Implementing the Bachelor’s Thesis (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

Students will implement the bachelor’s thesis plan they have prepared and write a final report. They will be able to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the bachelor’s thesis and identify different solutions. They will know how to use English sources of research data.

Content

- Implementation of the bachelor’s thesis with support of industry representatives and instructors.
- Workshops in methodology, academic writing and information gathering
- Preparing a written final report and presenting it in a seminar
- Peer evaluation

Prerequisites

Passed before course beginning:
SX00BU40 Planning of the Bachelor’s Thesis

Teaching methods

Group guidings (4 times) - compulsory
Bachelor's Thesis Workshops (2 times) - compulsory
Bachelor's Thesis - carry out a project and report it

Location and time

In the autumn term 2021
Myllypuro Campus if possible, Teams if needed - to be announced later

Learning materials and recommended literature

Hyvinvointialojen opinnäytetyön työtila (Moodle):
https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=260

Optometrian opinnäytetyötila (Moodle):
https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=1368

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A
If you already have university degree (university or university of applied sciences), contact teachers.

Internship and working life connections

Bachelor's Thesis' collaborators from workforce.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

N/A

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hours
4 x Group guidance = 16 h
2 x Workshops = 8 h
Preparing for guidance = 8 h
Independent work, information search ja project plan (writing) = 103 h

Assessment methods and criteria

All parts are assessed with grading scale pass - to be supplemented.
Passing requires that all parts are passed.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student is able to:
- Apply professional knowledge in the field appropriately
- Use concepts and information in his field systematically
- Argue a course of action on the basis of research information and findings
- Find information and argue the use of his sources
- Work in various duties depending on the assignment
- Define the principles of and requirements for his actions
- Show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- Find out the safety instructions concerning a word assignments and to act accordingly
- Act according to the relevant professional ethical principles
- Plan and guide the operation of multidisciplinary groups
- Communicate about professional issues