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Degree Programme in Business Administration: PLIITS18

Code: PLIITS18

Degree title
Tradenomi (AMK), Bachelor of Business Administration
Credits
210 ects
Duration
3.5 years (210 cr)
Start semester
Autumn 2018
Teaching language
Finnish

Descriptions

The objective of the Degree Programme in Business Administration is to train multi-skilled professionals and developers for versatile tasks in business life and industry.

STRUCTURE OF THE STUDIES

In the basic studies, the student gets familiar with the basics of business and entrepreneurship. The studies also help to develop the communications and language skills necessary in the field, as well as team work, project work and networking skills

The professional studies deepen the student’s skills in the business operating environment and core skill areas.

In the advanced stage, the student specializes in the following skill paths:
• Marketing,
• Innovative Business and Entrepreneurship
• Financial Management
• Wellness Tourism
• Library and Information Skills.

The studies are complemented by the thesis, where the students apply their previously learned knowledge and skills. The thesis can be a development or research project made on a working life commission. In addition to the growth of one’s own expertise, the purpose of the thesis is to benefit the organization.

PEDAGOGIC APPROACHES

Studying in our Business Administration Programme is student- centered and working-life oriented. The student takes responsibility and an active role in the learning process and the teacher’s role is to support him/her in reaching the objectives.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment scale is 1-5 or accepted/failed. Versatile aspects and methods are used in assessment. Peer assessment and self assessment are used in addition to assessment carried out by the teacher or the commissioner of a project. Assessment criteria of a course is given in the course implementation plan. Assessment may be based on exams, tasks, assignments or large projects. Sometimes the object of assessment may be the team, e.g. how well they managed a project together.

FURTHER STUDIES

Master level studies in universities and universities of applied sciences.
After the Bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences, it is also possible to continue in Master level degree programmes in foreign higher education institutions.

University of applied sciences offers opportunities for continuing education in specialisation studies, apprenticeship-type continuing education, and working life-based continuing education. If a student completes a Master’s degree in a university of applied sciences, they can receive an opportunity for further education in scientific or arts-related further studies in universities.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 Autumn 2018 Spring 2019 Autumn 2019 Spring 2020 Autumn 2020 Spring 2021 Autumn 2021 1. / 2018 2. / 2018 3. / 2019 4. / 2019 5. / 2019 1. / 2019 2. / 2019 3. / 2020 4. / 2020 5. / 2020 1. / 2020 2. / 2020 3. / 2021 4. / 2021 5. / 2021 1. / 2021 2. / 2021
CORE COMPETENCE

(Choose all )

85
OK100127
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills

(Choose all )

5
1002354 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
1002355 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 2 1 1 1 0.3 0.3 0.3
1002356 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 3 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
1002357 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 4 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
1002358 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
OK301207
Core Competence in Business

(Choose all )

75
3011392 Basics of Business Administration 15 15 15 7.5 7.5
3011658 Introduction to Project Work 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011364 Workplace Communication 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011391 Business English 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011519 Marketing 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011558 Financial Management 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011656 Applied Business Math 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011659 Service Design 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011559 Business Law 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3041232 Introduction to Digital Business 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011405 National Economics and International Economics 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011534 Organizational Behaviour 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
4021106 Research Methods 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
OK100116
Swedish Business Communication, B1

(Choose all )

5
100116 Swedish in working life, oral communication 2 2 2 0.7 0.7 0.7
100117 Swedish in working life, written communication 3 3 3 1 1 1
COMPLEMENTARY COMPETENCE

(Choose ects: 125)

125
OK301178
MARKETING

(Choose ects: 45)

45
OK301208
Marketing in the Digital Era

(Choose all )

20
3041249 Digital Marketing Basics 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011660 Content Marketing 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011663 Cases in International Business 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011666 Digital Business Development Project 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
OK301209
Marketing and Business

(Choose all )

30
3011667 Business-to-Business Marketing and Sales 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011664 Customer Oriented Product Development 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011662 Market Research 10 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011657 Brand Management 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011665 Business Models and Marketing 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
OK301179
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

(Choose ects: 45)

45
OK301176
Financial Management

(Choose all )

