Study Guide

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

The course Higher education study skills and working life skills II continues on and deepens the themes of course I. During the first year of studies, the student’s responsibility for the studies increases.
Higher education study skills
- The student can evaluate his/her activities as a student in higher education and recognise his/her development needs
- The student understands the importance of study skills for the ability to study and as a working life skill
- The student recognizes the disadvantages of prolonged problematic situations for his/her studies
- The student recognizes the significance of the evaluation of and reflection on his/her own activities (self-reflection skills) in higher education studies and in developing as an expert
- The student can act in study groups and teams, and promotes reaching the group's target
- The student recognizes the significance of community-orientation and joint rules in studies and working life
- The student can give and receive constructive feedback which also promotes learning
- The student gives feedback through the student barometre questionnaire

Progress in studies and the targeted study time
- The student is committed to target-oriented studying
Support services for students
- The student is familiar with the guidance and counselling services in UAS studies
Peppi and ISP
- The student is familiar with the contents and structure of the curriculum of his/her degree programme
- The student understands what ISP is and why it is created
- The student knows how to use Peppi
- The student knows the opportunities for the accreditation of studies and competence

Content

- cooperation skills and working in a team
- Student Union TUO
- getting to know different learning environments and tools premises, Peppi, Messi, ITSlearning, 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

Higher education study skills
- The material related to study and working life skills in Messi, the study skills guides of other higher education institutions and other study skills material online
- Planning of time use and using a calendar
- Broaching a subject and getting help from different guidance actors
- Expertise – of which skills do the actions of an expert consist
- Group dynamic and teamwork skills
- A safe study environment, the rules and regulations of TUAS
- The rules of the study group, acting in a work and study community, acting in the worker role
- Students' ways and methods of giving and receiving feedback
- Practising feedback skills

Progress in studies and the targeted study time
- The significance of completing 55 cr for the financing of the UAS
- months of student financial aid
- right to be absent

Support services for students
Guidance and counselling services: tutor teacher, study guidance counsellor, study secretary, international relations coordinator, degree programme leader, head of education and research
Routes which support well-being: study counselling psychologist, students’ health care services (public health nurse, doctor's and psychologist's services), accessibility, reading proficiency tests
Peppi and ISP
- Curriculum: core studies, professional studies, practical training and thesis and elective studies; how and based on what to select them
- Peppi, enrolling for courses
- Peppi, enrolling to resit examinations
- Development discussions as a study and working life skill
- Peppi, creating and updating the ISP
- knowledge on the tasks and basic skill requirements in the field
- internationalisation opportunities, in the home country and abroad

Teaching methods

Course consists of
- independent studies (e.g Digistart, familiarizing to TUAS study environments like online platforms)
- contact hours (e.g. participation to orientation days and study group meetings/discussions of Turku University of Applied sciences (in campus or online)
- possible written assignments (independent and group) during course in Its platform
- personal discussions with tutor teacher

Student workload

One study point (ECTR) is 27 hours of student´s work.

Content scheduling

At the beginning of studies orientation days 25.- 27.8.21 according to separate program.
Meetings of own study group during autumn and spring semester.
Personal study plan discussion with your tutor teacher.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Target of evaluation during course:
participation to contact hours and possible assignments have to be done and passed.
Evaluation scale passed/failed.