Time: You can start your studies within week of enrolment. The estimated time for completing this course is 2 months. Please note! The course opens and you can start your studies 18 August 2026!
Place: Online studies
Scope: 3 ECTS credits
Required previous skills: This is an online course, so Internet access and computer or laptop with audio equipment are required.
Target group: Anyone interested in the subject
This course is completed independently online on Learn digital learning environment.
Please notice that only students with a Finnish social security number (i.e. a personal identity code) can start their studies on Xamk Pulse’s courses. You can read more here.
Credited in degree at Xamk: Bachelor of sosionomi
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Optional studies
Enrolment by 13 December 2026.
Fee: EUR 45 (EUR 15 / credit). More information about fees here.
Enrollment for Xamk Pulse studies is binding. After the studies start, you will be sent an invoice by email. The fee will be invoiced and will not be refunded, even if you interrupt/cancel your studies.
You can enroll for Open UAS studies for a maximum of 50 credits per semester. Enrolments that exceed 50 credits will be removed in the order of enrolments.
Xamk’s degree students who are present or absent cannot enroll for Xamk Pulse’s courses. Enrolments by Xamk’s degree students will be removed without separate notification. Paid course fees will not be refunded.
Xamk’s path students enroll on Peppi or Tuudo.
Learning outcomes:
After completing the course, you know the basics of Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) system:
- You become familiar with the context of the National core curriculum guidelines.
- You understand the importance of ECEC in the Finnish education system.
- You learn to define the principles of your viewpoint on early childhood education and parenthood.
Contents and methods:
- Finnish ECEC system and curriculum
- Finnish ECEC research
- Typical day in a Finnish kindergarten
This course consists of four themes introduced in four numbered course sections (1-4). You need to complete these sections in numerical order. The sections include material to read, videos, including their scripts in written form, and activating tasks. There is a mandatory test to take in each section. You can plan your own study timetable.
A three-credit course corresponds to approximately 81 hours of student workload. The number of hours is theoretical and varies depending on the student’s effort.
Study material:
All study materials are available on Learn platform.
Assesment methods and criteria:
- Assessment is on the scale Pass and Fail. Passing the course requires completing all mandatory activities and tests.
Assessment scale:
Accepted/Failed
We will inform you about the implementation of the course by email. If you do not receive the message, please also check your spam!
Additional information on enrolment
Xamk Pulse, openstudies@xamk.fi.
Cancellation
If you do not start your studies, please inform us so that we can remove you from the course. This way, there will be no record of the course you did not complete. Cancellations should be sent to avoinamk@xamk.fi. The fee will be invoiced even if you interrupt/cancel your studies.
Transcript of records
The teacher has one month to give a grade after the student has completed all learning tasks. We will send you an electronically signed transcript of records within about a week after you have received the grade in the Peppi system. The transcript serves as a document if, for example, you are applying for credit for your studies at another university. Studies can also be credited at Xamk if you come to us as a degree student. See more on our website Information on Open UAS, Xamk Pulse studies.
This course is based on the curricula of Xamk’s degree programmes and the Finnish credits are fully compatible with the ECTS.
Please note that there can be changes in the course details in terms of the timetable and teachers, for example.
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences is audited by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC).