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 programmes 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 2021-22

Instructions on how to combine courses

When applying for an exchange to study business at Arcada you must choose a module in one of the following main subjects: Financial Management, or Logistics, or Marketing, or Tourism. By choosing courses from the same subject you will not have overlapping timetables. In addition to the main subject, you should choose development studies. Please note that the overlapping timetables only concern subject courses. The development study courses from different modules might overlap occasionally. The same thing applies to development courses and the general course Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development.

If you study for a full year at Arcada you must choose one 30 credit module in Financial Management, or Logistics, or Marketing, or Tourism and one development module (15 credits each, see list offered). In addition to these, you should choose the general course and/or development courses offered. The total amount of credits attained during one academic year should land on 60 cr.

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.

E.g. Full Academic Year (60 cr)

Financial Management, 30 cr (main subject)
+
Entrepreneurship, 15 cr (development studies)
+
Swedish for beginners 1 & 2, 10 cr (development studies)
+
Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development, 5 cr (general studies)
 

If you study only for one term, autumn or spring, you should choose courses from one of the modules in Financial Management, or Logistics, or Marketing, or Tourism module (we offer 20 ECTS in autumn and 10 ECTS in spring). In addition you should choose courses from one of the development modules consisting of 10 ECTS or 15 ECTS (see list). You may also choose Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development from the general courses if you complete your exchange during spring term. 

E.g. Autumn semester (30-35 cr)

Logistics, 20 cr (main subject)
+
Sustainable Development in Logistics, 15 cr (development studies)
OR

Tourism, 20 cr (main subject)
+
Finnish for Beginners 1 & 2, 10 cr (development studies)
OR
 
Marketing, 20 cr (main subject)
+
Swedish for Beginners 1 & 2, 10 cr (development studies)
 

E.g. Spring term (30 cr)

Finacial Management, 10 cr (main subject)
+
Entrepreneurship, 15 cr (development studies)
+
Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development, 5 cr (general studies)
OR
Marketing, 10 cr (main subject)
+
Sales and Customer Management, 15 cr (development studies)
+
Swedish for Beginners 1, 5 cr (development studies)

 

I. General Studies

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Ethical and Sustainable Societal Development 5 Spring 3 & 4

II. Main subjects

Please choose only one of the four modules below.

Logistics (autumn 20 ECTS; spring 10 ECTS)

Course name ECTS Semester Period
International Trade 5 Autumn 1
Purchasing 5 Autumn 1
Fowarding 5 Autumn 2
Business Systems in Logistics 5 Autumn 2
Warehousing and Optmization 5 Spring 3
Supply Chain Management 5 Spring 3

Marketing (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Strategic Marketing and Research 5 Autumn 1
Digital Commerce 5 Autumn 1      
Consumer Behaviour 5 Autumn 2
Digital Marketing Landscape 5 Autumn 2
Growth Marketing 5 Spring 3
Market Communication and Branding  5 Spring 3

Financial Management (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Financial Accounting 5 Autumn 1
Management Accounting 5 Autumn 1
Business Systems in Finance Management 5 Autumn 2
Corporate Finance 5 Autumn 2
Financial Analysis  5 Spring 3
Budgeting and Management Reporting  5 Spring 3

Tourism (autumn 20 ECTS, spring 10 ECTS)

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Tourism in Contemporary World 5 Autumn 1
Environmental and Social Responsibility 5 Autumn 1
Digital Service Development 5 Autumn 2
Hospitality Management   5 Autumn 2
Distribution channels  5 Spring 3
Destination Management 5 Spring 3

III. Development studies

Please choose one of the modules below.

Finnish Language (autumn 10 ECTS, Full year 15 ECTS)

Please note that each level is a prerequisite to the next level eg. you can only take Finnish 3 after you have completed Finnish I and II or equivalent levels if you have studied Finnish previously.

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Finnish for Beginners I 5 Autumn 1
Finnish for Beginners II 5 Autumn 2
Finnish for Beginners III 5 Spring 3

Entrepreneurship (spring 15 ECTS)

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Entrepeneurship 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 10 Spring 3 & 4
Service Management and CRM 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 10 Autumn 1 & 2
Sustainable Packing 5 Autumn 2

Swedish for beginners

Please note that each level is a prerequisite to the next level eg. you can only take Swedish 2 after you have completed Swedish 1 or equivalent levels if you have studied Swedish previously.

