Start your UAS studies (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Objective

You know Lapland University of Applied Sciences as a study environment and you know the services and systems that support your studies. You will develop your higher education readiness and skills as well as your information acquisition skills. You identify the factors related to your own study ability and well-being and consider how you can maintain your own study ability and how you can take care of your own well-being.

You know how to use digital learning tools and make the most of them in your studies. You are familiar with the study guidance system and you know the university's guidance actors. You will get to know the curriculum of your education and create your own curriculum under the guidance. You know the students and teachers in your group.

Content

Introduction to the University of Applied Sciences
Studying at a university and developing university study skills and abilities
Means of taking care of study ability and well-being
Developing knowledge acquisition skills
Services and systems that support learning
- the roles of teachers and other guidance actors
- welfare services
- study administration services and systems Peppi, Tuudo
- IT services, library services, e-learning services
- lobbying
Digital tools for studying
- Moodle, Zoom, Teams, Cloud Services, Outlook
- Office tools
Studying and curriculum in one's own field and planning one's own studies, ISP

Location and time

Completion time of the course 15.8. - 15.9.2022. The student completes assignments in Moodle according to their own schedule.

Materials

Course materials in Moodle workspace.

Teaching methods

Independent study online

Student workload

It takes about 135 hours to complete this study unit

Further information

All tasks in the study unit are online stand-alone tasks that appear in the Moodle workspace.