Time: You can start your studies within week of enrolment. The estimated time for completing this course is two months. Note! The course opens and you can start your studies 1 September 2026!
Please note that lecturers will not provide guidance or assess courses between 21 December 2026 and 10 January 2027.
Place: Online studies
Scope: 5 ECTS credits
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 Hospitality Management, Tourism and Hospitality Business
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Core competence
Enrolment by 25 October 2026, when there is approximately 2 months left to complete the course.
Fee: EUR 75 (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:
- You know the history of Finnish culture.
- You are familiar with the different aspects of Finnish culture.
- You know Finnish customs and culture.
- You know the Finnish cultural heritage and its impact on the tourism and hospitality business.
Contents:
- How has history impacted Finnish culture?
- What aspects does Finnish culture have?
- What kind of customs does Finnish culture have?
- What does Finnish cultural heritage mean, and how does it impact the tourism and hospitality business?
Methods:
- The course is carried out entirely by way of unscheduled online study. The course can be individually completed, and it does not entail group work or scheduled lessons.
- Progress is made by completing assignments individually.
- The teacher provides guidance via Learn.
- The course consists of recorded online lectures and assignments. The assessed assignments are completed individually. The assignments must be submitted by the given deadlines.The end date of the course is presented in the course details. By this date, the student must submit all assignments.
- The studies are carried out on the Learn platform. The Learn site becomes accessible on the start day of the course.
The course consists of these themes:
– History of finnish culture,
– Special features of Finnish culture,
– Finnish cultural heritage.
A five-credit course corresponds to approximately 135 hours of student workload. The number of hours is theoretical and varies depending on the student’s effort.
Study material:
Study materials are provided by the teacher via Learn.
Assesment methods and criteria:
The student’s performance is assessed with reference to the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course. The course completion requires that all assignments are assessed with a passing grade.
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).