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Group Trustee Activity (3 cr)

Code: KP10001-3006

General information


Enrollment
01.04.2024 - 30.04.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2024 - 31.07.2025
Implementation is running.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
English
Seats
30 - 50
Degree programmes
Complementary Studies
Teachers
Tiia Vänskä
Päivi Laakkonen
Teacher in charge
Päivi Laakkonen
Groups
TOP24_25
Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2024-2025
Course
KP10001

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Content scheduling

Meetings with assignments once a month. Welfare Fain in February. Final report by June. 

Objective

The student
- can perform activities supporting the well-being of learning and working and acts as the trustee of his/her group.
- is able to observe and support smooth learning as part of the overall well-being of the institution.
- can use his/her collaboration skills in promoting the communal spirit of the group.
- is able to identify a variety of difficulties faced by single students and the entire student group and knows who to turn to in difficult situations.

Content

- Group trustee activities
- Observing and intervening difficulties among the student group and supporting other fellow students
- Regular contact with the tutor teacher and distribution of essential information

Location and time

Group Trustee Activity starts in Oct and end in June. Meetings once a month take place on both campuses, in the Joensuu area and online.

Materials

Group Trustees are expected to familiarize themselves with the meeting, the Moodle, and other distributed materials.

Teaching methods

Group Trustees will have a meeting once a month. After meetings students have assignment/s. Students organize activities for the group and in welfare fair.

Group Trustees cooperate with Student Union POKA, other VIP students, their own study group, study counselors and teachers, degree tutors and POKA's International Division.

By June students will hand in the final report.

Employer connections

Group Trustee Activity does not include an internship nor automatically involve workplace collaboration. However, students can utilize and expand their professional networks while organizing activities.

Exam schedules

Group Trustee Activity does not include exams.

International connections

Group Trustee Activity offers an opportunity to enhance intercultural competence while working in multicultural groups. Multicultural awareness is also a key theme in meetings.

Completion alternatives

Groups Trustees must do the assignments given assingments and attend more than 70% of the meetings in order to pass the course.

Student workload

Group Trustees are responsible for managing their own time. Responsibilities are shared equally among Group Trustees within the same field. If a Group Trustee is unable to fulfill their role during a certain period, they must inform a POKA specialist or a study counselor.

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