Languages, Culture and Communication Studies & International Business Communication Skills minor studies

The Language Culture and Communication studies are made up of language courses of your choosing. It is recommended to begin completing these courses immediately in your first year of studies thus enabling you to achieve higher levels.

Language and communication studies which are included in the Languages Communication and Culture package (KieKuVi) are: Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, French, Russian, Swedish, German, Ukrainian, Finnish as a second language, Finnish and Communication. Through applying for credit transfer in Peppi, you can also include language and communication studies which you have completed in other universities. Language studies completed in a student exchange program are also included. You cannot include theoretical courses in communications, cultures and linguistics into the KieKuVi package.

The number of credits which you can include in the Languages Culture and Communication package varies by faculty. Be aware that you cannot include the courses which you have included or will include in your mandatory foreign language requirement of your degree. The service desk of your faculty will collate your studies to ensure that you have completed the required amount of courses.

The course descriptions for the courses in the Languages Culture and Communication studies can be found in Peppi and Tuudo.

Contact Person: Marja Pohjola-Effe

The minor for students in the Oulu Business School is made up of courses of your choosing and it is 25 credits in scope. The maximum amount of new languages that you can begin to learn and include in this minor is two. So this means that you can include the Beginners courses for two different languages. Be aware that if you complete the Beginners course 1 in a language, you must also complete the Beginners course II. You cannot complete only the Beginners course I.

When you choose to complete this minor, you are allowed to include beginner-level courses of one language, up to 7 credits worth, in your mandatory foreign language requirement which is 11 credits, if you continue to study the same language to a higher level. And if you continue to study that same language for another possible 7 credits worth, you can include the excess credits in the minor package.

If you begin to learn a new language or two and complete the beginners-level course, you should begin these studies in the autumn of your first year. Remember that if you complete the Beginners course 1 in a language, you must also complete the Beginners course II. You cannot complete only the Beginners course I.

If you continue your studies in a language which you began to learn earlier, you can continue those studies in that language by determining your level and joining the appropriate course. You can do this already in your first year of studies. If you are unsure what you level is, contact the teacher of that language and you will determine this together.

Through applying for credit transfer, you can also include language and communication studies which you have completed in other universities. Language studies completed in a student exchange program are also included. The level of your credit transfer courses must be B2-C1 in English and Swedish and they must be made up of similar content and level to the courses offered for your degree program.

Be aware that you cannot include the courses which you have included or will include in your mandatory foreign language requirement of your degree which consists of 11 credits. The service desk of your faculty will collate your studies to ensure that you have completed the required amount of courses.

Courses which you can choose for your minor are at the following link:

• See the description for the minor studies here: International Business Communication Skills (Language minor for OBS students) | Opinto-opas (oulu.fi)
• See the list of courses for the minor here and the courses which are not at the following link are listed below: OBS Language and Communication Courses 2023-2024 | Opinto-opas 2023-2024 (oulu.fi)

902129Y Legal English for Business Purposes 1-4 credits

The course descriptions for the courses in the Languages Culture and Communication studies can be found in Peppi and Tuudo.

Contact Person: Marja Pohjola-Effe