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The Master's Degreee Programme in IGS will arrange on xx August 2017 an information session for the new students.

The session is compulsory for the new degree students in the Master programme.

The course consists of a pre-assignement and 3x2 hour workshops + online assignments related to each workshop. There are six identical groups in the course, all arranged in the 1 period.

More information and enrolment for the course in advance: http://www.uta.fi/kirjasto/en/courses/basicsofil.html

Enrol for the course in advance in Moodle. Link will be available on course page from 1.9.

Workshops: 1st study period,  weeks 37-39

• Group 1. Tue at 14-16 (12.9., 19.9. and 26.9.)
• Group 2. Wed  at 10-12 (13.9., 20.9. and 27.9.)
• Group 3. Wed  at 16-18 (13.9., 20.9. and 27.9.)
• Group 4. Thu at 10-12 (14.9., 21.9. and 28.9.)
• Group 5. Fri at 12-14 (15.9., 22.9. and 29.9.)
• Group 6. Thu at 16-18 if needed (14.9.,21.9. and 28.9.)

The groups meet 3 times in computer classroom Elina (3022), 3rd floor of Linna building.

This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.

If you wish to complete the course during the academic year 2017-2018, contact the teacher no later than March 15, 2018.

This module (54 hours) is online apart from individual teacher-student tutorials for discussion of the submitted thesis extract. The work consists of readings, group analysis tasks and thesis writing work. Students should take the module after their research proposal has been accepted by their programme and they are about to embark upon the writing of their thesis.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.

6.9. Finland – 100 years of Independency (Seija-Leena Nevala)

13.9. Finnish forests and forestry (Ari Vanamo)

20.9. Finnish Welfare and Social Services (Lina van Aerschot)  

27.9. How to communicate in Finland? (Katja Keisala)

4.10. Finnish Gastronomy (Arja Luiro)

11.10. Technology and Innovation in Finland: Current Issues and Future Challenges (Tomi Nokelainen)

18.10. Boundaries of Finnishness and Ethnic Minorities in Finland (Hannu Sinisalo)

25.10. Finnish Education System (Raisa Harju-Autti)

1.11. Finnish Art History in a Nutshell (Katja Fält)

8.11. Finnish Literature (Toni Lahtinen)

15.11. Finnish Political System (Johanna Peltoniemi)

22.11. About Music Scenes in Finland (Tarja Rautiainen-Keskustalo)

4.12. exam

6.12. no lecture (Finland's Independence Day!)

13.12. exam retake

Enrolment to the course

- TUT and TAMK students: enrolment with electronic form during the enrolment period 25.8.- 5.9.2017
- UTA students: enrolment in NettiOpsu, click below

The course is intended for UTA and TUT students in the Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction and for other students interested in user-centered design and evaluation methods.

This module is made up of class sessions including group work (20 hours), as well as independent out of class tasks (61 hours). The module will be two periods long and will take place in the autumn semester of the first year of the master’s degree programme.

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international UTA Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students. Other degree and exchange students may join if there are free places.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere.
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere.
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students and to the high school students of the UTA Teacher Training School.

In addition, there is a quota of 5 for the Open University students in every group.

Lectures

17.1. Seija-Leena Nevala: Finland – 100 years of Independency

24.1. Lina van Aerschot: Finnish Welfare and Social Services

31.1. Johanna Peltoniemi: Finnish Political System

7.2. Tarja Rautiainen-Keskustalo: About Music Scenes in Finland

14.2. no lecture

21.2. Raisa Harju-Autti: Finnish Education System

28.2. will be confirmed later

7.3. Katja Fält: Finnish Art History in a Nutshell

14.3. Marko Seppänen: Finnish Innovations: Past, Present and Future

21.3. Ari Vanamo: Finnish Forests and Forestry

28.3. no lecture

4.4. Arja Luiro: Finnish Gastronomy

11.4. Hannu Sinisalo: Boundaries of Finnishness and Ethnic Minorities in Finland

18.4. Katja Keisala: How to Communicate in Finland

25.4. Jyrki Jyrkiäinen: Special Features of Finnish Mass Media

2.5. exam

16.5. exam retake

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international UTA Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students. Other degree and exchange students may join if there are free places.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

Course information in Moodle.

Practical implementation:
The course covers different types of human-technology interaction including, e.g., virtual reality, augmented reality, tangible interaction, information visualization, public displays and wearable computing. For each type, an overview of past and current work from scientific literature is discussed and the concept of interaction technique works as the focal point throughout.

The course is graded pass/fail and passing the course requires the completion of weekly design and analysis exercises, giving a presentation on a given research paper, writing a blog post and participating in discussions during the meetings and on-line. Full remote participation is possible with per participant agreement. Meetings will be available on-line. Passing this part of the course will result in 5cu marking which can be expanded to 10cu by completing a project work where a prototype system is developed and evaluated. The project can be done during period IV, or with a special agreement, at later time.

Moodle is used during the course for communication and returning the exercises.

Teaching in period III, optional course work in period IV.

On this course, we dissect and discuss on academic papers (1-3 articles per session) on game design research, especially with a focus on game design epistemology, including seminal and relevant papers on other fields of design and design theory. Before each session, there is a preliminary task with a deadline. In order to pass the course, students need to meet the deadlines, participate to the sessions and conduct a literature review on pre-determined subjects at the end of the course.