International Sign 5 ECTS, Autumn 2024

Kaksi piirrettyä hahmoa pitää käsissään puhekuplia ja lintu puhuu

Key contents

  • Status and definition of International signing
  • Common internationally agreed signs
  • Gestures and constructed action
  • Getting to know different sign languages
  • Utilization of multimodal resources
  • Opening the meaning of concepts
  • Differences between cultures
  • Deaf communities in the world, transnationality
  • Working in a multilingual and multicultural environment

Conditions of precedence

Basic skills of some sign language and English (written)

Additional information

The student must have a computer and a working network connection. Completing the course requires recording videos.

NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.

Studies Open University of Applied Sciences
Method of instruction Hybrid/Online course
Study period 16.09.2024-15.12.2024
Schedule and teaching methods Language of the course is mainly International Sign.

There are 10 different tasks in Hoodle which should be completed in addition to teaching.

Topics of all tasks will be first handled in teachings.

Teaching will be held in class room and online simultaneously so outsiders can participate via Zoom.

  • 1 ECTS teaching (10 x 2 hours) / hybrid
    • 09.09.2024 08.30 – 10.00 Helsinki campus
    • 20.09.2024 09.00 – 10.30 Helsinki campus
    • 21.10.2024 14.30 – 16.00 Helsinki campus
    • 28.10.2024 14.30 – 16.00 Helsinki campus
    • 04.11.2024 14.30 – 16.00 Helsinki campus
    • 15.11.2024 08.30 – 10.00 Helsinki campus
    • 18.11.2024 14.30 – 16.00 Helsinki campus
    • 25.11.2024 14.30 – 16.00 Helsinki campus
    • 27.11.2024 14.15 – 15.45 Helsinki campus
    • 03.12.2024 08.30 – 10.00 Helsinki campus
  • 4 ECTS independent studying
    • Task pack in Hoodle
    • International signing exam and self assessment

NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.
Registration period 01.08.2024-06.09.2024 at 23:59:00
Contact person Juha Manunen (firstname.lastname@humak.fi)
General information Contact Open UAS student administration for matters regarding registration, payment, certificates:
avoinamk@humak.fi
tel. +358 29 451 9230

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