Finnish Culture (3 cr)

Code: XFIN0230-3004

General information

Enrollment: 08.08.2023 - 04.09.2023; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 13.09.2023 - 22.11.2023; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Language Centre

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 10 - 30

Teachers: Hannu Paloniemi

Teacher in charge: 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

Further information

Finnish Culture lectures 2023
(Course XFIN0230, 3 cr. lectures in English)

1. Wed, Sep. 13 16–18 Sinikka Vuonokari-Kämäräinen: ”To whom Finnish is easy?”, D156

2. Wed, Sep. 20 16–18 Minna Nousiainen: ”Free access to Nature”, organized outdoors

3. Mon, Sep. 25 16–18 Saara Koikkalainen: ”Learning about Finland via literature” D156

4. Wed, Oct. 4 16–18 Elina Karvo: “Views on the history of Lapland”, D156

5. Wed, Oct. 11 16–18 Hannu Paloniemi: ”Finnish music as the Soundtrack of Melancholy”, D156

6. Wed, Oct. 25 16–18 Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja: "Sámi art and culture", D156

7. Wed, Nov. 1 16–18 Tapio Nykänen: “From Everyday Work to Sensations of Freedom: Snowmobile Users’ Relationships to Snow, Ice and Weather”, D156

8. Thu, Nov. 9 16–18 Maria Gullsten: “Contemporary Finnish films and some Lappish short film delicacies” A140!

9. Wed, Nov. 15 16–18 Julius Oförsagd: “Finnish Design – Scandinavian Design – Arctic Design. Is there a difference?” D156

10. Wed, Nov. 22 16–18 TBA, D156