Thesis Seminar 2 (3 cr)

Code: 7S-58-3027

General information

Enrolment period: 02.09.2020 - 30.09.3020; Registration for the implementation has begun.

Timing: 02.11.2020 - 31.12.2020; Implementation has ended.

Credits: 3 cr

Virtual portion: 3 cr

Unit: Social Services

Campus: TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers: Ulla-Maija Koivula; 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

Location and time

2.11 klo 13-16 - lähi- vai etäopetus päätetään koronatilanteen perusteella lokakuussa
9.11 klo 13-16
23.11 klo 13-16
7.12 klo 13-16
11.1. 2021 13-16
Opintojaksoon kuuluu myös englanninkielinen tiedonhaku Uman ryhmälle 26.10, ks lukujärjestys

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Oman opinnäytetyösuunnitelman esittäminen ja toisen opiskelijan suunnitelman opponointi. Läsnäolo pakollinen.