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

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

Teaching methods

Course consists of independent studies, participation to orientation days of Turku University of Applied sciences (in campus and online), familiarizing to TUAS study environments (in campus and online) and other meetings and assignments.

International connections

Team learning and flipped learning principles and methods will be used.

Student workload

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

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed: Student has participated to contact hours and has done and passed all assignments. Student has proved her/his competence during course.

Content scheduling

DigiStart-course (instructions in TUAS webpage "Starting the studies")
Orientation days and contact hours with tutor teacher.
Info about study practices (e.g. team learning)
Info about courses during study semester
Personal counselling/guidance (individual study plan)
Info about autumn semester 2023

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

To get approval of this course assignments have to be done and passed.
Target of evaluation:
participation to contact hours and independent assignments have to be done and passed.
Working in Its-platform.
Evaluation scale passed/failed.