Outline for the Master’s Thesis (5cr)
Code: BJ00DK70-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 28.08.2023 - 06.09.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 28.08.2023 - 24.05.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Master School
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Master’s Degree Programme in Applied Gerontology
- Teachers
- Katri Turunen
- Merja Hoffrén-Mikkola
- Leena Elenius
- Katariina Perttula
- Kari Jokiranta
- Course
- BJ00DK70
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
• knows the whole process of a working life-oriented research and development and the characteristics of scientific knowledge
• can brainstorm, choose and narrow down a thesis topic that supports one's own learning and growing as an expert and is oriented towards working life
• identify the main sources of information and to evaluate their credibility, and use them effectively for the theoretical basis of the thesis
• can critically evaluate research and expert knowledge and use it in accordance with research ethics and the practicality of good scientific practice
• is able to use of sources and the technique of referencing sources
• knows how to write a topical text that meets scientific writing both in terms of language and structure
Content
• Scientific knowledge and general features of research
• Good scientific practice and research ethics
• Information search and critical evaluation of information
• Thesis process, thesis contract, research permit and ethical pre-assessment as well as data protection issues
• Structure and language of scientific text, use of sources and documentation
• Selection, limitation and justification of the topic of the thesis
Materials
Hakala, Juha T. 2022. Hyvä, parempi, valmis — Opinnäyteopas ammattikorkeakouluille. Gaudeamus
Teaching methods
Lähiopetus (luennot), Itsenäinen opiskelu (tiedonhankinta, opinnäytetyösuunnitelma), seminaari
Student workload
26 h kontaktiopetusta, 109 h itsenäistä työskentelyä.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The Master's Thesis will be assessed following Seinäjoki UAS thesis assessment criteria (1-5).
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The Master's Thesis will be assessed following Seinäjoki UAS thesis assessment criteria (1-5).
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The Master's Thesis will be assessed following Seinäjoki UAS thesis assessment criteria (1-5).
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The Master's Thesis will be assessed following Seinäjoki UAS thesis assessment criteria (1-5).