Business English (5 cr)
Code: 3011391-3010
General information
Enrollment
01.06.2019 - 16.09.2019
Timing
06.09.2019 - 31.12.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
10 - 45
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
Teachers
- Anniina Teittinen
- Heli Söderlund-Laihinen
- Pirjo Kavander-Agge
Scheduling groups
- PLIITS19A (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
- PLIITS19B (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
- PLIITS19C (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
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PLIITS19
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PLIITS19APLIITS19A
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PLIITS19BPLIITS19B
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PLIITS19CPLIITS19C
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PLIITS19DPLIITS19D
Small groups
Objective
The student can both orally and in writing:
- describe the content and structure of his/her studies, training and working experience,
- introduce the operations and organization of a company and tell about different types of company forms as well as types of duties within a company,
- compile a professional job application and act in a job interview,
- communicate using right formality, vocabulary and phrases through a purchasing process (from an enquiry to an order, complaints, adjustments),
- analyze and tell about current business news in various Finnish media
- make and maintain contacts by phone, email, face-to-face
Content
Telling about the student’s own education, training and work experience. The student understands and can use appropriate business vocabulary and phrases both orally and in writing when describing the operations of a company, business environment, products and processes.
Making and maintaining contacts, discussing current business news, practising presentation skills. Compiling a job application and CV, acting in a job interview. Documentation used in a purchasing process.
Materials
Becoming an Entrepreneur 2018
Teaching methods
Contact lessons, independent group work, individual studies and assignments, online learning
Student workload
5 credits = 135 h student work
Content scheduling
• Studies and work experience
• Operations and organisation of a company
• Marketing
• Purchasing process and sales negotiations
• Financing and profitability
Two weeks per theme
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Active participation in all contact lessons and in all independent group work times (minimum 75% in both)
Course works according to Common European Frame of Reference (eurooppalainen arviointitaulukko)
All the course assignments completed
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
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Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
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