COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

MAKING YOUR SUBJECT CHOICES

The booklet High School Courses is to help students make their study program. It includes information on subjects and their courses, a curriculum outline of compulsory and elective courses on the national curriculum (tuntijako) and sets out options for the AICE diploma.

A companion booklet GENERAL INFORMATION offers information and advice to help you make making the most of your academic life at Eira High School for Adults. It contains essential information on course enrollment, integrating studies in Finnish and English, information on registration and requirements for AICE Diploma.

The student counselor is there to plan your personal study program.

Starting your studies in period 1

There is an orientation day for new students in the beginning of school year.

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Compulsory and elective courses

 

The Finnish national curriculum requires the completion of 44 courses. These comprise compulsory and elective courses set out by law. The elective courses are 'in depth' courses. In addition there are elective school based courses. These courses are designed by the school.

High School Studies in English cover many of the compulsory courses and in depth courses on the national curriculum. Courses leading to the AICE Diploma are school based courses.

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High School Course Descriptions

 

Here you can download the High School Courses to your own computer.

The file is in PDF format, thus you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free.

You can download the Win9x, NT and W2K versions of Acrobat from here. It can be downloaded directly from Adobe, too. It's a large file.

You can also pick up the booklet from the School Office or order it by emailing toimisto@eiraedu.com

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Individual Subject Certificates

 

All students at Eiran aikuislukio are enrolled to take the Finnish matriculation examination in Finnish. Courses on the High School side, as we the curriculum taught in English, is open to all students enrolled in the lukio who have sufficient English language skills. Generally, the grade for English should be at least 8. Such students can participate in AICE courses and also take individual AICE examinations if they wish. Students studying wholly in English take the full AICE Diploma. For further information contact one of the student counsellors.

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The AICE Diploma Group Certificate

 

AICE is a 'group' certificate, awarded on the basis of a broad and balanced curriculum of six full-credit courses or their equivalent. Each full-credit course represents at least 216 hours of specialised subject teaching at Eira High School for Adults. The credits have to be distributed over the three groups listed below.

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AICE Diploma requirements – The system of subject credits

 

The six credits can be obtained as single or double credits. Single credits are for subjects examined at AS level. In some cases double credits, which are in depth extension examinations, can be achieved in one subject. These are referred to as A level. Points are awarded for each credit and then totalled. Diplomas are awarded at pass, merit and distinction levels.

Subjects are chosen from three groups

 

Group A

• Maths and Sciences - Mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, thinking skills and psychology (which can also be considered a group C subject)

Group B

• Languages - English, Finnish as a second language. (French and German are both evening courses, not suitable for beginners)

Group C

• Arts and Humanities - Art, history, geography, sociology (next 2005-2006), business studies, literature in English

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Finnish language

 

Finnish is available at all levels. Eiran Aikuislukio currently has the sole right to offer Cambridge University ’s AS level Finnish as a foreign language examination. The subject shares its syllabus with Finnish as a second language, a subject required for the High School Leaving Certificate – päättötodistus.

 

 

More information

Aila Haapaniemi, student counsellor
aila.haapaniemi@eiraedu.com
tel. 09 - 4542 2726

 

 

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