Study Skills for Higher Education (3 cr)
Code: SO00CM16-3002
General information
- Enrollment
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02.08.2026 - 31.08.2026
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
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01.09.2026 - 18.12.2026
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Opinto- ja viestintäpalvelut
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor Degree Programme in Social Services
Objective
Students can identify, assess and develop their study skills and promote their own and their study community's well-being. Can identify and assess their own professional competence and its development. Recognises the limits of his/her ability to cope, is able to seek support and use available forms of support. Be able to develop a sectoral professional identity and commit to general principles of working life. Understand the career development opportunities in their field.
Content
Getting to know how to study in university of applied sciences
Study skills and aptitudes
Team building with your study group
Personal professional development and career planning
Reflecting on and articulating your own competences
Evaluation scale
0 - 5
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Criteria for acceptable performance:
- Completion of the starter kit
- Active participation in tutoring sessions
- Completion of agreed learning tasks
- Attendance at performance, development and exit interviews and completion of forms
Failure:
- The previous performance is not met.
Objective
Students can identify, assess and develop their study skills and promote their own and their study community's well-being. Can identify and assess their own professional competence and its development. Recognises the limits of his/her ability to cope, is able to seek support and use available forms of support. Be able to develop a sectoral professional identity and commit to general principles of working life. Understand the career development opportunities in their field.
Accomplishment methods
Completing the Kamkstart -introduction to studies
Active participation in tutorials
Completion of agreed learning tasks
Attendance at performance, development and exit interviews and completion of related forms
The course requires approximately 80 hours of student work
More detailed instructions are described in the specific implementation plans for each course
Content
Getting to know how to study in university of applied sciences
Study skills and aptitudes
Team building with your study group
Personal professional development and career planning
Reflecting on and articulating your own competences