Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420)

Communication Skills for Working Life, 3 cr - ZWPC0420

Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3032), 09.01.2023 – 19.05.2023,
3 cr — Face-to-face + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

09.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

Lecturer(s)

Diane Ruppert

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and guidance

THIS IMPLEMENTATION IS FULL
This course requires weekly classroom attendance on Tuesdays from 8.00 - 10.30.The contact sessions are not lectures but an opportunity for you to be actively engaged with the material via small group discussions and activities. For this reason, the sessions will not be recorded.
This is the right course for you if you learn by weekly, face-to-face interaction with others and are able to come to the Rajakatu campus.
This is not the right course for you if you cannot come weekly to the Rajakatu campus and/or you have another course at the same time.

Campus

Main Campus

Enrollment

01.11.2022 - 05.01.2023

Seats

12 - 30

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus
Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3033), 16.01.2023 – 19.05.2023,
3 cr — Face-to-face + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

16.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

Lecturer(s)

Pekka Kousa

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and guidance

This course requires weekly classroom attendance on our Rajakatu campus. So please prepare to be on site and not to work independently via the internet on your own time. The weekly sessions are not lectures but an opportunity for you to be actively engaged with the material via small group discussions and activities. For this reason, the sessions will not be recorded.

Skills this course aims to improve:

- Oral skills: presentations and/or other oral assignments (e.g. company presentation, presentations on communication issues in different cultures, work-related oral communication)

- Written skills: written assignments (e.g. summaries, reports, essays) while considering the demands of formal written English

Learning materials and recommended literature

Mainly provided by the teacher through the Moodle-workspace.

Additionally something to consider: Liukko, S. & Perttula, S. (The latest edition). Project Reporting Instructions. Jyväskylä: JAMK University of Applied Sciences.

Working life cooperation

-

Campus

Main Campus

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This course will not contain an exam - The course evaluation will instead be based on continuous participation and activity in class as well as the quality of each student's main assignments.

Internationality

-

Learning assignments and student workload

3 ECTS credits = 81 hours of work between our classroom sessions and regular homework both individually and in small teams.

Enrollment

01.11.2022 - 15.01.2023

Alternative learning methods

-

Seats

12 - 30

Assessment methods

Students who pass the minimum requirements will be graded with a whole number on a scale of 1 (sufficient) - 5 (excellent)

The course grade will be calculated as follows:

- 10 % Continuous Demonstration of skills and class participation

- 45 % Major spoken assignment

- 45 % Major written assignment

All of the above requirements must be completed at least at satisfactorily level to receive a grade for the course.

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus
Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3034), 09.01.2023 – 19.05.2023,
3 cr — Online learning + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

09.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

Lecturer(s)

Jason Stevens

Enrollment

01.11.2022 - 05.01.2023

Seats

12 - 30

Mode of delivery

Online learning

Share of virtual studies

3 cr

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus
Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3035), 21.03.2023 – 31.05.2023,
3 cr — Online learning + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

21.03.2023 - 31.05.2023

Lecturer(s)

Diane Ruppert

Enrollment

01.11.2022 - 12.03.2023

Seats

12 - 30

Mode of delivery

Online learning

Share of virtual studies

3 cr

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus
Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3037), 18.01.2023 – 19.05.2023,
3 cr — Face-to-face + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

18.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

Lecturer(s)

Pekka Kousa

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and guidance

This course requires weekly classroom attendance on our Rajakatu campus. So please prepare to be on site and not to work independently via the internet on your own time. The weekly sessions are not lectures but an opportunity for you to be actively engaged with the material via small group discussions and activities. For this reason, the sessions will not be recorded.

Skills this course aims to improve:

- Oral skills: presentations and/or other oral assignments (e.g. company presentation, presentations on communication issues in different cultures, work-related oral communication)

- Written skills: written assignments (e.g. summaries, reports, essays) while considering the demands of formal written English

Learning materials and recommended literature

Mainly provided by the teacher through the Moodle-workspace.

Additionally something to consider: Liukko, S. & Perttula, S. (The latest edition). Project Reporting Instructions. Jyväskylä: JAMK University of Applied Sciences.

Working life cooperation

-

Campus

Main Campus

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This course will not contain an exam - The course evaluation will instead be based on continuous participation and activity in class as well as the quality of each student's main assignments.

Internationality

-

Learning assignments and student workload

3 ECTS credits = 81 hours of work between our classroom sessions and regular homework both individually and in small teams.

Enrollment

09.01.2023 - 15.01.2023

Alternative learning methods

-

Seats

12 - 30

Assessment methods

Students who pass the minimum requirements will be graded with a whole number on a scale of 1 (sufficient) - 5 (excellent)

The course grade will be calculated as follows:

- 10 % Continuous Demonstration of skills and class participation

- 45 % Major spoken assignment

- 45 % Major written assignment

All of the above requirements must be completed at least at satisfactorily level to receive a grade for the course.

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus
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By the end of the course, you should be able to
- articulate working definitions of communication;
- identify the key elements of modern communication models;
- correctly apply the standards and conventions of JAMK’s Project Reporting Instructions to a written report on an assigned topic; and
- deliver a stand-up presentation on an assigned topic.

The principal contents of the course relate directly to the required assignments, which deal with
- the definition of communication,
- the conception and realization of a communication model,
- managing interpersonal relations and communication,
- the writing of a report conforming to the standards and conventions of JAMK’s Project Reporting Instructions, and
- development, rehearsal, and delivery of a stand-up presentation.

Other contents include supporting activities and smaller preparatory tasks designed to help you perform your best on the assignments listed above.

Classroom teaching or distance learning, or a combination of these.

If you have completed your school education in Swedish, you must complete the Työelämän viestintä course (in Finnish) instead of Communication Skills for Working Life. This will be effective from 1 January 2022.

Common Reference Level B2 (on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages scale) English skills in both writing and speaking, as well as sufficient ICT skills for working with basic video recording and editing tools and participating in online meetings (in the case of online implementations of this course).

0-5

1. You complete all required assignments. Your actual performance in these assignments, however, is such that your understanding and learning are not demonstrated beyond the most basic requirements.

2. You complete all required assignments. In some instances, your performance is above the minimum expectations, but in others, it is not.

3. You complete all required assignments and, in most instances, your performance is consistently above the minimum expectations.

4. You complete all required assignments and your performance consistently meets or exceeds the stated expectations.

5. You complete all your assignments and they consistently demonstrate and advanced-level ability to internalize the given instruction and translate it into tangible results.

Communication Skills for Working Life, 3 cr - ZWPC0420

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