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European Business Administration (in English): European Business Administration

Code: LXA21S1

Degree:
Bachelor of Business Administration

Degree title:
Bachelor of Business Administration BBA

Credits:
210 ects

Duration:
4 years (210 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2021

Descriptions

The Degree Programme in European Business Administration (EBA) is the oldest double degree programme in Finland, launched in 1993. It leads not only to a BBA degree from Metropolia, but to another bachelor degree from one of Metropolia's partner universities in Europe. The student will have to successfully complete the requirements of both institutions.
The programme is designed in partnership with highly rated business schools from around Europe, with the aim of providing students a solid foundation in international business studies, in a strongly international learning environment and with attractive work experience opportunities. All courses are delivered in English.
After an introduction to general business subjects in the first year of studies, students are provided more advanced second-year courses which reflect the orientation of the degree programme towards strategic decision-making. Greater emphasis is placed on the development of analytical skills and understanding of the wider business environment. In the third year of the programme students attend a partner university abroad, studying from a curriculum designed in partnership with Metropolia Business School. This is followed by a final year of studies comprising of work placement (30 ECTS) and a Bachelor Thesis. Throughout the programme students are required to learn an additional language (French, German or Spanish for Finnish students, Finnish for non-natives).

A graduate of this degree programme can expect to be offered attractive work opportunities internationally. Those wishing to continue their studies to Master’s level are well prepared to do so immediately or after two years of work experience, if they aspire the professional Master's degree from a Finnish UAS.

Studying in this degree programme involves a high degree of commitment from the very start. Completion of courses must be punctual in order to qualify for the exchange year, which is a compulsory part of the degree. A degree certificate can be awarded only when 240 ECTS as specified in the curriculum have been completed. The EBA students will be studying in a very international environment, as many participants come from around the world. By experiencing such a working environment already in Finland, students are better prepared for their study and work experiences abroad.

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Code Name Credits (cr) 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 Autumn 2021 Spring 2022 Autumn 2022 Spring 2023 Autumn 2023 Spring 2024 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 1. / 2021 2. / 2021 3. / 2022 4. / 2022 1. / 2022 2. / 2022 3. / 2023 4. / 2023 1. / 2023 2. / 2023 3. / 2024 4. / 2024 1. / 2024 2. / 2024 3. / 2025 4. / 2025
LXA21S1-1001
Core Business Studies

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60
LC00EG59 Gateway to Business Studies 5
LA00EH13 Business Law 5
LC00EG64 Economics 5
LA00EH14 European Markets and Business Practice 5
LC00EG63 Business Mathematics and Statistics 5
LC00EG60 IT Tools 5
LC00EG65 Marketing 5
LC00EG67 Communication for Global Business 5
LC00EG62 Business Accounting 5
LC00EG69 Foundations of Management 5
LC00EG68 Finance 5
LA00EH57 Supply Chain Management 5
LXA21S1-1002
Professional Studies

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55
LA00EH49 Contemporary Economic Issues 5
LC00EG71 Communication for Career Success 5
LC00EG73 Organisational Behaviour 5
LA00EH54 Corporate Financial Management 5
LA00EH55 European Law and Business 5
LC00EG72 Management Accounting 5
LC00EG86 Marketing Strategy and Practice 5
LX00EN05 Marketing Research 5
LC00EH12 Research Methods 5
XX00DZ39 Multidisciplinary Innovation Project 10
LXA21S1-1008
Studies of Official Languages of Finland

(Choose ects: 5)

5
LC00EH08 Swedish Business Communication 5
LC00EH10 Finnish Business Environment 5
XX00EF54 Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work 5
LXA21S1-1003
Language Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5
LXA21S1-1004
Finnish Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EG90 Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EG91 Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EG93 Finnish 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LC00EG94 Finnish 4 (B1 - B2) 5
LXA21S1-1005
French Language

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0
LC00EG95 French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EG96 French 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EG97 French 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1006
German Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EG99 German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EH00 German 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EH02 German 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1007
Spanish Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EH04 Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EH05 Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EH06 Spanish 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1009
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 15)

15
LXA21S1-1012
Studies in a Partner University

(Choose ects: 25)

25
LXA21S1-1010
Work Placement

(Choose ects: 30)

30
LC00EI91 Work Placement, General 15
LC00EI92 Work Placement, Based on Major Subject 15
LC00EI93 Work Placement 30
LXA21S1-1011
Bachelor's Thesis

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15
LC00EI94 Bachelor's Thesis 15
LC00EI95 Maturity Exam 0
Total 210 100 90 0 80 32.5 67.5 45 45 0 0 65 15 16.3 16.3 33.8 33.8 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 0 0 0 0 32.5 32.5 7.5 7.5

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

amk::amk-tutkintojen kieliopinnot

AMK-tutkintoon johtavien opintojen tavoitteena on, että tutkinnon suorittaneella on riittävä viestintä- ja kielitaito oman alansa tehtäviin sekä kansainväliseen toimintaan ja yhteistyöhön. (Valtioneuvoston asetus ammattikorkeakoulusta 1129/2014, 4 §).

