Study Guide

Objective

You will learn the basics of the special features and history of Finnish culture and understand how they have shaped the Finnish mentality and society.

Having completed the course you will
1) know the basics of Finnish culture and history
2) be able to analyse and make comparisons between Finnish culture and your own.

Content

You get an overall picture of Finnish culture and history. The lecturers and contents will be announced at the beginning of September each year.

Further information

Finnish Culture course schedule 2024

1 Wed, Sep. 11 16–18 Sinikka Vuonokari-Kämäräinen: ”To whom Finnish is easy?”, D156

2 Wed, Sep. 18 16–18 Hannu Paloniemi: ”Finnish music as the Soundtrack of Melancholy”, D156

3 Mon, Sep. 23 16–18 Saara Koikkalainen: ”Learning about Finland via literature”, C193

4 Wed, Oct. 2 16–18 Minna Nousiainen: ”Free access to Nature”, organized outdoors

5 Tue, Oct. 8 16–18 Julius Oförsagd: “Finnish Design – Scandinavian Design – Arctic Design. Is there a difference?”, A176

6 Wed, Oct. 23 16–18 Elina Karvo: “Views on the history of Lapland”, D156

7 Wed, Oct. 30 16–18 Tapio Nykänen: “From Everyday Work to Sensations of Freedom: Snowmobile Users’ Relationships to Snow, Ice and Weather”, D156

8 Wed, Nov. 6 16–18 Annukka Jakkula: ”The Lapland year: eight seasons and their elements of good life”, D156

9 Wed, Nov. 13 16–18 Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja: "Sámi art and culture", D156

10 Wed, Nov. 20 16–18 Maria Gullsten: “Contemporary Finnish films and some Lappish short film delicacies”, D156


If you miss the first class session and have not discussed your absence with the teacher, your place can be given to the first person on the waiting list.
Remember to cancel your registration if you will not be taking the course.
A degree student attending the Lapland University of Applied Sciences can register free of charge for LUC studies offered by the University of Lapland,
if the studies can be linked to their own degree. Enrollment takes place through the Applicant’s Desktop of the University of Lapland: https://hakeutuminen-lay.peppi4.lapit.csc.fi/web/hakijan-tyopoyta/.
From the left hand menu, first select "Study selection" and then "LUC studies YO”, and you will see the entire offering. Choose the study unit in question and register.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

5–1/fail

Further information

Teaching of Finnish as a second and as a foreign language.

Timing: Autumn term.