Courses for Exchange Students

Business Management and Analytics

Exciting opportunities, a truly international atmosphere and business contacts are key when it comes to the degree programs within The Department of Business Management and Analytics. Here you will find over 900 BBA and engineering students that are preparing themselves for the modern business world.

International Business 2022-23

Instructions on how to combine courses

When applying for an exchange to study business at Arcada you will be able to choose courses in Main subjects + Development studies and/or the general course. You will find below the lists of all the courses available per module and when they are taught (Autumn/Spring). Important: You must choose one of the following main subjects:

• Financial Management
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Tourism
• Service Development (available for double degree students only)

By choosing courses from the same main subject you will not have overlapping timetables. Nevertheless, courses in Development studies and the general course might overlap occasionally.
N.B.: There are a limited number of places available per each module, which means that your choice of courses will be confirmed only after you have successfully submitted your application.

If you study for a full Year at Arcada

You must select:

• one 30 credit module in one of the main subjects: Financial Management, or Logistics, or Marketing, or Tourism. Double degree students more information here
• one 15 credit development module
• The general course (Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development) or a second development module

The total amount of credits attained during one academic year should land on 60 credits.

If you study one Semester, in autumn or spring

You should select classes worth 30-35 credits:

• Courses within one of the main subjects in: Financial Management, or Logistics, or Marketing, or Tourism
  • 20 credits in autumn
  • 10 credits in spring
• One 10 or 15 credit development module
  • In spring: Possibility to select the general course Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development

Examples

List of all courses offered to business students

I. General Studies

N.B.: There are a limited number of places available per each module, which means that your choice of courses will be confirmed only after you have successfully submitted your application.

II. Main subjects

Choose one of the main subjects: Logistics, or Marketing, or Financial Management, Tourism.

N.B.: There are a limited number of places available per each module, which means that your choice of courses will be confirmed only after you have successfully submitted your application.

Logistics (autumn 20 ECTS; spring 10 ECTS)

Marketing (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

Financial Management (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

Tourism (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

III. Development studies

Choose one of the modules below.

N.B.: There are a limited number of places available per each module, which means that your choice of courses will be confirmed only after you have successfully submitted your application.

Finnish for beginners (autumn 10 ECTS, Full year 15 ECTS)

Course descriptions available here.

Please note that each level is a prerequisite to the next level e.g. you can only take Finnish III after you have completed Finnish I and II or equivalent levels if you have studied Finnish previously.

Swedish for beginners (10 ECTS per term)

Course descriptions available here.

Please note that each level is a prerequisite to the next level e.g. you can only take Swedish II after you have completed Swedish I or equivalent levels if you have studied Swedish previously.

Entrepreneurship (spring 15 ECTS)

Sales and Customer Management (spring 15 ECTS)

We strongly recommend students interested in this module to choose both courses. Each course is a prerequisite to the next level.

Sustainable Development in Logistics (autumn 15 ECTS)

We strongly recommend students interested in this module to choose both courses. Each course is a prerequisite to the next level.

Health and Welfare

The Department of Health and Welfare is one of the largest at Arcada with closer to 750 students. The department offers four bachelor’s degree programmes (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Sports and Health Promotion and Social Services).

Sport and Health promotion 2022-23

This course list is put together for the incoming exchange students in Sports and Health promotion. Some of the courses are given out by other institutions, but are available to take.

Select the courses from the list that suits you best. We recommend that you divide the courses as evenly as possible between the periods for a suitable workload. A total of 30 credits per term or 60 credits per year is recommended for Arcada students.

Autumn 2022

* Extern: taken from the Nursing (DIAK) study plan
*² recommended to have basic studies/course before

Spring 2023

* External: taken from the Nursing (DIAK) study plan

Physiotherapy 2021-22

This course list is put together for the incoming exchange students in Physiotherapy.

Please select the courses from the list that suits you best. We recommend that you divide the courses as evenly as possible between period 1 and period 2 for a suitable workload. A total of 30 credits for the autumn term is recommended for Arcada students.

No courses offered during spring!

Social Services

At the moment we are only offering courses in Swedish within the Social Area. You will find the Social Services courses in Swedish by clicking the link below.

Det sociala området External link

Occupational therapy (contact us directly if interested)

This course list is put together for the incoming exchange students in Occupational therapy.

N.B.: Occupational therapy is not accepting incoming exchange students for autumn 2021

Please select the courses from the list that suits you best. We recommend that you divide the courses as evenly as possible between period 1 and period 2 for a suitable workload. A total of 30 credits for the autumn term is recommended for Arcada students.

Please note that there is only one course available during spring!

Spring 2022

Energy and Materials Technology

What’s the sum of a miniature sized plastics factory, an energy lab, a chemistry lab, over 280 eager engineering students and a number of innovative teachers and researchers in environmental and energy engineering and materials processing technology? Well, the answer is fairly simple: The Department of Energy and Materials Technology at Arcada.

Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering - 2022-23

This course list is put together for the incoming exchange students in Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering (Materials Processing Technology).

Please select the courses with special attention to the course requirements (see the pre-requisites and co-requisites for each course by following their respective link). We recommend that you divide the courses as evenly as possible between the periods for a suitable workload. A total of 30 credits per term or 60 credits per year is recommended for Arcada students.

Basic Studies

Materials Processing

Materials

Design

Advanced Materials & Design

Circular Economy

Thesis work

Languages

Energy and Environmental Engineering - 2022-23 (Coming soon)

At the moment we are only offering courses in Swedish within Energy and Environmental Engineering. You will find the Energy and Environmental Engineering courses in Swedish by clicking the link below.

Energi- och Miljöteknik

Culture and Media

Culture and Media 2022-23

The Department of Culture and Media inspires creativity and innovation. Through regular contact with lecturers, researchers and industry leaders, students develop professional and analytical abilities that will give them the edge in cultural and media sectors.

These options have been identified to allow international students an opportunity to explore, analyse and apply their knowledge in a Swedish-Finnish setting. The packages provide students with the theoretical background and guidance to develop a project they could complete while studying at Arcada. There is no overlap between courses and so students may choose any of the following:

NB: some links will bring you to 2021-22 course descriptions, minor changes can occur for 2022-23 descriptions.

Autumn 2022

Spring 2023

Language Courses Autumn 2022 and Spring 2023

For additional credits during the year, we suggest the language courses for beginners. You'll find the details below

Healthcare

The Department of Healthcare, with closer to 700 students, is characterized by quality and vast experience. The department offers five degree programmes on a bachelor’s level (Emergency Care, Public Health, Midwifery and Nursing in both English and Swedish).

Nursing

We will publish the course list soon. It is however possible that no courses conducted in English are offered for exchange students yet in spring or Fall 2022.

Language Courses for Exchange students

Please note that each level is a prerequisite to the next level e.g. you can only take Finnish III after you have completed Finnish I and II or equivalent levels if you have studied Finnish previously. The same applies to Swedish.