Bachelor’s Thesis (15 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The objective of the Bachelor’sThesis 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 appropriatemethods 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

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.

Teaching methods

individual working

Learning materials and recommended literature

Material presented in the thesis info

Alternative completion methods of implementation

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Internship and working life connections

As a rule, theses are written for working life

Exam dates and retake possibilities

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International connections

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Student workload

Thesis 405 h

Content scheduling

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Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation of the thesis 0-5

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the master´s thesis assessment grid (appendix).

Assessment criteria, good (3)

See the master´s thesis assessment grid (appendix).

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

See the master´s thesis assessment grid (appendix).

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

See the master´s thesis assessment grid (appendix).