Time: You can start your studies within a week after enrolment. The estimated completion time for this course is two months (8 weeks). Please note! The course opens and you can start your studies 1 February 2026!
Please note that lecturers will not provide guidance or assess courses between 1 June and 16 August 2026.
Place: Online studies
Scope: 2 ECTS credits
Number of study places: 300
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 Engineering, Degree Programme in Game technologies
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Optional studies
Enrolment by 25 October 2026, when there are approximately 2 months left to complete the course.
Fee: Free of charge
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.
Learning outcomes:
- You know what is involved in degree studies.
- You are aware of the employment opportunities in the field.
- You can identify your own strengths and areas of interest related to the field.
- You know and recognize the necessary study skills required for UAS (University of Applied Sciences) studies.
After completing the course, you will:
- Be able to identify your own strengths and interests in the field.
- Be better able to assess the suitability of the field for you.
- Understand what studying at a university of applied sciences requires.
- Know the options for further study opportunities.
Contents:
- Introduction to degree studies and employment opportunities in the field.
- Mapping your own strengths and interests.
- Identifying the study skills required for university of applied sciences studies.
- What is involved in the studies for Bachelor of Engineering, Game Technologies?
Methods:
- You can progress at your own pace in the course.
- Independent work, no group work.
- The course does not include time-bound group discussions or online lectures.
A two-credit course corresponds to approximately 54 hours of student workload. The number of hours is theoretical and varies depending on the student’s effort.
Study material:
The study material can be found on the course’s online platform, Open Learn. The study materials include videos and readable online materials.
Assessment:
The course includes self-assessment tasks on topics such as self-awareness, values, skills, strengths, and career planning.
Grading 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.
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).