Experiences of academic advising at Master's level in multicultural groups

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A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

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Proceedings of the 45th SEFI Annual Conference 2017 - Education Excellence for Sustainability, SEFI 2017, pp. 811-818

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This work deals with academic advising in the Master's level studies in the Master's Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering in Aalto University where one third of students entering the Master's level take their Bachelor's degree outside our university either in Finland or abroad. Surveys among the students and the academic advisors were performed in order to find out the common practises, experiences and expectations of the current state of the academic advising in our Master's degree programs. It was found out that the students are offered academic advising but all students don't take advantage of it. The students are mostly expecting the academic advisors to support them in the planning their studies, finding Master's thesis positions and topics and finding their professional strengths. The results of this study are used to further develop the academic advising practises in our school.

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Pietikäinen, P S & Karinen, R S 2017, Experiences of academic advising at Master's level in multicultural groups. in Proceedings of the 45th SEFI Annual Conference 2017 - Education Excellence for Sustainability, SEFI 2017. Société européenne pour la formation des ingénieurs, pp. 811-818, Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Angra do Heroismo, Portugal, 18/09/2017.