Thesis Work (15 cr)
Code: 5C00BK82-3003
General information
- Enrolment period
- 02.07.2018 - 10.09.2018
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2018 - 31.07.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 15 cr
- Local portion
- 11 cr
- Virtual portion
- 4 cr
- RDI portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Vehicle Engineering
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Vehicle Engineering, students who began in 2014-2018
- Teachers
- Risto Myllymäki
- Lotta Markkula
- Mika Ijas
- Mikko Ukonaho
- Lasse Hillman
- Jari Puranen
- Jarkko Peltonen
- Tero Kansanaho
- Marko Mäkilouko
- Person in charge
- Marko Mäkilouko
- Course
- 5C00BK82
Objectives (course unit)
The student knows how to
- plan, realize and report a research or a development project dealing with automotives
- draw up questions and structure and direct the thesis process
- position the thesis work in relevant frame of reference using sources related to the topics
- execute the research or development task he/she has chosen by using appropriate methods
- present the results deliberately, ... and ...
- report his/her work in good Finnish language (or English)
Content (course unit)
Information gathering tools and methods
How to use library for help in the thesis work
Research methods
Technical writing and thesis writing
Essay in the native language
Further information
Students on their own initiative get the thesis work assigment from the automotive industry or from the public sector. It is also possible to write a thesis based on student's own ideas, but this is not recommended.
The thesis topic must be in one of the program curriculum's topics. It can be a single project or a part of a larger multifield project.
All thesises are public.