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Intercultural Communication (5 cr)

Code: HB00BZ90-3001

General information


Timing

30.08.2023 - 09.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Unit

School of Business

Campus

Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 30

Teachers

  • Hanna Syvälahti
  • Pirjo Hentinen

Groups

  • HBI23VSTM
    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration,Take Me Up To Finland (autumn 2023)

Time and location

face-to-face learning

Learning materials and recommended literature

The material is provided by the teacher and is available on Moodle.

Teaching methods

The teaching is organized face-to-face in classroom. The sessions are not all lectures but an opportunity for you to be actively engaged with the material via small group discussions and activities. In addition to classroom learning, you will have oral and written assignments, homework tasks and a small project that are to be completed independently.

This course aims to improve your interpersonal and intercultural communication skills. You will develop your oral and written communication skills in different registers and settings and learn the basics of project working skills. You will learn how to give a professional presentation and write a more formal text.

Methods of teaching and learning are project-based learning, classroom learning, teacher and peer feedback.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

This course contains a final exam. The course evaluation is based on the exam and continuous participation and activity in class as well as the quality of each student's main assignments.

Student workload

5 ECTS credits = 135h (face-to-face teaching + student's independent work)

Further information for students

The course will be evaluated on a scale 0/1-5 based on the student's exam results and continuous demonstration of skills and performance in the assignments. The evaluation scale is scaled to match the B2-B1 level in CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Evaluation scale

0-5