Fundamentals of Business

Professional Skills Portfolio

Professional Skills Portfolio is a compulsory course of 6 credits for all BSc students and it is one of the required core courses of the degree. The name Portfolio refers to the idea that the student will collect in many different ways the skills and abilities needed in carrying on successfully university level studies and professional development. There are three different parts in the course

1. 20A00211 Orientation to the studies at HSE, 3 credits
2. 20A00213 Academic writing, 1 credit
3. 20A00203 Computing skills (modules 37A051 - 37A057), 2 credits

The very first part of the Professional Skills Portfolio is the Orientation Week for the New Students on August 25-August 27, 2008 where all students are expected to be present.

20A00211 Professional Skills Portfolio: Orientation to the Studies at HSE Status of the course in the new degree: Bachelor's degree, Fundamentals of Business Studies, Compulsory study module of 3 cr of the Professional Skills Portfolio (6 cr).

Level of the course in the new degree: Fundamentals of Business Studies
Objectives: The objective of this course is to give you all the necessary skills and information you need to begin your studies at HSE and to complete your studies successfully. You also learn to know HSE, the study possibilities available, the personnel of HSE, other students at HSE and HSE is as a scientific community.

You will also be given information on Student Union of HSE. During this course students will also learn how to evaluate their learning skills and get tools for improving them. Students will also learn how to plan their studies and organize their time better.

Content: The Orientation Week, student and teacher tutoring, personal study plans (PSP), study and learning skills, group learning skills, choosing the BSc program and minor studies, planning of the language studies of the BSc degree

Literature:

1. The Information Guide for International BSc and MSc Degree Students 2008-2009
2. Other material handed out during the Orientation week and during lectures
Teacher(s): Minna Nevala, Leena Brander, Office of Studies and Registrar
Course format:
1. Orientation Week
2. Information sessions and lectures during 2008-09
3. Personal Study Plan 1 (20A00214), Orientation Task (20A00215), Essay on learning skills (20A00216) and Personal Study Plan 2 (20A00216)

Methods: Information sessions and lectures and exercises, group work, individual work, student and teacher tutoring
Timing: Three first semesters
Teaching language: English
Remarks: The course modules will be graded Pass/Fail. All modules of the course have the code of their own. The course must be completed at HSE (no credit transfer).
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