Doctoral courses and curriculum
Find courses for doctoral students & information about individual studies and credit transfer.
Courses for doctoral students in period V (2024-2025)
The registration for the courses happens in Sisu and usually starts one month before. Registration period per course usually ends either one week before or one week after the start of the course, depending on the type of the course. Period V runs from 14 April to 6 June 2025.
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Writing doctoral research
Fully online. Weekly workshops are held in Zoom (Mondays and Wednesdays 14.4.2025–4.6.2025 12.30-15.45), 3 cr
This course aims to help doctoral students to develop their academic writing skills while writing up their research. Therefore, participants need to be in the process of writing either an article for publication or their dissertation. Students’ own texts form a key part of the course as they work to improve them. The overall aim of the course is to enable participants to write up their research more effectively and with greater confidence for an international readership. Registration is open in sisu until April 7.
Communication
(In Finnish only)
Keskiviikkoisin 7.5.-4.6.2025, klo 10.15-15.30, 3 op
Neuvottelutaito on tärkeä (työ)elämän taito! Tällä käytännönläheisellä ja harjoituspainotteisella kurssilla saat tietoja ja taitoja monenlaisissa neuvottelutilanteissa onnistumiseen. Neuvottelutaito on tavoitteellista vuorovaikutusta. Kurssin keskeisiä teemoja ovat neuvotteluun valmistautuminen, tavoitteiden asettaminen, yhteistyöhakuisuus, neuvottelijan vuorovaikutustaidot ja ongelmanratkaisu. Kurssilla harjoitellaan neuvottelutaitoja erilaisten ryhmä- ja pariharjoitusten kautta. Kurssi sisältää myös kirjallisia oppimistehtäviä ja kokeneen neuvottelijan haastattelutehtävän.
Maanantaisin 28.4.–2.6.2025 klo 12.15–15.30, 3 op
Esiintymistaitoja tarvitaan monissa opiskelun ja työelämän tilanteissa. Tällä kurssilla pääset kehittämään esiintymistaitojasi ja saat palautetta omasta esiintymisestä turvallisessa, lempeässä ja kannustavassa ilmapiirissä. Kurssilla käsitellään muun muassa esiintymisjännitystä, esityksen rakentamista, havainnollistamista ja kohdentamista sekä harjoitellaan monipuolisesti niin akateemista kuin työelämässä tarvittavaa esiintymistä.
Fridays 2.5.- 6.6.2025 at 14.15-17.30, 2-3 cr
Public speaking course especially for those who experience their nervousness or stage fright as a problem or are otherwise interested in the topic.
Fridays 25.4.-30.5.20205 at 12.30-15.45, 2-3 cr
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!
Wednesdays 14.5.-28.5.2025 at 12.30-15.45, 1 cr
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.
Tuesdays 6.5.-20.5.2025 at 10.15–13.30, 1 cr
On this short course, you will deepen your understanding of nonverbal communication and its significance. You will learn how nonverbal communication regulates, defines, and alters the interpretation of verbal messages. You will also have the opportunity to develop your own nonverbal communication skills in presentation, conversation, and feedback situations.
Intercultural communication
Tuesdays 29.4.-3.6.2025 at 12:30-15:30, 3 cr
Are you interested in exploring ‘culture’ from a different perspective? Are you interested in understanding ‘intercultural communication (ICC)’ beyond making assumptions about people just based on their nationality? LC-0610 is designed for you who want to build up critical awareness and effective communication skills to become an ethical intercultural communicator working in a diverse workplace.
We will start by discussing how to unpack the term, ‘culture’ that we use for pretty much everything. Why? Because ‘culture’ is one of the most notoriously complicated concepts in English (more than you expected)! Then, we will gradually expand our learning by exploring a range of interesting topics (e.g. ‘stereotyping’, ‘culture shock & reverse culture shock’, ‘facework’, ‘non-verbal communication’)
This course is composed of lectures as well as small group discussions, so you will be able to have lots of interesting discussions with your peers having diverse backgrounds.
See also
Doctoral studies
Planning your doctoral studies and information about the requirements
Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP)
Instructions for doctoral students making their personal study plan
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