Engineering Finnish and Communication Skills (5 ECTS)
Code: TX00EA52-3013
General information
- Enrollment
- 13.12.2025 - 11.01.2026
- Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
- 12.01.2026 - 10.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 ECTS
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- School of ICT and Industrial Management
- Campus
- Karaportti 2
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 60 - 90
- Degree programmes
- Industrial Management
- Teachers
- Tuta Virtuaali
- Course
- TX00EA52
Learning outcomes
The student
• is able to communicate and interact when studying and in working life
• is able to produce various types of texts in their own field for different channels
• is able to communicate as an expert in various research and development positions and environments, and retrieve and evaluate information critically and use it in a target-oriented way
• is familiar with the good practices of oral and written communication and is able to apply them appropriately
• is able to utilise their language and communication skills for the continuous development of their thinking and expertise.
Content
• Expert-level text skills and writing of professional texts
• Interaction skills: customer communication, group work and negotiation situations
• Presentation skills, effective speaking and giving feedback
• Communication in project and in research and development work
• Communication planning and assessment
• Good practices of digital communication
• Fundamentals of scientific writing
• Ethical and critical use of sources, and proper referencing
Prerequisites
B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student
• is able, under guidance, to use and produce oral and written text types required for professional expert work
• is able to acquire information from professional sources and to utilise such information in their studies and work
• is able to act appropriately in communication situations related to expert work and research and development work.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student
• is independently able to use and produce oral and written text types required for professional expert work
• is able to acquire information comprehensively from professional sources and to evaluate its reliability and usability in their studies and work
• is able to act constructively in communication situations related to expert work and research and development work.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student
• is able, in a target-oriented way, to use and produce oral and written text types required for professional expert work
• is able to acquire information comprehensively from professional sources and to evaluate its reliability and usability in their studies and work in a critical way
• is able to act as a group member or head of a group in communication situations related to expert work and research and development work
• displays a willingness to develop their communication and interaction skills required of experts.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student
• is able, under guidance, to use and produce oral and written text types required for professional expert work
• is able to acquire information from professional sources and to utilise such information in their studies and work
• is able to act appropriately in communication situations related to expert work and research and development work.