15
3011461 Financial statements and corporate taxation 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011458 Payroll Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011460 Working in an Accounting Firm 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
OK301177
Management Accounting

(Choose all )

30
3011221 Management Accounting 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011477 Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Analysis 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011478 Financial Management in SMEs 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011655 Financing and Risk Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011520 Digital Financial Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011671 Competence Tracks Optional Studies 5
OK300230
WELLNESS TOURISM

(Choose ects: 45)

45
OK300231
Introduction to Wellness Tourism as part of Tourism Phenomenon

(Choose all )

15
3011583 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011584 Wellness Tourism Concepts and Demand 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011585 Communication and Cultural Sensitivity in Service Encounters 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
OK200306
Developing Competitive Wellness Tourism

(Choose all )

15
3011587 Developing the Wellness Tourism Offering at Company Level 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011586 Experience Management 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
3011588 Developing Competitiveness in Wellness Business Tourism 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
OK200307
Managing Wellness Operations

(Choose all )

15
3011589 Service Operations Management in a Wellness Company 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011590 Sales and Revenue Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011591 Developing Own Expertise 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
OK300242
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES

(Choose ects: 45)

45
3011627 Library and Information Professionalism 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KH00BG46 Information Retrieval Skills 1 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KH00BG47 Information Retrieval Skills 2 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011674 Library and Society 5 - 10 10 10 5 5
3011672 Collection Management and Utilization 15 15 15 5 5 5
3011675 Pedagogical Competence 10 - 15 15 15 7.5 7.5
OK301181
INNOVATIVE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(Choose ects: 75)

45 - 75
OK301210
Starting up Business

(Choose ects: 55)

25 - 55
3011668 Starting up a Business 10
KH00BG77 Product and Service Innovation 5 - 15
KH00BG78 Project Management 5 - 15
KH00BG79 Managing Customer Projects 5 - 15
OK301211
Developing Business

(Choose ects: 45)

15 - 45
KH00BG80 Developing the Business 5 - 10
3011563 Financial Management 5
KH00BG83 Expert Sales and Negotiation Sklls 5 - 15
OK301212
Expanding Business

(Choose ects: 40)

10 - 40
KH00BG81 Expanding Business 5 - 10
Optional Studies in Business Academy

(Choose 0)

0
KH00BG98 Event Production 5 - 15
KH00BH04 Customer Oriented Sales 5 - 15
KH00BH02 Productization 5 - 15
KH00BH03 Future Business Camp 5 - 15
KH00BG99 Intercultural Communication and Networking 5 - 15
KH00BG97 Digital Marketing 5 - 15
KH00BG82 Team Leadership and Management 5 - 15
KH00BH00 Future Business Models 5 - 15
KH00BG84 International Business 5 - 15
KH00BH01 Coaching and Mentoring 5 - 15
KH00BN82 Methods in Development Work 5
OK300243
OPTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose ects: 30)

30
1002309 Innovation Project 15 15 5 10 2.5 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.3
3011515 Brush up Your Swedish 3 5 5 2.5 2.5
3011652 Open Studies in Business 1 5
3011653 Open Studies in Business 2 5
3011654 Open Studies in Business 3 5
KH00BF91 Swedish on the Net 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
3041228 International Negotiations 5 5 5 1.7 1.7 1.7
KH00BR00 Company Visits 5
3041248 Human Resource Management 5
3041234 Creativity and Innovativeness 5
KH00BF98 Data Protection 5
KH00BJ81 Family and Inheritance Law 5
KH00BV03 Consumer Behaviour and Consumption 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KH00BM34 Healthy Meetings and Events 5
KH00BZ22 Methodology Studies 5
PLIITS18-1001
Technical Sales Management

(Choose all )

15
5091180 Technical Sales Skills and Processes 5
5091179 Sales Management, Methods and Tools 5
5091167 Sales Workshops 5
OK300240
PRACTICAL TRAINING

(Choose all )

30
3011550 Basic Practical Training 10 10 10 5 5
3011551 Professional Practical Training 20 20 20 10 10
OK300241
BACHELOR'S THESIS

(Choose ects: 20)

