Bachelor's ThesisLaajuus (15 ECTS)

Objective

The aim of the Bachelor's Thesis is to provide the students with advanced skills, develop purposeful research methods and the competence required in individual work and evaluation. The students demonstrate the competence required by the working life in a selected special field.

Content

The students will demonstrate their skills in seeking and using source material and combining different knowledge acquired from the study modules. At the same time, they will improve their written, visual, and verbal expression. The Bachelor's Thesis has to be connected to planning, research or development projects of working life. The thesis project follows the format of a seminar. After having successfully submitted the Bachelor's Thesis, the students will take the maturity test, in which they will demonstrate their skills in their mother tongue as well as their competence in the field.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1) The student has participated in the tuition connected with the Bachelor's Thesis and seminar work and has left the final Bachelor's Thesis for evaluation. Her/his Bachelor Thesis shows satisfactory skills in a specific professional field. One or several assessment points have notable deficiencies.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3) The student has participated in the tuition connected with the Bachelor's Thesis and seminar work and has left the final Bachelor's Thesis for evaluation. Her/his Bachelor Thesis shows good skills in a specific professional field.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5) The student has participated in the tuition connected with the Bachelor's Thesis and seminar work and has left the final Bachelor's Thesis for evaluation. Her/his Bachelor Thesis shows excellent skills in a specific professional field.

Further information

To be noted in the assessment:
In the assessment of the Bachelor's Thesis the whole final thesis process and all relevant outputs will be taken into notice. The evaluators will take notice of the students' capability to gather, process, and apply knowledge independently; to recognize, specify, and solve professional problems in practical situations; and develop their professional field. In the written part of the Bachelor's Thesis the factual content, the linguistic form, and appearance of the thesis will also be evaluated.

The assessment is based on the written report and a possible product or event, the whole final thesis process, the students' seminar presentation, maturity test, possible background material, written feedback from the client who has ordered the thesis and the information gathered during the supervision of the thesis regarding the students' progress in the different sections of the thesis.

Assessment: satisfactory (1), good (3), excellent (5)