Opetussuunnitelmat

Objective

Purpose of the course:
You get to know your study group and Jamk as your study environment. You review and develop your study skills and plan your study and career path.

Course competencies:
- Learning to learn: You identify and develop your study skills required at higher education. You learn to plan your studies.
- Ethics: You get to know Jamk's principles and understand the rules for studying in higher education.
- Internationality and multiculturalism: You become aware of your opportunities for internationalization.

Learning objectives of the course:
- You get attached to the study environment and your own group.
- You familiarize yourself with Jamk's operating methods and become aware of your responsibilities and rights as a student.
- You develop the study skills required at the higher education.
- You understand the importance of well-being for your study progress.
- You promote equality and non-discrimination in your study environment.
- You familiarize yourself with the opportunities provided by the curriculum of your degree program
- You evaluate your own skills, think about your professional goals and make the first version of your personal learning plan (PLP) for the entire study time.

Content

In the beginning of the course, you do the pre-assignments and participate in the orientation. You continue to work under the guidance of your career tutor during your first year independently and in a group.

You get to know the Jamk rules and principles. You get familiar with the content and goals of your own degree programme. You learn to schedule and plan your studies. You prepare the first version of your personal learning plan (PLP in Peppi and Career Plan 1 in Moodle).

You recognize your own strengths and areas of development as a student and get tools to develop them. You identify factors that affect well-being and become aware of their importance to your study ability.

Information security test for rehabilitation, social services and health care students.

Location and time

The course takes place during the first semester

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

The study material consists of material available on the Jamk website: https://www.jamk.fi/en/for-students and intra.jamk.fi

Teaching methods

During the orientation days, teaching takes the form of lectures, group exercises and workshops to familiarise yourself with our information systems.

After the orientation days, teaching will continue as lectures on campus or online. In addition, students work independently and in groups on learning tasks

Employer connections

The course includes alumni or company visits

Exam schedules

The learning tasks and exercises of the course have one actual deadline and two retake deadlines. The dates will be announced at the beginning of the course as part of the course timetable.

International connections

The course introduces you to the internationalisation opportunities offered by Jamk

Vaihtoehtoiset suoritustavat

It is possible to apply for accreditation for the course if the corresponding course has been completed previously at a Finnish university of applied sciences.

Student workload

- Orientation days 27 h (in part-time groups there is more independent work in getting familiar with the topics)

- Classes organised by a career tutor on campus or online 14 h

- Independent assignments 10 h

- PLP discussion and preparation 3 h

Content scheduling

Orientation days

Personal PLP discussion and preparation

Campus / online lectures:

- Key rules and principles of Jamk

- Guidelines for group work

- Curriculum and career stories for your degree programme

- Internationalisation of studies

Further information

The course assignments are automatically assessed when they are returned to the e-learning environment

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved
You recognize your own study skills and know how to develop them. You know which factors have been proven to affect student well-being. You are able to draw up a personal learning plan and participate in PLP discussions, where the PLP is reviewed and the scheduling of studies is agreed. You are familiar with Jamk's principles and rules and know how to act in accordance with them. You know what kind of internationalisation opportunities you have during your studies.

Approved Information security test for rehabilitation, social services and health care students.

Qualifications

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