Business English (5 cr)
Code: 3011391-3006
General information
- Enrollment
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04.08.2018 - 02.09.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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03.09.2018 - 31.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 15 - 45
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business
- Teachers
- Heli Söderlund-Laihinen
- Scheduling groups
- Group 1 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Group 2 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Small groups
- Group 1
- Group 2
- Course
- 3011391
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
• Studies and work experience
• Operations and organisation of a company
• Marketing
• Purchasing process and sales negotiations
• Financing and profitability
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.
Location and time
Mon 10 x 4h (contact lesson 2h + independent group work 2h), w 36 - 47
Materials
- Guide Becoming an Entrepreneur in Finland 2017. Suomen Uusyrityskeskukset ry. https://www.uusyrityskeskus.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SUK_OPAS2017_ENG_verkkoon.pdf
- Materials given by the teacher
Teaching methods
Contact lessons, independent group work, individual assignments, on-line study
Student workload
5 cr = 135h
Evaluation methods and criteria
Active participation in contact lessons (min. 75%) and independent group work
Portfolio of five assignments
All assignments completed
Failed (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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