20
3011330 Bachelor's Thesis 20
Total 210 82 151 81 21 46 36 81 70 71 10 21 23 23 12.2 12.2 12.2 40.5 40.5 23.7 23.7 23.7 35.5 35.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 10.5 10.5

Asetuksen mukainen jäsentely AMK

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Professional studies
Service Design
Introduction to Digital Business
National Economics and International Economics
Organizational Behaviour
Research Methods
Digital Marketing Basics
Content Marketing
Cases in International Business
Digital Business Development Project
Business-to-Business Marketing and Sales
Customer Oriented Product Development
Market Research
Brand Management
Business Models and Marketing
Financial statements and corporate taxation
Payroll Management
Working in an Accounting Firm
Management Accounting
Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Analysis
Financial Management in SMEs
Financing and Risk Management
Digital Financial Management
Competence Tracks Optional Studies
Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality
Wellness Tourism Concepts and Demand
Communication and Cultural Sensitivity in Service Encounters
Developing the Wellness Tourism Offering at Company Level
Experience Management
Developing Competitiveness in Wellness Business Tourism
Service Operations Management in a Wellness Company
Sales and Revenue Management
Developing Own Expertise
Library and Information Professionalism
Information Retrieval Skills 1
Information Retrieval Skills 2
Library and Society
Collection Management and Utilization
Pedagogical Competence
Starting up a Business
Product and Service Innovation
Project Management
Managing Customer Projects
Developing the Business
Financial Management
Expert Sales and Negotiation Sklls
Expanding Business
Customer Oriented Sales
International Business
Practical Training
Basic Practical Training
Professional Practical Training
Bachelor's Thesis

No attached course units

Basic Studies
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 1
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 2
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 3
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 4
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 5
Basics of Business Administration
Introduction to Project Work
Workplace Communication
Business English
Marketing
Financial Management
Applied Business Math
Business Law
Swedish in working life, oral communication
Swedish in working life, written communication
Optional Studies
Event Production
Productization
Future Business Camp
Intercultural Communication and Networking
Digital Marketing
Team Leadership and Management
Future Business Models
Coaching and Mentoring
Brush up Your Swedish
Open Studies in Business 1
Open Studies in Business 2
Open Studies in Business 3
Not grouped
Methods in Development Work
Innovation Project
Swedish on the Net
International Negotiations
Company Visits
Human Resource Management
Creativity and Innovativeness
Data Protection
Family and Inheritance Law
Consumer Behaviour and Consumption
Healthy Meetings and Events
Methodology Studies
Technical Sales Skills and Processes
Sales Management, Methods and Tools
Sales Workshops
Bachelor's Thesis

Code Name Credits (cr)
CORE COMPETENCE

(Choose all )

85
OK100127
Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills

(Choose all )

5
1002354 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 1 1
1002355 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 2 1
1002356 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 3 1
1002357 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 4 1
1002358 Higher Education Studies and Working Life Skills 5 1
OK301207
Core Competence in Business

(Choose all )

75
3011392 Basics of Business Administration 15
3011658 Introduction to Project Work 5
3011364 Workplace Communication 5
3011391 Business English 5
3011519 Marketing 5
3011558 Financial Management 5
3011656 Applied Business Math 5
3011659 Service Design 5
3011559 Business Law 5
3041232 Introduction to Digital Business 5
3011405 National Economics and International Economics 5
3011534 Organizational Behaviour 5
4021106 Research Methods 5
OK100116
Swedish Business Communication, B1

(Choose all )

5
100116 Swedish in working life, oral communication 2
100117 Swedish in working life, written communication 3
COMPLEMENTARY COMPETENCE

(Choose ects: 125 )

125
OK301178
MARKETING

(Choose ects: 45 )

45
OK301208
Marketing in the Digital Era

(Choose all )

20
3041249 Digital Marketing Basics 5
3011660 Content Marketing 5
3011663 Cases in International Business 5
3011666 Digital Business Development Project 5
OK301209
Marketing and Business

(Choose all )

30
3011667 Business-to-Business Marketing and Sales 5
3011664 Customer Oriented Product Development 5
3011662 Market Research 10
3011657 Brand Management 5
3011665 Business Models and Marketing 5
OK301179
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

