Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to

- Recognise the strategies and elements that enhance clarity and audience-friendliness in both oral and written communication
- Apply these strategies and elements in oral presentations and writing related to their field of study
- Distinguish between formal and informal styles of communication

Credits: 3

Schedule: 10.09.2024 - 03.12.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Heli Dahlin

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period): C1

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This course introduces written and oral communication principles and strategies that are applicable to professional and academic purposes and is at the same time integrated with a content course or a specific program. Written tasks and oral tasks will support the content course or the program and may be largely determined by its requirements. Throughout this course, students work individually and/or in small groups to develop their presentation and writing skills. Moreover, students give and receive constructive feedback on their work and revise it accordingly.

  Working Life Skills: Varies according to each integration project.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  - Preparatory assignments 40%

  - Written assignment(s) 30%

  - Oral assignment(s) 30% (Videoed)

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  81 h (Small group instruction 24 - 36 h + independent work 45 - 57 h)

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Provided by the teacher

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
  2024-2025 Spring III
  2024-2025 Spring III - IV
  2024-2025 Spring V
  2025-2026 Autumn I - II
  2025-2026 Spring III
  2025-2026 Spring III - IV
  2025-2026 Spring V

  Registration:

  Students must belong to the target group of the integration specified in SISU.

• applies in this implementation

  Course policy on using AI-tools  

  Background 

     
  Our main objectives on this course include learning to apply strategies of effective communication in oral presentations and in writing. When you participate on this course, the expectation is that you have come here to learn and to develop your written and oral communication skills. This means that you are expected to use your own, human voice on this course on communication skills – and not the voice of an AI tool such as ChatGPT and the like. In other words, whatever you present or submit should demonstrate your learning and skills and should be generated with your own, unique human intelligence.  

  
  

  AI Policy on this implementation of LC-1117 

   

  We expect the coursework you submit to have been created by you and not by any AI tools. AI tools which generate or rewrite text or change its form, for example translate text from one language into English or change the style of the text from informal style to formal style are not allowed. Do not use translating tools on this course to help you produce coursework. Tools which may aid you with accessibility, such as speech-to-text and text-to-speech tools such as the ones integrated in Office 365 are allowed. 

  If you wish, you may use AI tools such as ChatGPT only during the early brainstorming or initial research stages of an assignment – to discover interesting topics to talk about or further perspectives to analyse about a topic. Important: Limit your use of AI only to the early brainstorming stage. Do not submit or present AI-generated or AI-modified content as your submission.  
  

  N.B. If you use AI to help you research a topic, you should always find the original sources via reputable channels and read them yourself rather than rely on the sources AI tools such as ChatGPT may give you, as such sources may be invented or non-existent. Always verify that the sources suggested by ChatGPT are real and valid.  
  

  N.B. Proofreading is a good idea and encouraged also on this course – but do note that many proofreading tools such as Grammarly and the like rely on AI and are thus not recommended. Turnitin may also flag the use of proofreading tools as use of AI, and questionable originality will also in such cases lead to 0 points. We therefore discourage the use of proofreading tools on this course to avoid needless suspicion of academic misconduct.  
  

  If you nonetheless wish to use proofreading tools in a very limited sense to check the accuracy of spelling or grammar only, you can do so, but you will need to append a detailed statement to your paper delineating their use and the extent of their use in your paper. In other words, you must carefully name the tool, indicate all sections which have been checked with said tool, as well as explain which versions of your text have undergone the check and motivate such use of a proofreading tool. Provide this statement in a detailed written appendix to your paper.  
  

  See also assignment instructions in MyCourses.  

  
  

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