Finnish for TechnologyLaajuus (2 ECTS)

Objective

On completion of the course the student will understand the relevance of communication as part of the bio and food technology studies. The student will be familiar with the requirements of a well composed document, the use of Finnish in technical texts and the conventions of and ethical guidelines for academic writing.
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On completion of this course the student will be able to write a letter of application and CV and produce technical reports that fulfill the basic requirements of academic writing (locating source material, observing ethical issues, structuring the text, documenting the references, using figures and tables).

Content

standard layout of a business document and applying it to job applications; use of Finnish in technical texts, especially abbreviations, inflection of foreign loan words, lists, numbers and symbols; basics of academic writing, i.e. structure, locating relevant source material and its appropriate use, paraphrasing, documenting references in the text, compiling a reference list, figures and tables, formulas, layout
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composing and editing information, conclusions related to bio and food technology

Qualifications

Completed Finnish language (as a mother tongue) at upper secondary school or vocational school or, if native language is other than Finnish or Swedish, Finnish language entrance examination at EVTEK or The National Certificate of Language Proficiency on the advanced level or at least grade magna cum laude approbatur in Finnish as the second language in the Finnish matriculation examination

Further information

Contact lessons (small groups):14 h
Project: 10 h
Exams: 2 h
Student individual workload: 27 h
Total: 53 h