1. LANGUAGE AND ELECTIVE STUDIES, SUMMER 2017
INFO SESSION
18 January 2017
Mari Syväoja

2. The min. requirements for the language and communication studies (21 cr) in the BScBA degree program (DR 2013):
Foreign language I - English Business Communication 3 cr Academic Writing 6 cr Foreign language II Spanish, German, Russian or French 6 cr Finnish and Swedish Finnish Business Communication or Finnish for Foreigners 3 cr Swedish Business Communication 3 cr

3. COURSE OFFERINGS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE II
Spanish Basics in Business Spanish (6 cr) - Basics in Business Spanish 1 (3 cr) - Basics in Business Spanish 2 (3 cr) Spanish Business Communication 1 (6 cr) - Spanish Business Communication 1a (3 cr) - Spanish Business Communication 1b (3 cr) French Basics in Business French (6 cr) - Basics in Business French 1 (3 cr) - Basics in Business French 2 (3 cr) French Business Communication 1 (6 cr) - French Business Communication 1a (3 cr) - French Business Communication 1b (3 cr)

4. COURSE OFFERINGS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE II (continues)
Russian Basics in Business Russian (6 cr) - Basics in Business Russian 1 (3 cr) - Basics in Business Russian 2 (3 cr) Russian Business Communication 1 (6 cr) - Russian Business Communication 1a (3 cr) - Russian Business Communication 1b (3 cr) German Basics in Business German (6 cr) - Basics in Business German 1 (3 cr) - Basics in Business German 2 (3 cr) German Business Communication 1 (6 cr) - German Business Communication 1a (3 cr) - German Business Communication 1b (3 cr)

5. Minimum requirement in the foreign language II: 6 credits
Every student can choose only one of the offered foreign languages: Spanish, French, Russian or German. Minimum requirement for the degree is 6 credits. BScBA students can include one basic course “package” (= alkeiskurssi) of 6 cr (Spanish, French, Russian or German) as part of required language and communication studies for the degree.

6. More than 6 credits in the foreign language II
If a student wants to do both the basic course “package” (6 cr) and the business communication course “package” (6 cr), the other 6 cr can be counted as elective studies.

7. Exemptions for Finnish and Swedish studies
If your secondary education is done in any other language than Finnish or Swedish or abroad, you might not need to do the Finnish language (3 cr) and Swedish language (3 cr) courses.
-> exemption decisions in process and coming soon to the students individually by
Finnish for Foreigners (3 cr) offered for the foreign students.
The missing credits for BScBA degree are completed by taking
more credits in one of the foreign languages II or
a communication-related elective course

8. Exemptions for Finnish and Swedish studies (continues)
Example: Finnish for Foreigners (3 cr) organized for the foreign students, but they are exempted from completing the Swedish language course (3 cr). -> The missing 3 credits are completed by taking 3 extra credits in one of the foreign languages II (for example Spanish), so the student will complete 9 cr in total: - Basics in Business Spanish 1 (3 cr) - Basics in Business Spanish 2 (3 cr) - Spanish Business Communication 1a (3 cr)

9. Beginning level
Please see the Common European Framework to choose your beginning levels in each language. In general it can be said that in order to participate Business Communication 1 level courses, the student has to have done either - Basic level courses in that language (6 cr) or - studied it in high school (”vähintään lukion lyhyen oppimäärän tiedot ko. kielessä”).

10. Swedish and Finnish language courses
In module 9 (3 weeks; partly self-studying online): Finnish Business Communication (3 cr) In modules 9 and 11 (3+2 weeks): Finnish for Foreigners (3 cr) In module 11 (2 weeks + pre-tasks): Swedish Business Communication (3 cr) Groups and schedules will be announced soon.

11. STEP1 in this registration process:
You need to inform us your preferences (1-4) concerning the choice of the second foreign language (Spanish, French, Russian or German). Use the electronic registration from available on Into. Please return the form to Mari Syväoja by by 25 January After that you will get information on the language groups.

12. STEP 2 in this registration process:
After we have announced the language groups, you can register for the business courses of the summer 2017 (deadline in February and announced separately).
* Please see the list of courses in the course schedule.
There will be an electronic registration form on Into you need to return to Mari Syväoja by .
* NOTE. There will not be any separate info session anymore for summer business courses.
These registrations will be confirmed to you by in February 2017.

13. Elective courses for the degree
The elective courses completed in Mikkeli or during the study abroad will affect your eligibility for different Master´s programs after graduation. In case you have been accepted to the BScBA Program in 2015 or after that, please see the criteria for continuing after graduation to different M.Sc. Programs of the Helsinki Campus: In case you have been accepted to the BScBA Program before 2015, please see the admission criteria for the M.Sc. Programs on the website of different universities.

14. Interest in M.Sc. Programs
In order for us to continue planning with the Helsinki M.Sc. Program staff, we will ask your interest at the moment in different Master´s programs after graduation. - These questions are included in the language registration form. Please note that this does not commit you to any final decisions yet, this is just for us to get a view of the possible demand for the M.Sc. programs in the future. Info on the criteria and process:

15. Information and forms on Into
Please read your and Into regularly to get current information on these and other academic issues.
All the electronic forms and this info material will be available on Into: