Planning of the Thesis Work (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

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.

Content

- familiarizing with the Thesis process
- agreement and permit practices
- familiarizing with health care context, and planning co-operation with working life partners
- recognizing developmental needs
- critical literature search in Finnish and English language
- choosing methodology and methods
- focusing Thesis topic
- preparing and presenting Thesis plan
- work shops

Prerequisites

Methods for Research and Development Work 5 ECTS

Teaching methods

Student's independent work, personal supervision

Location and time

Autumn Semester, The 4th semester is recommended. For a justified reason, the starting schedule can be deviated from (e.g. graduation, project work).

Learning materials and recommended literature

Sector-specific, professional literature, research articles of the professional area

Alternative completion methods of implementation

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Internship and working life connections

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Exam dates and retake possibilities

-

International connections

-

Student workload

5 ECTS ca. 135 hours
1 ECTS = 27 hours

Content scheduling

Article manuscript/Literature review is doing as part of the recognition of prior learning process of
the student's thesis.

Assessment methods and criteria

Article manuscript/Literature review will be evaluated when its all parts are ready.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation: Final project (Bachelor's)"

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass, Fail
See the attachment "Framework for evaluation: Final project (Bachelor's)"