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Implementing the Master’s Thesis (10 cr)

Code: S000EQ78-3003

General information


Enrollment

27.11.2023 - 10.12.2023

Timing

01.01.2024 - 31.07.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

School of Wellbeing

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Elderly Care - Human Ageing and Services

Teachers

  • Sari Helenius
  • Marianne Roivas
  • Tuula Mikkola
  • Mia Rosenström
  • Tuomas Leisti

Teacher in charge

Tuula Mikkola

Groups

  • S1623S6
    Vanhustyön tutkinto-ohjelma ylempi

Objective

Upon completion of the course, the students know how to
• make justified choices during the different stages of the final thesis
• act independently as the experts of the field as well as the developers and reformers of the work life.

Content

• Implementing research and development process of the Master’s thesis

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluation criteria, see the curriculum attachment
The targets of the evaluation for the Master’s thesis are:
- Description and significance of research and development needs
- Objectives of the thesis
- Knowledge base of the thesis
- Selected methods and implementing the thesis
- Results, interpretation and conclusions
- The thesis process as a whole, taking responsibility for one's own process
- Reliability and ethics of the thesis
- Communication, language and layout of the thesis report

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Evaluation criteria, see the curriculum attachment.
The targets of the evaluation for the Master’s thesis are
Description and significance of research and development needs
- Objectives of the thesis
- Knowledge base of the thesis
- Selected methods and implementing the thesis
- Results, interpretation and conclusions
- The thesis process as a whole, taking responsibility for one's own process
- Reliability and ethics of the thesis
- Communication, language and layout of the thesis report

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Evaluation criteria, see the curriculum attachment.
The targets of the evaluation for the Master’s thesis are
Description and significance of research and development needs
- Objectives of the thesis
- Knowledge base of the thesis
- Selected methods and implementing the thesis
- Results, interpretation and conclusions
- The thesis process as a whole, taking responsibility for one's own process
- Reliability and ethics of the thesis
- Communication, language and layout of the thesis report

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Evaluation criteria, see the attachment to the curriculum.
The targets of the evaluation for the Master’s thesis are
Description and significance of research and development needs
- Objectives of the thesis
- Knowledge base of the thesis
- Selected methods and implementing the thesis
- Results, interpretation and conclusions
- The thesis process as a whole, taking responsibility for one's own process
- Reliability and ethics of the thesis
- Communication, language and layout of the thesis report