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  • Welcome to Academic learning skills course (2 cr)




    This is a first year mandatory course for Bachelor's Programme in Design -students.

    Course has 7 themes with teaching sessions and themed assignments. Please follow the instructions given by the teachers in the session.

    Responsible teachers are: Mari Partanen and Kuura Koivu and teaching assistant Mahsa Tajalli. Contact the teachers mainly through general discussion (below). Usually the things unclear to one student are the same ones everyone is thinking about.

    Workload and assignment schedule
    PLEASE NOTE! first session is cancelled and it will be replaced later in the autumn

    Teaching session date
    Teaching session theme  Group assignment Assignment deadline                
    Workload (contact teaching + assignment) 
    13.9.2023 at 13.15-15
    Studying in Finland Group agreement 19.9. 5
    20.9.2023 at 13.15-15
    Learning from others / feedback
    Poster assignment
    2.10. 8
    27.9.2023 at 13.15-15
    Time Management Time management 24.10. 12
    25.10.2023 at 15.15-17
    Planning Your Studies and PSP Personal study plan 10.12. 9
    8.11.2023 at 15.15-17
    Study Ability and Wellbeing
    Wellbeing
    21.11. 6
    22.11.2023 at 10.15-12
    Learning in groups Group evaluation28.11. 6
    29.11.2023 at 10.15-12
    Skill set Learning  reflection 10.12. 8
       Total 54 h


    Make-up submission dates: 31 May 2024 at noon and 31 August 2024 at noon. If you have not completed the course, these are the two dates when you can still submit late assignments and receive the credits for the course. After these dates, you must re-take the course. Please note that the grades are registered within 4 weeks of the deadline date and if you have questions about the submission, you should contact us (Mari and Kuura) well in advance, especially during summer as most staff are out of office during July. Submissions are to be made to the corresponding task's hand-in box under the topic's page.