| Course code | KKM004 |
| Name of the course | Academic Writing and Critical Thinking |
| Languages of instruction | English |
| Specification | for Cultural Management major |
| Teaching staff | Auli Annukka Irene Jyrämä |
| Responsible staff member | Kai Kiiv |
| Graded or pass/fail examinations | grading | grading | grading |
| Semester | autumn | spring | autumn |
| ECTS | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Total ECTS | 12 ECTS |
| Total amount | 190.0 academic hours |
Course aims
The course on academic writing and critical thinking focuses to build knowledge and capabilities for the students engaged in research, it builds students' understanding of academic work, literature, the ways to evaluate the quality of academic research, as well as skills and ways of doing academic research. In addition, it provides means to conduct and evaluate market-based research.
Learning outcomes
Understand and apply various research methods;
Use appropriate research methods to find, formulate and solve a practical or theoretical cultural management-related problem or issue;
Conduct empirical research and analysis, both in academic and market study contexts.
Review the results and formulate proposals for a given cultural management-related research problem or issue;
Write about the methods, process, and analysis results of cultural management research in English Present and defend the thesis verbally in front of the committee.
