Siirry suoraan sisältöön

Opinnäytetyö (15 cr)

Code: TX00BU29-3021

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2019 - 31.12.2020

Timing

01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

15 op

RDI portion

15 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

(2016-2018) Puhtaat teknologiat

Campus

Leiritie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 90

Degree programmes

  • Bio- ja kemiantekniikan tutkinto-ohjelma

Teachers

  • Riitta Lehtinen
  • Juha Kotamies
  • Arto Yli-Pentti
  • Eija Koriseva
  • Esa Toukoniitty
  • Timo Laitinen
  • Elina Hovila
  • Timo Seuranen
  • Kai Laitinen
  • Carola Fortelius
  • Pia-Tuulia Laine

Groups

  • TXM17S1
    Bio- ja kemiantekniikan tutkinto-ohjelma

Objective

The objective of the Bachelor’s Thesis is for the student to demonstrate and develop the ability of applying professional skills and knowledge to a practical development assignment or project relevant to the profession and the working life.
In Metropolia’s Bachelor’s Thesis the student learns and carries out development work, which is based on researched knowledge and other evidence and which concerns the development of professional
competences or practices.
On completion of the Bachelor’s Thesis the student will be able to
• identify questions and needs for development in the professional field and the working life and to plan for their solutions
• use reliable and confined information from various sources in the development work
• apply professional skills and knowledge and use appropriate methods for the development task
• execute a development project useful for the working life or the profession in an independent, responsible and collaborative manner
• communicate in different stages of the work both to peers and to other audiences in a clear, well argumented and illustrative manner
• report the results of the work, to assess them and to bring forth proposals for improvement in an appropriate way both in writing and in speech as well as visually.

Content

- ideation, planning work
- applying theory into practice
- argumentation, justifying your own ideas
- methods
- reflection
- problem solving
- writing skills, giving technical presentations
- maturity test

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Thesis planning and work:
- The student can follow the plan and schedule when being guided.
Use of theory and appropriate methods:
- The student can find knowledge of his or her own field to build the theory background for the study, but needs guiding in doing so.
- The student needs guiding to select the appropriate methods to reach the goals of the work.
Gaining results and their significance:
- The student reaches some of the goals of the work and they are to some extent relevant to the professional field.
Usability and feedback from the client:
- The student reaches results which are partially usable by the client.
Conclusions, critical evaluation:
- The student can make some conclusions from the results of the work.
Written report and oral presentation:
- The student can prepare an understandable thesis report using the language guidelines, layout template and instructions.
- The student can present the work orally and communicate in an appropriate way in the presentation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Thesis planning and work:
- The student can create the plan and schedule and follow it through.
Use of theory and appropriate methods:
- The student can find knowledge of his or her own field to build the theory background for the study.
- The student can select the appropriate methods to reach the goals of the work independently and can justify them.
Gaining results and their significance:
- The student reaches the main goals of the work and they are relevant to the professional field.
Usability and feedback from the client:
- The student reaches results which are usable by the client.
Conclusions, critical evaluation:
- The student can make correct and justified conclusions from the results of the work and can reflect on them critically.
Written report and oral presentation:
- The student can prepare a thesis report with an appropriate content and style of presentation. The student can focus the presentation to the reader and its context and can write fluently using the language guidelines. The student can structure the report clearly and logically.
- In the oral presentation the student can communicate in appropriate way and illustrate the speech in multiple ways.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Thesis planning and work:
- The student can create the plan and schedule and follow it independently.
Use of theory and appropriate methods:
- The student structures the theory to support practise. The student uses multiple new sources of information.
- The student can select the appropriate methods to reach the goals of the work and can justify them in a convincing way.
Gaining results and their significance:
- The student reaches the goals of the work. The student has solved a significant technical problem or produced new, significant information to the professional field.
Usability and feedback from the client:
- The student reaches results which are widely usable by the client.
Conclusions, critical evaluation:
- The student can make correct and justified conclusions from the results of the work and can reflect on them critically. The conclusions show the writer's own, new and interesting approach to the professional field.
Written report and oral presentation:
- The student can prepare a professional, fully finalised thesis report with an appropriate style of presentation. The student writes as a professional of the field in an illustrative and interesting way. The student can structure the report in an innovative and clear way.
- In the oral presentation the student can communicate as an expert of the field in an illustrative, interesting way using visual presentation tools.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Thesis planning and work:
- The student can follow the plan and schedule when being guided.
Use of theory and appropriate methods:
- The student can find knowledge of his or her own field to build the theory background for the study, but needs guiding in doing so.
- The student needs guiding to select the appropriate methods to reach the goals of the work.
Gaining results and their significance:
- The student reaches some of the goals of the work and they are to some extent relevant to the professional field.
Usability and feedback from the client:
- The student reaches results which are partially usable by the client.
Conclusions, critical evaluation:
- The student can make some conclusions from the results of the work.
Written report and oral presentation:
- The student can prepare an understandable thesis report using the language guidelines, layout template and instructions.
- The student can present the work orally and communicate in an appropriate way in the presentation.

Further information

The areas and targets in the assessment of the Bachelor’s Thesis
Professional competence and development
• significance for the profession and the connection to professional practices
• utilization of professional knowledge
• development of professional competence
• applicability in professional life
The methods used and the results obtained
• reliablility and ethics
• validity and innovation
• the usefulness of results
• the management of the thesis process and the development work
Communication and presentation
• structure and form
• the use of standard and professional language
• the focus, clarity and consistency of the text and expressions
• critical, analytical and reflective nature of communication
• argumentation and use of reference sources