Internationalization Skills (2cr)

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Content scheduling

- Introduction lessons
- Orientation
- Lessons about internationality
- International activities - part of Seamk studies
- Personal internationalization plan

Objective

The student is able to
- identify the meaning of multiculturality in human interaction at home and abroad
- describe the importance of internationality and international competence in his/her studies, working life and in different life situations
- use different opportunitiees of internationalization in his/her own studies
- assess the effects of international networking, global megatrends and global responsibility

Content

- International aspects of studies in universities of applied sciences
- Meaning and content of international competence
- Global economics and social development
- Encountering diversity and difference
- Multicultural studying and working environment and crosscultural communication
- United Nations Millennium Development Goals and Finland's development political goals
- Studies and training abroad as part of higher education studies, job seeking abroad

Materials

Litrature and articles, material on the intranet and Internet, material produced in seminars and for international cooperation

Teaching methods

Lectures, orientations, seminars and events, virtual studies, team work.

Student workload

Total workload 54 hours of student work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/Fail
Fail: The student does not attain the learning outcomes of the course.

Qualifications

No prerequisites