Fluent Writing I, Basics of Writing (2cr)

Objective

The students understand the significance of the writing process in learning and improve their skills in written communication. The students know the major texts types and features of the formal writing style.

Content

Interactive writing process and writing skills needed in studies, text styles of the assignments, formal writing style

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Self-assessment and assessment by the teacher.

The general criteria of the competences that the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees awarded by Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences provide can be found on JAMK’s web pages (http://www.jamk.fi/english/forstudents/studyguid e).

The learning outcomes of individual courses are assessed in relation to the objectives of the course concerned. Unless otherwise defined in the curriculum, a course accepted as completed is assessed on the following five-step scale: 5 (Excellent), 4 (Very Good), 3 (Good), 2 (Satisfactory), 1 (Sufficient), If the student does not meet the minimum criteria set for the course, the grade is 0 (Fail). In special cases, a course may be graded as Pass/Fail, marked as “S (Pass)” and “0 (Fail)”.