Professional English

Vieraan kielen kirjallinen ja suullinen taito, joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

No attached course units

Second language (Finnish)
Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work
Second domestic language (Swedish)

Ruotsin kielen taito, joka julkisyhteisöjen henkilöstöltä vaadittavasta kielitaidosta annetun lain (424/2003) mukaan vaaditaan korkeakoulututkintoa edellyttävään virkaan kaksikielisellä virka-alueella ja joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Swedish Business Communication
Not grouped
Gateway to Business Studies
Business Law
Economics
European Markets and Business Practice
Business Mathematics and Statistics
IT Tools
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Business Accounting
Foundations of Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Economic Issues
Communication for Career Success
Organisational Behaviour
Corporate Financial Management
European Law and Business
Management Accounting
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Marketing Research
Research Methods
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Finnish Business Environment
Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Finnish 3 (A2 - B1)
Finnish 4 (B1 - B2)
French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
French 2 (A1.2 - A2)
French 3 (A2 - B1)
German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
German 2 (A1.2 - A2)
German 3 (A2 - B1)
Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Spanish 3 (A2 - B1)
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Bachelor's Thesis
Maturity Exam

Metropolia's Generic Competences::Bachelor's Degree, UAS

Metropolian johtoryhmä hyväksynyt 10.6.2019. Esityksen valmisteli työryhmä: Tapani Martti, Marjatta Kelo, Jenni Koponen, Taru Ruotsalainen, Elina Värtö, Tiina Kokko. Lähteinä on käytetty mm. ARENEn suositus tutkintojen yhteisten kompetenssien soveltamisesta ammattikorkeakouluissa (2010), Valtioneuvoston asetus tutkintojen ja muiden osaamiskokonaisuuksien viitekehyksestä 120/2017, Valtioneuvoston tulevaisuusselonteot 1 & 2 (2017-2018) sekä Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön tulevaisuuskatsaus 2018.

Ethical Competence

- is able to take responsibility for one's actions and their consequences as well as to evaluate the effects of one's actions
- is able to work according to the ethical principles of the subject field
- is able to take other people into account in one's work
- is able to apply the principles of equality
- is able to take account of the effects of disparities in one's work
- is able to apply the principles of sustainable development and understanding global responsibility of one's actions
- is capable of contributing to social change by means of one's expertise and ethical values

Gateway to Business Studies
Business Law
Economics
European Markets and Business Practice
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Business Accounting
Foundations of Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Economic Issues
Communication for Career Success
Organisational Behaviour
Corporate Financial Management
European Law and Business
Management Accounting
Marketing Research
Research Methods
Swedish Business Communication
Finnish Business Environment
Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Bachelor's Thesis
Innovation Competence

- is capable of creative problem-solving and development of working methods
- is able to work in projects
- is able to conduct research,development and innovation projects, applying existing knowledge in the field, current phenomena and methods to find human-centred solutions
- is able to find customer-oriented, sustainable and profitable solution

Business Mathematics and Statistics
Marketing
Organisational Behaviour
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Research Methods
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Bachelor's Thesis
Multicultural Competence

- is able to work in a multicultural community and customer environment
- is able to take into account the effects of and opportunities for global development and phenomena in one's field
- possesses communicative competence necessary for one’s work and for professional development in the subject field

Gateway to Business Studies
European Markets and Business Practice
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Foundations of Management
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Economic Issues
Communication for Career Success
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Swedish Business Communication
Finnish Business Environment
Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Finnish 3 (A2 - B1)
Finnish 4 (B1 - B2)
French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
French 2 (A1.2 - A2)
French 3 (A2 - B1)
German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
German 2 (A1.2 - A2)
German 3 (A2 - B1)
Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Spanish 3 (A2 - B1)
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Learning Competence

- lifelong learning skills: is ableto describe, self-evaluate and develop one's skills and learning approaches and methods
- is able to retrieve and analyse information and evaluate it critically
- is capable to take responsibility for collaborative learning and sharing knowledge in teams

Gateway to Business Studies
Business Law
Economics
Business Mathematics and Statistics
IT Tools
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Foundations of Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Economic Issues
Communication for Career Success
Organisational Behaviour
Corporate Financial Management
European Law and Business
Management Accounting
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Marketing Research
Research Methods
Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work
Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Finnish 3 (A2 - B1)
Finnish 4 (B1 - B2)
French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
French 2 (A1.2 - A2)
French 3 (A2 - B1)
German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
German 2 (A1.2 - A2)
German 3 (A2 - B1)
Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Spanish 3 (A2 - B1)
Bachelor's Thesis
Technological Competence

- is able to utilise the opportunities provided by technology and digitalisation in one's profession
- is able to recognise the effects of technological development on one's work and professional tasks
- is able to participate in the development of technology used in one's field

IT Tools
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Business Accounting
Supply Chain Management
Corporate Financial Management
European Law and Business
Management Accounting
Marketing Research
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Working Community Competence

- is able to operate as a memberof a multidisciplinary work community, taking into account the diversity and promoting the wellbeing of the community
- is able to communicate and interact in working life
- is able to create personal working life connections and to operate in professional networks
- is capable of making decisions in unexpected situations
- is able to apply the principles of organisational management and leadership in working life, and work independently as an expert of one’s field
- is able to work as an entrepreneur
- is able to work in a customer-oriented way
- is able to adjust one's actions in reaching long-term objectives

Business Law
European Markets and Business Practice
IT Tools
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Foundations of Management
Supply Chain Management
Communication for Career Success
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Swedish Business Communication
Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Finnish 3 (A2 - B1)
Finnish 4 (B1 - B2)
French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
French 2 (A1.2 - A2)
French 3 (A2 - B1)
German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
German 2 (A1.2 - A2)
German 3 (A2 - B1)
Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Spanish 3 (A2 - B1)
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Bachelor's Thesis
Not grouped
Maturity Exam

Bachelor's Degree Programme in Business::competences (2020)

sk 4.2.2020

Broad-Based Business Application Competence
Business Law
Economics
European Markets and Business Practice
Business Mathematics and Statistics
IT Tools
Marketing
Communication for Global Business
Contemporary Economic Issues
Communication for Career Success
Organisational Behaviour
European Law and Business
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Research Methods
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Swedish Business Communication
Finnish Business Environment
Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Finnish 3 (A2 - B1)
Finnish 4 (B1 - B2)
French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
French 2 (A1.2 - A2)
French 3 (A2 - B1)
German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
German 2 (A1.2 - A2)
German 3 (A2 - B1)
Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2)
Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2)
Spanish 3 (A2 - B1)
Specific Business Process/Methodological Competence
Supply Chain Management
Management Accounting
Marketing Research
Research Methods
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Bachelor's Thesis
Strong Grounding in General Business Knowledge and Processes
Business Law
Economics
European Markets and Business Practice
Business Mathematics and Statistics
Business Accounting
Foundations of Management
Finance
Supply Chain Management
Contemporary Economic Issues
Corporate Financial Management
European Law and Business
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Marketing Research
Specific Business Application Competence
Business Accounting
Finance
Corporate Financial Management
Management Accounting
Marketing Strategy and Practice
Marketing Research
Multidisciplinary Innovation Project
Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work
Work Placement, General
Work Placement, Based on Major Subject
Work Placement
Bachelor's Thesis
Not grouped
Gateway to Business Studies
Maturity Exam

Code Name Credits (cr)
LXA21S1-1001
Core Business Studies

(Choose all)

60
LC00EG59 Gateway to Business Studies 5
LA00EH13 Business Law 5
LC00EG64 Economics 5
LA00EH14 European Markets and Business Practice 5
LC00EG63 Business Mathematics and Statistics 5
LC00EG60 IT Tools 5
LC00EG65 Marketing 5
LC00EG67 Communication for Global Business 5
LC00EG62 Business Accounting 5
LC00EG69 Foundations of Management 5
LC00EG68 Finance 5
LA00EH57 Supply Chain Management 5
LXA21S1-1002
Professional Studies

(Choose all)

55
LA00EH49 Contemporary Economic Issues 5
LC00EG71 Communication for Career Success 5
LC00EG73 Organisational Behaviour 5
LA00EH54 Corporate Financial Management 5
LA00EH55 European Law and Business 5
LC00EG72 Management Accounting 5
LC00EG86 Marketing Strategy and Practice 5
LX00EN05 Marketing Research 5
LC00EH12 Research Methods 5
XX00DZ39 Multidisciplinary Innovation Project 10
LXA21S1-1008
Studies of Official Languages of Finland

(Choose ects: 5)

5
LC00EH08 Swedish Business Communication 5
LC00EH10 Finnish Business Environment 5
XX00EF54 Finnish as a Second Language: Finnish at Work 5
LXA21S1-1003
Language Studies

(Choose ects: 5)

5
LXA21S1-1004
Finnish Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EG90 Finnish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EG91 Finnish 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EG93 Finnish 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LC00EG94 Finnish 4 (B1 - B2) 5
LXA21S1-1005
French Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EG95 French 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EG96 French 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EG97 French 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1006
German Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EG99 German 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EH00 German 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EH02 German 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1007
Spanish Language

(Choose 0)

0
LC00EH04 Spanish 1 (A1.1 - A1.2) 5
LC00EH05 Spanish 2 (A1.2 - A2) 5
LC00EH06 Spanish 3 (A2 - B1) 5
LXA21S1-1009
Elective Studies

(Choose ects: 15)

15
LXA21S1-1012
Studies in a Partner University

(Choose ects: 25)

25
LXA21S1-1010
Work Placement

(Choose ects: 30)

30
LC00EI91 Work Placement, General 15
LC00EI92 Work Placement, Based on Major Subject 15
LC00EI93 Work Placement 30
LXA21S1-1011
Bachelor's Thesis

(Choose all)

15
LC00EI94 Bachelor's Thesis 15
LC00EI95 Maturity Exam 0