Communication in Professional Contexts (5 cr)
Code: 3041254-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.06.2021 - 09.08.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 06.09.2021 - 17.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Location-independent
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
- Course
- 3041254
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Detailed information coming in August.
Hybrid implementation. You can join the sessions onsite or online. The course is integrated to the course Contemporary Topics in Digital Business (5 cr), but is possible to complete only the course Communication in Professional Contexts.
On Wednesdays 3pm-5pm weeks 38, 39, 40, 42, 43 and 44.
Objective
The aim of the course is to develop the students’ communication skills in demanding spoken and written communicative situations in working life. The course will give the students skills and confidence to create and share information as a professional in global business.
After the course, students are able to
- Write to inform, influence and persuade by making use of field-specific sources
- Share information in a field-specific community as part of a professional profile
- Present information to create interest and to convince an audience
- Make use of modern communication tools used in working life
- Communicate in English as a professional in academic and business contexts.