Bachelor’s Thesis (15 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

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.
Planning of the Thesis Work
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.
Execution of the Thesis Work:
The student will be able to
• 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.
Reporting and Usefulness of the Thesis and Maturity Test:
The student will be able to
• 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

Planning of the Thesis Work. Execution of the Thesis Work. Reporting and Usefulness of the Thesis and Maturity Test.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, 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. The student has passed the maturity test.

Assessment criteria, 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. The student has passed the maturity test.

Assessment criteria, 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. The student has passed the maturity test.