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Degree Programme in Library and Information Services

Degree:
Bachelor of Business Administration

Degree title:
Tradenomi (AMK), Bachelor of Business Administration

Credits:
210 ects

Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Timing plans by study path

Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Timing plans by study path

Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Timing plans by study path

Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Timing plans by study path

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 02.10.2024

Timing

25.09.2024 - 07.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kati Haanpää
Groups
  • OSKIMOK24
    Multi-Skilled Librarians
  • MKITIS24

Objective

Having completed the course the student is
- is able to describe Finnish library network
- to describe the library and information service profession
- to explain the central terms and concepts of the library environment
- to identify different customer communities
- to manage in customer service situations

Content

Operational environment of Library and Information Service
Basics of customer service in Library and Information Service

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 13.09.2024

Timing

13.09.2024 - 29.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Virtual portion

8 op

RDI portion

8 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

0 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Paula Savolainen
  • Ritva Hyttinen
Groups
  • MKITIS22

Objective

x

Teaching methods

In the course, active and interactive learning is applied, with workshops, exercises, and experiments as key methods. Additionally, individual work on student's own research or development topic, which involves tasks related to the topic, knowledge base, research or development focus, and ethical reporting.

International connections

The course follows Turku University of Applied Sciences' innovation pedagogical strategy, which places the student at the center. The student is an active agent and learner who, through various forms of interaction, enhances their knowledge and understanding of the subject. They learn and demonstrate their learning through various individual and group tasks.

The course aims indirectly at sustainable development, focusing on the production of reliable knowledge.

Content scheduling

- Research and development as a process and as a text report
- Topic and knowledge basis
- Research and operational methods
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Ethical research and development

The study course is implemented in an integrated manner with the Research and development methods course. Register for that course as well!

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 08.06.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kati Haanpää
  • Pauliina Isomäki
Groups
  • MKITIS24

Objective

On the course, the student gets to know Turku University of Applied Sciences as an organisation and work community.
- The student gets to know his/her study group and TUAS as a work community.

- The student can tell about Turku University of Applied Sciences as a learning environment.

- The student can tell what is studied and how you study in the field in question.

- The student can tell about issues affecting the ability to study and the related practices

Content

- cooperation skills and working in a team

- Student Union TUO

- getting to know different learning environments and tools premises, SoleOPS, Messi, Optima, WinhaWille, email, course timetables, library

- the special qualities of higher education studies compared to upper secondary/vocational studies: e.g. the importance of planning the use of time, large amount of independent work

- the special qualities of the field of study, the structure of the degree programme, ISP i.e. the individual study plan

- guidance and counselling services, student benefits, health care, insurances

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 31.07.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kati Haanpää
  • Pauliina Isomäki
Groups
  • MKITIS22

Objective

The student can act in different learning environments and develop his/her professional competence.
Developing working life skills – towards working life
- The student can apply what he/she has learned in a work environment

- The student gives feedback through the student barometre questionnaire

ISP
- The student creates an employment and career plan

Content

Deepening the working life and study skills
- RDI/cooperatives as a part of studies

- Individual study skills

- inner entrepreneurship

- thesis

- working life skills

- development discussion

- competence paths

- practical training

- cooperation with companies

- updating the ISP

- internationalisation (exchange studies, practical training abroad, internationalisation at home)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 03.09.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Pauliina Isomäki
Groups
  • MKITIS22

Objective

Familiarity with children’s and youth literature and collections
Story Time methods
Outreaching children and youth

Content scheduling

Familiarity with children’s and youth literature and collections
Story Time methods
Outreach for children and youth

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 15.09.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 19.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

10 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Riikka Kulmala
Groups
  • MKITIS24

Objective

Opiskelija osaa
- tehdä asiakaslähtöisen liiketoimintasuunnitelman
- tehdä liiketoimintasuunnitelmaa tukevan markkinointisuunnitelman
- nimetä ja kuvata yrityksen kärkiasiakkaat ja asiakassegmentit
- määritellä ja kuvata asiakaslähtöisesti suunnitellun tuotteen tai palvelun
- tuottaa yrityksen kohderyhmälle kehitetyn tuotteen markkinointimateriaalia.

