Study Guide

Objective

Towards Working Life -course supports the student's transition from studies to working life. In this course, the student learns to assess their field-specific competencies and professional identity, as well as make plans for developing and maintaining their skills. Additionally, the student receives support for career planning and the final stages of their studies, including the graduation process. The course also introduces Karelia's alumni activities and presents various further education opportunities.

Course objectives:

Evaluate field-specific competencies and professional identity.
Develop career planning skills.
Receive support for the final stages of studies.
Get acquainted with Karelia's alumni activities and establish connections with graduates.
Explore different further education opportunities and future study and career options.

Content

Key content:

Recognizing, maintaining, and developing personal competencies
Introduction to Karelia's alumni activities
Further education opportunities
Reviewing Karelia's graduation process
Development discussion with the personal tutor

Materials

Lesson materials
Moodle materials

Teaching methods

you know how to recognize your own professional development and you know how to evaluate your skills critically, setting development goals

you know how to act in your studies in accordance with the practices of working life almost like a professional

you know how to take care of student well-being and understand its importance also from the point of view of the student community

you know how to maintain study motivation and, if necessary, ask for support in difficult moments

you know how to plan your own use of time and prioritize things in such a way that your studies progress

Student workload

1 credit = 27 hours

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment methods and criteria

Accepted performance includes attending the course's lectures and information, completing the assignments according to the instructions and returning them in the given schedule.

Objective

Towards Working Life -course supports the student's transition from studies to working life. In this course, the student learns to assess their field-specific competencies and professional identity, as well as make plans for developing and maintaining their skills. Additionally, the student receives support for career planning and the final stages of their studies, including the graduation process. The course also introduces Karelia's alumni activities and presents various further education opportunities.

Course objectives:

Evaluate field-specific competencies and professional identity.
Develop career planning skills.
Receive support for the final stages of studies.
Get acquainted with Karelia's alumni activities and establish connections with graduates.
Explore different further education opportunities and future study and career options.

Content

Key content:

Recognizing, maintaining, and developing personal competencies
Introduction to Karelia's alumni activities
Further education opportunities
Reviewing Karelia's graduation process
Development discussion with the personal tutor

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Towards Working Life -course supports the student's transition from studies to working life. In this course, the student learns to assess their field-specific competencies and professional identity, as well as make plans for developing and maintaining their skills. Additionally, the student receives support for career planning and the final stages of their studies, including the graduation process. The course also introduces Karelia's alumni activities and presents various further education opportunities.

Course objectives:

Evaluate field-specific competencies and professional identity.
Develop career planning skills.
Receive support for the final stages of studies.
Get acquainted with Karelia's alumni activities and establish connections with graduates.
Explore different further education opportunities and future study and career options.

Content

Key content:

Recognizing, maintaining, and developing personal competencies
Introduction to Karelia's alumni activities
Further education opportunities
Reviewing Karelia's graduation process
Development discussion with the personal tutor

Materials

Material to be shared at lectures
Material on the Moodle platform

Teaching methods

The goal of the course is to stop and examine the situation of your own studies. In the planning of the studies, the focus is on the final phase of the studies and planning and going through the graduation process. For the course, the time after graduation is also discussed, such as alumni activities and employment.

Student workload

1 op = 27 h

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The approved performance includes attending the classes of the course, completing the assignments according to the instructions and returning them in the given schedule, as well as the mid-stage development discussion of the studies with the teacher tutor during the fall semester.