Courses for Exchange Students
Here are the courses available to exchange students organized according to area of study. Please read the course descriptions in detail and make sure you fulfill the prerequisites for each course you intend to take.
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
Main subject |
Development studies |
General Studies |
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Full Academic Year, 60cr |
Financial Management, 30cr |
+ |
Entrepreneurship, 15cr |
+ |
Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development, 5cr |
Autumn Semester, 30-35cr | Logistics, 20cr | + | Sustainable Development in Logistics, 15cr | ||
or | |||||
Tourism, 20cr | + | Finnish for Beginners I & II, 10cr | |||
or | |||||
Marketing, 20cr | + | Swedish for Beginners I & II, 10cr | |||
Spring Semester, 30cr | Financial Management, 10cr | + | Entrepreneurship, 15cr | + | Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development, 5cr |
or | |||||
Marketing, 10cr | + | Sales and Customer Management, 15cr & Swedish for Beginners I, 5cr |
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.
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development External link | 5 | Spring | 3 & 4 |
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)
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
International Trade External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Purchasing External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Freight fowarding External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Business Systems in Logistics External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Warehousing and Optmization External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Supply Chain Management External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Marketing (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Strategic Marketing and Research External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Digital Commerce External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Consumer Behaviour External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Digital Marketing Landscape External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Growth Marketing External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Market Communication and Branding External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Financial Management (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Financial Accounting External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Management Accounting External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Business Systems in Finance Management External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Corporate Finance External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Financial Analysis External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Budgeting and Management Reporting External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Tourism (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Tourism in Contemporary World External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Environmental and Social Responsibility External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Digital Service Development External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Hospitality Management External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Distribution channels External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Destination Management External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
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)
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Entrepeneurship External link | 15 | Spring | 3 & 4 |
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.
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Personal Selling External link | 10 | Spring | 3 & 4 |
Service Management and CRM External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
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.
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Sustainable Logistics External link | 10 | Autumn | 1 & 2 |
Sustainable Packing External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
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
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Anatomy and Physiology (extern*) | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Coaching External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Advanced Studies in Sport coaching and fitness testing External link*2 | 5 | Autumn | 1 & 2 |
Adapted Physical Education External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Models in Health Promotion External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Individual workplace practice | 5-15 | Autumn | |
Language courses (detail below) | 5-10 | Autumn | 1 & 2 |
* Extern: taken from the Nursing (DIAK) study plan
*2 recommended to have basic studies/course before
Spring 2023
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Health Promotional Leadership External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Health Care and Health Promotion (extern*) | 5 | Spring | 3 & 4 |
Physical Activity External link | 5 | Spring | 3 & 4 |
Models in Health Promotion External link | 5 | Spring | 4 |
Individual workplace practice | 5-15 | Spring | |
Language courses (detail below) | 5-10 | Spring |
* 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
Creativity for Health and Wellbeing (partially in English) External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
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
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Mathematical Modelling External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Materials Processing
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Structural Composites External link | 5 | Autumn | 1-2 |
Advanced Hybrid Composites External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Materials
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Periods |
Fluid Mechanics External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Materials Chemistry External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Manufacturing and Processing External link | 5 | Spring | 3-4 |
Material Properties External link | 5 | Spring | 4 |
Design
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Mechanics of Materials II External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Mechanics of Materials 1 External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Statics External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Finite Element Method External link | 5 | Spring | 4 |
Advanced Materials & Design
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Project External link | 15 (5-15) | Autumn or Spring | 1, 2, 3 |
Product Design External link | 5 | Autumn | 1-2 |
Circular Economy
Course Name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Circular Economy Principles External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Circular Economy Sectors External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Circular Economy Indicators External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Thesis work
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Data Analysis External link (NB.: this course is also meant for students that have not yet started planning thesis work) | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Languages
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Finnish for beginners I External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Finnish for beginners II External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Finnish for beginners III External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Swedish for beginners I External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Swedish for beginners II External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Swedish for beginners 1 External link External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Swedish for beginners 2 External link External link | 5 | Spring | 4 |
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.
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
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Cultural project management External link 5 ECTS + posibility to do interniship 5-10 ECTS External link | 5-15 | Autumn | 1 + 2 |
Critical Media Analysis External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Digitalization and society External link | 5 | Autumn | |
Compassion at Work External link (Online self-studies) | 5 | Autumn | |
Visual Web design External link | 5 | Autumn | |
Visual Design and Identity External link | 5 | Autumn |
Spring 2023
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Trends in Culture and Art External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Critical Media Laboratory External link (some pre-requisites required) | 10 | Spring | 4 |
Podcasting External link | 5 | Spring | |
2D art and animation External link | 5 | Spring | |
Cultural Politics and Cultural Industries External link | 10 | Spring |
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.
Course name | ECTS | Semester | Period |
Finnish for Beginners I External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Finnish for Beginners II External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Finnish for Beginners III External link | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Swedish for beginners I External link | 5 | Autumn | 1 |
Swedish for beginners II External link | 5 | Autumn | 2 |
Swedish for beginners I | 5 | Spring | 3 |
Swedish for beginners II | 5 | Spring | 4 |