Arja Hannukainen 1 Curriculum Development with International Partners Arja Hannukainen Director of International Degree Programmes EVTEK School of Business Administration
Arja Hannukainen 2 EBA Dutch link 1993 EBA British link 1998 EM 1994 YEAR 1 Autumn semester Spring semester YEAR 2 Autumn semester Spring semester YEAR 3 Autumn semester Work placement Spring semester Work placement YEAR 4 Autumn semester Work placement Spring semester Bachelor’s Thesis D-D PROGRAMMES AT EVTEK
Arja Hannukainen 3 BACKGROUND Management commitment - resources, problem solving Degree awarding institution organisation/owners/campus changes Changes in partner institution/national regulations
Arja Hannukainen 4 HOW IT ALL STARTED Curriculum development first stage: - available resources, eg staff competence experiences form existing d-d link Holland - UK
Arja Hannukainen 5 FRAMEWORK Integrated mobility periods Structure of academic year Supply chain Biggest challenge: languages
Arja Hannukainen 6 WORK PLACEMENT Preparation Supervision Integration to final year
Arja Hannukainen 7 BACHELOR’S THESIS Methodology Supervision Cross-reading?
Arja Hannukainen 8 PRODUCT Genuine Joint Curriculum? Reality -> resources Lecturers’ co-operation
Arja Hannukainen 9 PROCESSES Student Selection - caliber Orientation – managing expectations Monitoring progress, tutoring, councelling
Arja Hannukainen 10 PRACTICE MEETS THEORY Changes with partner institution: Structure of Programme Course offering/semester Methodology Supply chain: what was covered?
Arja Hannukainen 11 THE REAL CHALLENGES Changes in students’ lives: finances, family, health, other commitments Progress rules, academic regulations d-d -> single degree
Arja Hannukainen 12 Summary Limited possibilities to influence bigger partner’s decisions Curriculum development with international partner, genuine or not, brings value added to both partners and to graduates