(Choose ects: 45 )

45
OK301176
Financial Management

(Choose all )

15
3011461 Financial statements and corporate taxation 5
3011458 Payroll Management 5
3011460 Working in an Accounting Firm 5
OK301177
Management Accounting

(Choose all )

30
3011221 Management Accounting 5
3011477 Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Analysis 5
3011478 Financial Management in SMEs 5
3011655 Financing and Risk Management 5
3011520 Digital Financial Management 5
3011671 Competence Tracks Optional Studies 5
OK300230
WELLNESS TOURISM

(Choose ects: 45 )

45
OK300231
Introduction to Wellness Tourism as part of Tourism Phenomenon

(Choose all )

15
3011583 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality 5
3011584 Wellness Tourism Concepts and Demand 5
3011585 Communication and Cultural Sensitivity in Service Encounters 5
OK200306
Developing Competitive Wellness Tourism

(Choose all )

15
3011587 Developing the Wellness Tourism Offering at Company Level 5
3011586 Experience Management 5
3011588 Developing Competitiveness in Wellness Business Tourism 5
OK200307
Managing Wellness Operations

(Choose all )

15
3011589 Service Operations Management in a Wellness Company 5
3011590 Sales and Revenue Management 5
3011591 Developing Own Expertise 5
OK300242
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES

(Choose ects: 45 )

45
3011627 Library and Information Professionalism 5
KH00BG46 Information Retrieval Skills 1 5
KH00BG47 Information Retrieval Skills 2 5
3011674 Library and Society 5 - 10
3011672 Collection Management and Utilization 15
3011675 Pedagogical Competence 10 - 15
OK301181
INNOVATIVE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(Choose ects: 75 )

45 - 75
OK301210
Starting up Business

(Choose ects: 55 )

25 - 55
3011668 Starting up a Business 10
KH00BG77 Product and Service Innovation 5 - 15
KH00BG78 Project Management 5 - 15
KH00BG79 Managing Customer Projects 5 - 15
OK301211
Developing Business

(Choose ects: 45 )

15 - 45
KH00BG80 Developing the Business 5 - 10
3011563 Financial Management 5
KH00BG83 Expert Sales and Negotiation Sklls 5 - 15
OK301212
Expanding Business

(Choose ects: 40 )

10 - 40
KH00BG81 Expanding Business 5 - 10
Optional Studies in Business Academy

(Choose 0 )

0
KH00BG98 Event Production 5 - 15
KH00BH04 Customer Oriented Sales 5 - 15
KH00BH02 Productization 5 - 15
KH00BH03 Future Business Camp 5 - 15
KH00BG99 Intercultural Communication and Networking 5 - 15
KH00BG97 Digital Marketing 5 - 15
KH00BG82 Team Leadership and Management 5 - 15
KH00BH00 Future Business Models 5 - 15
KH00BG84 International Business 5 - 15
KH00BH01 Coaching and Mentoring 5 - 15
KH00BN82 Methods in Development Work 5
OK300243
OPTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose ects: 30 )

30
1002309 Innovation Project 15
3011515 Brush up Your Swedish 3
3011652 Open Studies in Business 1 5
3011653 Open Studies in Business 2 5
3011654 Open Studies in Business 3 5
KH00BF91 Swedish on the Net 5
3041228 International Negotiations 5
KH00BR00 Company Visits 5
3041248 Human Resource Management 5
3041234 Creativity and Innovativeness 5
KH00BF98 Data Protection 5
KH00BJ81 Family and Inheritance Law 5
KH00BV03 Consumer Behaviour and Consumption 5
KH00BM34 Healthy Meetings and Events 5
KH00BZ22 Methodology Studies 5
PLIITS18-1001
Technical Sales Management

(Choose all )

15
5091180 Technical Sales Skills and Processes 5
5091179 Sales Management, Methods and Tools 5
5091167 Sales Workshops 5
OK300240
PRACTICAL TRAINING

(Choose all )

30
3011550 Basic Practical Training 10
3011551 Professional Practical Training 20
OK300241
BACHELOR'S THESIS

(Choose ects: 20 )

20
3011330 Bachelor's Thesis 20

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

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