Students begin preparing the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) and career plan at the start of their studies on the Development as an Expert course. They 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.
In the PLP, students determine the progress of their studies, the studies to be completed and relevant schedules. Students include in the PLP all compulsory basic and vocational studies, practical training and the thesis. Additionally, students can include optional and elective studiesin 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 other degree programmes and the common courses offering of the university of applied sciences. Other institutions of higher education are also providing an increasing number of courses to complement your studies and career plan. Students can search for online studies that are suitable for them, for example, on CampusOnline.fi, a common digital study offering portal for UAS.
With the help of students' PLP, the students and their career tutor will monitor the progress of their studies, based on which their learning and development needs can be supported in a more individual manner. The PLP and the career plan are updated in the PLP discussion held with the career tutor annually. Students bear the responsibility for completing and monitoring their studies, but student guidance and support services is available throughout studies.
The PLP tool can be found in Peppi. The programme opens the curriculum approved in the year the student started their studies, based on which they can begin preparing the PLP.