Content

- Segmentation
- Marketing plan
- Branding
- Marketing mix

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 02.09.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Ritva Hyttinen
Groups
  • MKITIS23
  • DKITIS24

Objective

The student is able to:
- Explain the principles of multicultural customer service
- Collect resident information and library statistics to support customer service
- Evaluate library customer service
- Provide customer-oriented library services

Content

- Principles of multicultural libraries
- Gathering and analyzing statistical data
- Evaluation tools
- Customer orientation in library work

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 12.09.2024

Timing

05.09.2024 - 14.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kati Haanpää
Groups
  • MKITIS23
  • DKITIS24

Objective

Having completed the course the student is able to
- describe pedagogical theories
- recognize and use some pedagogical methods
- understand basic presentation skills
- recognize different customer groups in a guidance situation
- plan, implement and evaluate a guidance situation

Content

- pedagogic theories and methods
- presentation skills
- basic guidance skills

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 17.09.2024

Timing

02.09.2024 - 12.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kati Haanpää
Groups
  • MKITIS22

Objective

Student
- is able to create ideas for events in library
- understands the phases and success factors of event production
- is able to make a realistic plan
- is able to organize an event and work as part of a team
- is able to market an event

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 02.10.2024

Timing

25.09.2024 - 01.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Location-independent

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Kirsi Mononen
  • Kati Haanpää
Groups
  • DKITIS24
  • MKITIS24

Objective

Having completed the course, the student is able to
- make good use of different information retrieval methods
- make good use of different information services
- carry out customer-oriented information retrieval

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 13.09.2024

Timing

13.09.2024 - 29.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

0 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Paula Savolainen
  • Ritva Hyttinen
Groups
  • MKITIS22

Objective

Having completed the course the student is able to select and use adequate methors in the development project .

Teaching methods

In the course, active and interactive learning is applied. In lectures workshops, exercises, and experiments are the key methods. Additionally, individual work on student's own research or development topic, which involves tasks related to the topic, knowledge base, research or development focus, and ethical reporting. Moreover, peer evaluation is utilised
.

International connections

The course follows Turku University of Applied Sciences' innovation pedagogical strategy, which places the student at the center. The student is an active agent and learner who, through various forms of interaction, enhances their knowledge and understanding of the subject. They learn and demonstrate their learning through various individual and group tasks.

The course aims indirectly at sustainable development, focusing on the production of reliable knowledge.

Content scheduling

- Research and development as a process and as a text report
- Topic and knowledge basis
- Research and operational methods
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Ethical research and development

The study course is implemented in an integrated manner with the Development task study course.
Register for that course as well!

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 05.09.2024

Timing

05.09.2024 - 29.11.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Mikko Niskanen
  • Riikka Kulmala
Groups
  • MKITIS23

Objective

After completing the course, the student has developed his/her skills in some of the professional skills areas that are important to him/her, such as:
- Organizational structure, strategic leadership
- Personnel management, supervisor work
- Recognizing and exploiting people's diversity and motivation, rewarding
- Team, employee or work community skills, emotional intelligence
- Meeting, negotiating and sales skills
- HR functions such as recruitment, orientation, development, work safety or collaboration in the workplace

Content

The student creates his/her own personal study plan at the beginning of the course, and demonstrates his/her skills through a variety of reports, essays, presentations, or on-the-job tasks, topic related materials or deliverables, such as introductory materials, teaching materials, and more. In addition, contact days include facts-type lectures on some topics.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

27.05.2024 - 21.10.2024

Timing

21.10.2024 - 30.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

25 - 35

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Laura Nurminen
  • COS Opettaja
  • Vilhelmiina Valonen
Groups
  • MKITIS24

Objective

After completing the study unit the student is able to
- analyze professional texts in his/her own field and utilize the knowledge in new situations
- acquire and apply sources of information to produce a logical and matter-of-fact style written and oral presentation
- utilize different language planning guides to support own communication
- recognize different types of turns to speak and modes of argumentation
- assess own communication skills
- develop his/her communication based on received feedback and give constructive feedback
- evaluate his/her communication skills in the context of his/her future expertise
- recognize the stylistic aspects of organizational communication
- identify the principles of internal and external communication of organisations

Content

1. Individual communication
- analysis, interpretation and writing of professional texts in the student’s field
- matter-of-fact style texts and good command of standard language
- argumentation and oral communication situations in work life
- creation and visualization of an oral presentation
- assessment of own communication skills
- giving and receiving feedback
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2. Organizational communication
- interest group communication
- internal and external communication

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

01.06.2024 - 17.09.2024

Timing

02.09.2024 - 12.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
  • Multi-skilled Librarians
Teachers
  • Suvi Pukero
  • Kati Haanpää
  • Taru Lehtinen
Groups
  • OSKIMOK24
    Multi-Skilled Librarians

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 01.09.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 31.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Lemminkäisenkatu

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Johnny Långstedt
Groups
  • MKITIS24

Objective

x

Evaluation scale

H-5