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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
ACC.020

Independent Accessibility Project Work, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)
Course code
ACC.020
Language of instruction
English, Finnish
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
Pass-Fail
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Markku Turunen
Responsible teacher:
Maija Hirvonen
Responsible teacher:
Camilla Lindholm, until 31.12.2023
Responsible teacher:
Pauliina Baltzar
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Communication Sciences Studies 100 %

During the course, you will deepen your knowledge and skills of accessibility. We assume you have completed the course Fundamentals of Accessibility and at least 10 credits from the course Methods and Technologies of Accessibility and Their Evaluation. 

During the course, you will carry out a project individually or in groups (you have to find your own group). The project can relate to, for example, the evaluation of a website or making a cultural event accessible. We have a set of enthusiastic stakeholders with whom you can work with or you can have your own partner/company as a collaboration partner. The project can be done in English or in Finnish depending on your partner. 

 The project can either be a practical implementation (e.g. taking actual measures to make an event accessible, or modifying a website to make it more accessible) or it can be a report/a plan that you produce for your partner, explaining the measures that would need to be taken to make a particular service or product more accessible (it would then be up to the partner to decide whether they want to carry it out). In both cases, you are required to write a project plan (beforehand) and a project report (afterwards) that you hand in to the course coordinator for evaluation. 

Learning outcomes
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Independent study

01.08.2024 31.12.2024
Active in period 1 (1.8.2024–20.10.2024)
Active in period 2 (21.10.2024–31.12.2024)
01.01.2025 31.07.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Active in period 5 (1.6.2025–31.7.2025)