Bachelor`s Thesis and Maturity Test (15 ECTS)

Location and time

To be agreed with tutor

Materials

Thesis -wikipage (literature and materials) https://wiki2.metropolia.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30245727
Departments Thesis guide https://sites.google.com/metropolia.fi/opinnayteohjeita

Employer connections

To be agreed with tutor

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assessment throuhg Wihi-system accordint to assesment criteria defined by Metropolia

Teaching methods

Thesis tutoring
Independet work

Further information

Professional competence and development
• significance for the profession and the connection to professional practices
• utilization of professional knowledge
• development of professional competence
• applicability in professional life

The methods used and the results obtained
• reliablility and ethics
• validity and innovation
• the usefulness of results
• the management of the thesis process and the development work

Communication and presentation
• structure and form
• the use of standard and professional language
• the focus, clarity and consistency of the text and expressions
• critical, analytical and reflective nature of communication
• argumentation and use of reference sources

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student can
- plan and scope the subject matter satisfactorily
- select a subject that is somewhat significant and topical in the profession and working life
- use their professional knowledge base satisfactorily for the purposes of the final project
- develop professional expertise in their field satisfactorily
- create in the final project satisfactory new and significant solutions in the field and working life
- define satisfactorily the purpose, targets and research or development items of the final project
- apply work procedures and methods satisfactorily
- combine satisfactorily the chosen procedures and working methods with regard to the final project targets
- report the results/product satisfactorily -
report satisfactorily on the applicability of the results/product with regard to other situations and environments
- work satisfactorily in accordance with research and development and professional ethics principles
- assess satisfactorily the work's reliability, ethical aspects and the process
- work reasonably responsibly, independently and in cooperation with others, adhering to any agreed issues and timetables
- produce a satisfactory final project, the structure and form of which are in line with its purpose, targets and research or development items
- use satisfactorily the appropriate professional language in the final project
- communicate satisfactorily about the final project and its results to the target groups
- provide satisfactory grounds for and an assessment of the professional actions, solutions and results
- apply evidence-based source material satisfactorily
- follows satisfactorily the instructions regarding referencing

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student can
- plan and scopethe subject matter well
- select a subject that is quite significant, topical and demanding in the profession and working life
- use their professional knowledge base well for the purposes of the final project - develop professional expertise in their field well
- create in the final project good new and significant solutions in the field and working life
- define well the purpose, targets and research or development items of the final project
- apply work procedures and methods well
- combine well the chosen procedures and working methods with regard to the final project targets
- report the results/product well
- report well on the applicability of the results/product with regard to other situations and environments
- work well in accordance with research and development and professional ethics principles
- assess well the work's reliability, ethical aspects and the process
- work very responsibly, independently and in cooperation with others, adhering to any agreed issues and timetables
- use well the appropriate professional language in the final project -
communicate well about the final project and its results to the target groups -provide good grounds for and an assessment of the professional actions, solutions and results
- apply evidence-based source material well
- follows well the instructions regarding referencing

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student can
- plan and scope the subject matter extremely well
- select a subject that is extremely significant, topical and demanding in the profession and working life
- use their professional knowledge base excellently for the purposes of the final project
- develop professional expertise in their field excellently
- create in the final project excellent new and significant solutions in the field and working life
- define excellently the purpose, targets and research or development items of the final project
- apply work procedures and methods excellently
- combine excellently the chosen procedures and working methods with regard to the final project targets
- report excellently on the applicability of the results/product with regard to other situations and environments
- work excellently in accordance with research and development and professional ethics principles
- assess excellently the work's reliability, ethical aspects and the process
- work extremely responsibly, independently and in cooperation with others, adhering to any agreed issues and timetables
- produce an excellently final project, the structure and form of which are in line with its purpose, targets and research or development items
- use excellently the appropriate professional language in the final project
- communicate excellently about the final project and its results to the target groups
- provide excellent grounds for and an assessment of the professional actions, solutions and results
- apply evidence-based source material excellently - follows excellently the instructions regarding referencing