Finnish Culture (3cr)
Code: XFIN0230-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.07.2021 - 31.07.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 08.09.2021 - 17.11.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Seats
- 0 - 30
- Teachers
- Hannu Paloniemi
- Course
- XFIN0230
Evaluation scale
H-5
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.
Execution methods
Lecture series, 20 hours. Lecture journal. Alternatively, you may complete the Finnish Culture course as a literature exam or as an essay written in Finnish or English. The material is agreed beforehand with the teacher.
Accomplishment methods
Participation in the lectures (80 %). Lecture journal in Finnish or English OR a literature exam/essay written in Finnish or English on material determined beforehand with the teacher.
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.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
5–1/fail