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Swedish for beginners 1 5 Autumn 1
Swedish for beginners 2 5 Autumn 2
Swedish for beginners 1 5 Spring 3
Swedish for beginners 2 5 Spring 4

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).

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.

Please note that there are no courses offered during spring!

Sport and Health promotion 2021-22

This course list is put together for the incoming exchange students in Sports and Health promotion.

Please 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 2021

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Anatomy and Physiology 5 Autumn 1
Models in Health Promotion 5 Autumn 2
Advanced Studies in Sport coaching and fitness testing 5 Autumn 2
Coaching Techniques 5 Autumn  1
Individual workplace practice 5-15 Autumn  

Language Courses

Course name ECTS Semester
Finnish for Beginners I 5 Autumn
Finnish for Beginners II 5 Autumn
Swedish for Beginners I 5 Autumn
Swedish for Beginners II 5 Autumn

Spring 2022

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Special Sports and Physical Activities 5 Spring 3
Health Promotional Leadership 5 Spring 3
Health Care and Health Promotion 5 Spring 3 + 4
Physical Activity 5 Spring 3 + 4
Individual workplace practice 5-15 Spring  

Language Courses

Course name ECTS Semester
Swedish for Beginners I 5 Spring
Swedish for Beginners II 5 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

Occupational therapy

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) 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.

Materials Processing Technology - 2021/22

Course list

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
Mechanics 5 Autumn 1
Mathematical Modelling 5 Spring 3

Materials Processing

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Structural Composites 5 Autumn 1-2
Additive Manufacturing 5 Autumn 2

Materials

Course name ECTS Semester Periods
Fluid Mechanics 5 Autumn 2
Surface Properties 5 Spring 4
Thermomechanical Properties 5 Spring 4

Design

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Mechanics of Materials II 5 Autumn 2
Product Design 5 Autumn 1-2
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) 5 Spring 3
Mechanics of Materials 1 5 Spring 3
Finite Element Method 5 Spring 4

Advanced Materials & Design

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Project 15 (5-15) Autumn or Spring 1, 2, 3

Circular Economy for Engineers

Course Name ECTS Semester Period
Sustainable Engineering 5 Autumn 1
Circular Economy 5 Autumn 2
Life Cycle Assessment 5 Spring 3

Thesis work

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Data Analysis  (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 5 Autumn 1
Finnish for beginners II 5 Autumn 2
Finnish for beginners III 5 Spring 3
Swedish for beginners I 5 Autumn 1
Swedish for beginners II 5 Autumn 2
Swedish for beginners 1 External link 5 Spring 3
Swedish for beginners 2 External link 5 Spring 4

Energy and Environmental Engineering - 2021/22

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

Energi- och Miljöteknik

Culture and Media

Culture and Media - 2021/22

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:

Autumn 2021

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Project Management in the Cultural and Creative Industry  (5 ECTS + posibility to do interniship 5-10 ECTS) 5-15 Autumn 1 + 2
Critical Media Analysis 5 Autumn 2

Spring 2022

Course name ECTS Semester Period
Innovation and Concepts (NB: This course is cancelled!) 5 Spring 3
Trends in Art and Culture 5 Spring 3
Culture Economy and Leadership 10 Spring 4
Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries
NB! The course will be taught in both English and Swedish. Some lectures are only taught in Swedish.		 5 Spring 4
Structuring Information  (prerequisites Web Design Foundations, or equivalent) (NB: This course is cancelled!) 5 Spring 4
Critical Media Laboratory 10 Spring 3-4

Language Courses Autumn 2021 and Spring 2022

For additional credits during the year, please choose electives offered by other Departments. We suggest:

Finnish for Beginners I, 5 ECTS, Autumn

Finnish for Beginners II, 5 ECTS, Autumn

Swedish for Beginners I, 5 ECTS, Autumn

Swedish for Beginners II, ECTS, Autumn

Swedish for Beginners I, 5 ECTS, Spring

Swedish for Beginners II, 5 ECTS, Spring

 

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 2022.