Student Guide
Languages, culture and communication courses in period V
Please note that your course registration in Sisu can only be accepted when you add a course to your personal study plan (HOPS) or update the version (Note: if you update the version of a course after you have already registered (enrolled) to participate in it, you will need to re-register for the course).
Communication and interaction
NEW course! LC-0350 Listening skills (this group in English) 14.-28.5.2024
Join this short course focusing on listening skills and become more aware of this super skill of social interaction. Listening has a clear connection to individual as well as organizational well-being.
NEW course! LC-0351 Nonverbal communication (this group in English) 8.5.-22.5.2024
During this short course focusing on nonverbal communication, you’ll find out how our bodily presence affects communication. How we encounter each other and the atmosphere we create through our actions makes a difference.
LC-0530 Public speaking and stage fright (this group in English) 26.4.-7.6.2024
How to channel the nervousness in public speaking situations into a boost of energy? This public speaking skills course is meant especially for those who experience their nervousness or stage fright as a problem or are otherwise interested in the topic.
LC-0520 Impact and argumentation (this group in English) 17.4-29.5.2024
How to formulate your ideas or thoughts effectively and persuasively or how to prepare for a panel discussion? These and other questions related to argumentation and influencing are discussed in this course, jump in!
LC-0320 Public speaking skills (this group in Finnish) 6.5.-3.6.2024
Refine your presentation skills on this in-depth presentation skills training. Lot of practical exercises from improv to academic presentations and pitching.
LC-0340 Communication competence in the workplace (this group in Finnish) 29.4.-3.6.2024
Effective communication skills are seen as part of crucial skills in the workplace. Enhance eg. your decision-making, problem-solving and meeting skills among others.
English
LCA-1001 Expressing your idea 23.4.- 4.6. - open to ARTS bachelor's students
Intercultural Communication
LC-0610 Intercultural Communication 25.4.-6.6.
This course is for all those who want to build up critical awareness and effective communication skills to become an ethical intercultural communicator working in a diverse workplace.
LC-0614 Developing Global Competence: Working in an International Virtual Team
Unite! online course: How to work effectively in global virtual teams?
Course AD on Aalto.fi: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/unite-online-course-how-to-work-effectively-in-global-virtual-teams
The capacity to communicate and work effectively and appropriately together with people from different backgrounds is increasingly seen as a vital core competence for graduates.
This course will enable you to establish relevant knowledge and communication skills to work effectively in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs). You will be working in small teams with students from different Unite! universities to complete the coursework. This will give you exciting learning opportunities to link the course materials with authentic teamwork experiences.
Key topics to be covered in the course
- Key characteristics of Global Competence & Global Virtual Teams (GVTs)
- Identifying common communication challenges (e.g. workflow, technological, and interpersonal challenges) in GVTs
- Effective use of ‘metacommunication (i.e. communication about communication)’ in GVTs
- Effective use of technologies in GVTs
When?
The online course takes place Tuesdays between 23 April to 28 May 2024 at EET 10:15-12:30.
Russian
All Russian courses in 2023-2024 will be offered as hybrid teaching, so you can participate on campus or via Zoom. Welcome!
LC-8501 A Foretaste of Russian (independent study), 22.4.–2.6.2024
LC-8502 Russian 2 - Online Revision Course (independent study), 22.4.–2.6.2024
Spanish
LC-2300 Spanish - Introduction to Hispanic Cultures, Lecture 22.4.–3.6.2024
Swedish
Hej!
Studies in Swedish for the needs of working life continue in period V and during the summer period! Choose the study method that suits you best and learn how to communicate in Swedish. Vi ses på kurserna!
If you have Finnish as your mother tongue/school education language you can start by taking an entry-level test to identify the right course and study method for you.
You can find the test in MyCourses by using search words "ruotsin lähtötasotesti + ENG, CHEM, ELEC, SCI, ARTS tai BIZ" depending on your field of study.
One period course, test result 25+
- LC-5410 Svenska inom teknik, for technology students (period V and summer)
- LCB-5800 Svensk affärskommunikation 1, for BIZ-students (period V and summer)
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LCA-5703 Vi skriver och talar om konst på svenska, for ARTS-students (summer)
Courses that are listed above are offered even during the summer period as an intensive distance course on Zoom in the evenings 27.5.-19.6.2024. This course is for all Aalto-schools. Registration in Sisu.
Courses for all Aalto-students
- LC-5552 Online course in Swedish, for Finnish-speaking students, test result 25+ (period V)
- LC-5000 Kommunicera som expert, intended for all students with Swedish as their mother tongue/school education language at all Aalto University schools
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