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Thesis Seminar 2 (3 cr)

Code: 7S-58-3021

General information


Enrolment period
02.07.2018 - 30.12.2018
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
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Minna Putous
Kirsi Saarinen
Raija Yliniemi
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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