's own Itslearning platform.

1 ECTS corresponds to 27 hours of student work, i.e. 3 ECTS = 81 hours.

Content scheduling

- Principles of sustainable development
- Trends in sustainable development
- New solutions and technologies related to sustainable development
- Terms of circular economy
- Promoting the use of circular economy
- Problems related to current use of resources
- Life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment

Timing: Duration of the course, 1/9/2023 - 6/10/2023 (a total of 5 short sessions) A more detailed schedule of the course and the themes/topics of the next lessons are described on the course's Itslearning platform.

Further information

Communication to the teacher through the message of the itslearning platform.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course uses numerical evaluation.
Grades are used for successfully completed studies (5-step numerical scale):
5 = commendable
4 and 3 = good
2 and 1 = satisfactory
0 = rejected
The grade consists of:

- Exam (individual performance) 30% of the course grade
- extensive group work 1 (includes a written section and a presentation) 40% of the course grade
- Participation in lectures and the student's activity in lectures 30% (At least 50% of lectures must be attended in order to pass the course

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

No performance.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student satisfactorily masters the basic concepts of of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.The student is satisfactorily able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and can name only a few actors and sources of information related to the topic. The student can satisfactorily identify how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student can satisfactorily manage his own work, allocate resources to the tasks to be performed, work in a group and satisfactorily take into account the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is satisfactorily able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has a good command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is well able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business and is well able to describe and utilize a few actors and information sources related to the topic. The student knows how to recognize how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student knows how to manage his own work well, allocates resources to the tasks to be performed and works in a group, and takes good account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is well able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has an excellent command of the basic concepts of sustainable business and understands their impact in business planning.. The student is able to identify the opportunities and challenges of sustainable business in an excellent and broader way and is able to name and utilize several actors and information sources related to the topic. The student is excellent at describing how sustainable business and entrepreneurship are related to their own field of study. The student is excellent at managing his own work, divides the resource between the tasks to be performed and works actively in the group, and takes excellent account of the goals set by the teacher/assignment. The student is excellently able to construct a concise and informative presentation and express himself clearly in writing.
Attendance at lectures at least 50% in accordance.

Objective

You know how to operate as a student in Turku University of Applied Sciences, and you have sufficient higher education studies and working life skills
• you integrate into your study community
• understand the importance of planning the use of time, and large amount of independent work.
• you are able to evaluate your actions and take responsibility for your learning
• you are familiar with the curriculum of the degree programme of Industrial Management and Engineering
• career opportunities in industrial management and engineering

Content

the facilities, systems and instructions of Turku University of Applied Sciences (incl. the degree regulations and safety instructions), the Digistartti course
• guidance and counselling services, student benefits, health care
• team building, the rules of your study group and being a member of a work and study community
• studying skills
• preparation of your personal study plan, the significance of your choices with respect to your career plan and development discussions with your tutor teacher

Materials

The study material can be found in the learning environment Itslearning. Study materials include e.g.
- Curricula
- Different web pages and materials
- General and scientific articles

Content scheduling

_ Finnish education system
- Studies at TUAS
- Information Retrieval and Library Services
- Working in Finland
- Reports

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments to be graded:
- Theme 3: Current topics in Finnish economy
- Theme 4: Video-CV
- Theme 5: Company Presentation
- Theme 6: Test about sustainable development in higher education, Essay based on scientific articles
- In addition to the above-mentioned assignments, student's attendance and activeness is graded. The course is assessed on a scale of 0 to 5. Grade is defined on the basis of assignments as well as attendance and activeness.