Me as a Student in Higher Education (2 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

Orientation week:
- Orientation to Studies

1. year
- Key rules and principles of Jamk
- Guidelines for group work
- Curriculum and career stories for your degree programme
- Internationalisation of studies
- Services provided by JAMKO and the education sector organisation
- Study skills and well-being
- Peppi system: enrolment and hops preparation
- Career Planning and PLP Discussion

2. year
- Second year relevant and recent topics
- Career Planning and PLP Discussion

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 has 80% compulsory to attend contact teaching. Absences from contact teaching must be compensated in the manner indicated at the beginning of the course.

Some weeks may include distance learning depending on the availability of Dynamo's classrooms.

Materials

The materials of the course are available on Moodle.

Also, the material available on the Jamk website: https://www.jamk.fi/en/for-students and intra.jamk.fi

Teaching methods

Contact and distance learning, learning assignments and guidance discussions.

During the orientation days, teaching takes the form of lectures, group exercises and workshops to familiarise you with 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 has content that supports working life skills and student's own profession, such as workplace and/or alumni visits.

Exam schedules

The course does not have scheduled exams.

International connections

Students receive information about internationalization opportunities during their studies.

Completion alternatives

The recognition of prior learning is not possible as a whole course. If the student has previous higher education level studies related to the topic, the recognition of the units can be discussed with the career tutor.

Student workload

Total workload and time usage: 2 credits · 27 h/cr = 54 h.
The biggest time usage comes during the orientation week. After that, regular classes and assignments.

Englanniksi
- Orientation week 27 h
- Classes organised by a career tutor on campus or online 14 h
- Independent assignments 10 h
- PLP discussion and preparation 3 h

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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Further information

The course lasts from the beginning to the end of the studies.
Part of the guidance is divided into a course Career Planning and Working Life Skills.