School of Business awarded the Courses of the Year
Teaching is the most important means of creating societal impact since knowledge in business and economics is transferred to the society through teaching and students.
鈥淲e wanted to emphasize the central role of teaching at our school by selecting a Course of the Year from each study programme鈥, Timo Saarinen, vice dean for teaching and learning explains. 鈥淎t the School of Business we are happy to have many teachers who are very eager to develop and renew their teaching.鈥
The Courses of the Year 2018 we selected among the candidates nominated by the Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 programmes, and the teachers were rewarded with diplomas.
Bachelor鈥檚 programme in Finnish:
The foundations of finance (Rahoituksen perusteet): Peter Nyberg, Mikael Paaso
Master鈥檚 programmes:
Accounting: Capital Budgeting / Jari Huikku.
Finance: Advanced Financial Econometrics / Matthijs Lof
Economics: Applied Microeconomics 1 / Tuomas Pekkarinen
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management: Master鈥檚 Thesis Seminar / Ewald Kibler
Business Development Project: Perttu K盲h盲ri, teacher in charge, Nina Granqvist, Laura Peni, Pekka P盲lli, Iiris Saittakari, Patrick Shulist
Master鈥檚 Programme in Global Management: Capstone: CEMS Business Project: Rita J盲rventie-Tesleff, Arja Sahlberg
International Design Business Management: IDBM Challenge / Miikka Lehtonen
Information and Service Management: 30E03000 Data Science for Business I / Pekka Malo, Anton Frantsev, Johanna Bragge
Marketing: Customer Experience Management / Juho-Petteri Huhtala
Management and International Business: Doing Business in Russia / Paulina Junni
Business Law (Yritysjuridiikka): Competition Law I (Kilpailuoikeus I) / Petri Kuoppam盲ki
Creative Sustainability: How to Change the World: Innovating toward sustainability / Minna Halme, Marleen Wierenga
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