Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- communicate as a professional in field specific tasks
- speak and write English with the understanding of the appropriate style and register
- identify personal developmental needs in communication and language skills and develop realistic strategies for improvement
- search for information from professional publications and databases

Teaching methods

The competence areas are:
• Oral communication skills needed for the workplace: presentations skills; client interactions;
• Basics of Constructive communication (Nonviolent Communication) as a professional and personal communication method to facilitate empathetic encounters with clients as well self-empathy and self-development.
• Reflective written skills
• Report and academic writing skills
• Intercultural competences
• Group working skills
• Field-specific vocabulary

Learning materials and recommended literature

All learning material is provided in Canvas.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Recognition of prior learning and workplace acquired competences should be discussed with the teacher and then applied for. Suitable compensatory or supplementary tasks will be developed accordingly.

Students workload

For a 5 credit course you are expected to do 135 hours of work.
An in-depth workload will be supplied in the Canvas workspace
There will be 44 hours of contact lessons

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

A detailed evaluation criteria can be found from Canvas.
A student should be able to
• communicate orally in workplace and study related dialogues
• produce workplace and study related texts
• use field and study related vocabulary
• discuss field-related intercultural influences and possibilities
• express the basics of nonviolent communication

There is an attendance criteria of 70% of the contact lessons.
All assignments and attendance criteria need to be met and completed successfully to pass the course.
Personal feedback will be given on the written assignments and the oral demonstration. Deadlines have been stipulated in the assignments. No feedback will be given for assignments returned late.

All written assignments will be checked for plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected, the report will be failed and will need to be resubmitted. The requirements for assignment returns can be found in the degree regulations.