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Thesis Seminar 2 (3 cr)

Code: 7S-58-3020

General information


Enrolment period
02.07.2018 - 01.12.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2018 - 31.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
Credits
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Social Services
Teachers
Ulla-Maija Takkunen
Kirsi Saarinen
Course
7S-58

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- can write and present their research plan
- can act as an opponent
- can write the abstract of the thesis in an appropriate style
- know how to use library services to find essential, current, and comprehensive references

Content (course unit)

- Revision of research methods
- Writing a research plan on the basis of an accepted idea paper
- Presenting a preliminary research plan in the seminar
- Acting as an opponent of one research plan
- Supplementing the research plan (comments from teacher, students, and working life supervisor)
- Searching for professional publications in Finnish and English from electronic databases and using them as references for the research plan and thesis (thesis workshop)
- Academic writing (1 cr): academic vocabulary and style, the structure and contents of thesis abstract, passive voice and other impersonal expressions

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