Time: Students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course. The estimated time for completing this course is 2 months. Please notice that the first nonstop start is on 2 September 2024.
Please notice that Xamk’s lecturers do not assess completed courses nor enter the course assessments in Xamk’s record of credits (Peppi) during their non-teaching periods. Completed courses will not be assessed between December 21st 2024 and January 12th 2025.
Place: Online studies
Extent: 2 ECTS credits
Target group: Everyone interested in the topic
Please notice that from September 1, 2024 onwards, only students with a Finnish social security number (i.e. a personal identity code) can start their studies on Xamk Pulse’s courses.
Course is completed independently.
Credited in degree at Xamk: All bachelor level degrees
Area of competence mentioned in Curriculum: Optional studies
Enrolment by: 23.3.2025. This is a nonstop start and students can start their studies approximately within a week after enrolling on this course.
Price: Free of charge
Note that you can enrol for Open UAS studies at the maximum of 50 ECTS credits per semester. One person’s enrolments exceeding 50 ECTS credits are deleted in the enrolment order. Paying attention to this is important when planning your studies.
Please also notice that
Xamk degree students can enrol on this course only via Peppi or Tuudo.
Learning outcomes:
The aim of this course is to promote students' study ability and wellbeing. The course offers tools to support learning, coping and wellbeing.
After the course
- you have learned studying techniques that suit you,
- you can make choices that support wellbeing and resilience in your daily life,
- you have learned different ways to relax, and various skills to deal with thoughts, emotions, stress and stage fright.
Contents and methods:
The course is divided into different themes, which are study skills, wellbeing in everyday life, thoughts and working with them, emotions and self-knowledge, stress, stage fright, and social skills.
In each section, you will explore the topic with the help of scientific materials. Up-to-date and supportive learning material can be for example video and audio recordings, lectures, research and exercises. The course focuses on independent reflection.
The course covers 2 ECTS credits, totalling 54 hoursof student work. The number of hours is theoretical and varies according to student effort.
Study material: All the study material related to the course is provided online on the Learn learning platform. The material includes e.g. introductions, videos, podcasts, and exercises on course topics.
Assessment: Accepted/Failed. Accepted requires all tasks to be completed.
The Transcript of records will be delivered automatically by email in PDF form. You can read more about the The Transcript of records on: 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.
Additional information on enrolment:
Xamk Pulse, email: openstudies@xamk.fi.
Terms of cancellation:
If you are not able to participate in the course, please let us know as soon as possible by email openstudies@xamk.fi.
Before the course starts, you'll receive an invitation by email to this course.
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).