Degree Student
PLP and Planning Your Studies
Personal Learning Plan (PLP)
Bachelor's degree students begin preparing the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) and career plan at the start of their studies on Me as a Student in Higher Education course. Students update the plans throughout their studies. Preparing the career plan supports them in understanding their work and study opportunities and making choices that affect their professional career.
Master's degree students make a personal learning plan that is based on their goals for competence development and career advancement.
In the PLP, students plan the progress of their studies, the studies to be completed and the scheduling. Students' PLP is based on studies according to the structure of their degree programme. Additionally, students can include optional and elective studies in the PLP and plan a possible study and/or practical training period abroad as a part of their degree. The offering of optional and elective studies studies varies each academic year.
It is recommended that students take elective studies also from study offerings of other higher education institutions or other Jamk degree programmes. Students can search for online studies that are suitable for them in the cross-institutional studies section of Peppi PLP or, or EduJyväskylä.fi portal. Please, always discuss your plans to study or practice abroad as well as cross-institutional studies with your career tutor.
With the help of the PLP, the students and their career tutor will monitor the progress of studies, based on which their learning and development needs can be supported in a more individual manner. The PLP is updated annually in the PLP discussion held with the career tutor. The career tutor also approves the PLP annually.
Students are responsible for completing and monitoring their studies. Guidance and support services are available throughout the studies.
Students can access their personal learning plan (PLP) on the Peppi Students' Desktop. Students' PLP is based on studies according to the structure of their degree programme.
Students will complete their career plans in the online learning environment Moodle's Me as a Student in Higher Education.
Students can also use the Timetable engine to plan their studies. They can plan their course timetable with the implementations they are thinking of enrolling for.
Flexible Completion of Degree Programmes
All Master's Degree programmes and part of Bachelor's Degree programmes are provided through part-time studies or online learning. Part-time studies include face-to-face teaching, distance learning, online learning, and independent study. In the Master's Degree programmes, the contact periods are arranged in the various fields of study either on two successive weekdays about once a month or in the evenings and at weekends, so you can study flexibly while working. The web-based learning environment supports the completion of studies regardless of time and place.
Some degree programmes are fully implemented online with independent and team-based web studies, webinars, web lectures, presentations and seminars. For online studies, students receive support from the course teacher.
PLP Update in Special Situations
Students need to create or update their PLP, if they
- switch from one degree programme to another within Jamk
- enter Jamk as a transfer student from another institution of higher education
- are unable to complete their studies within the standard study period
- have been unable to carry out their studies for an extension period of time.
The student must contact the study counsellor, career tutor (Bachelor's students) or person in charge of your degree programme (Master's students), if studies recorded in the PLP are no longer available due to e.g. a long absence.
Combining Sports and Education
It is easy to combine top-level sports and study at Jamk. We cooperate with the Jyväskylä Sports Academy and jointly develop flexible ways for this purpose.