Master's thesis design (5 cr)
Code: NY00FJ81-3003
General information
- Enrolment period
- 01.01.2021 - 03.02.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2021 - 31.05.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- MD in Health Promotion
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Health Promotion
- Teachers
- Maija Korpikoski
- Sari Räisänen
- Mari Laaksonen
- Minna Koskimäki
- Birgitta Niskanen
- Jouni Tuomi
- Outi Kajula
- Mirva Kolonen
- Minna Törnävä
- Taina Peltonen
- Arja Halkoaho
- Person in charge
- Arja Halkoaho
- Course
- NY00FJ81
Objectives (course unit)
1. Thesis Planning (gates 1-3), 5 cr
Goals and contents
- being able to select and delimit a topic for a working life based thesis, which supports the student’s own learning, and to write a thesis plan according to TAMK’s thesis instructions
- being able to use national and international sources and adhere to copyrights in planning the thesis,
- being able to choose the proper data collection and analysis methods, to consider the matters regarding data protection as well as the ethical principles of the field in question.
Content (course unit)
Implementation parts
- idea paper, data search, preliminary literature review
- thesis plan
- thesis contract/permission
- peer review
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104. In the thesis guide there is seperate master's thesis assessment criteria. During the process 'Thesis plan' is assessed as failed/passed. In the end of the thesis process failed/passed is turned to a general rating.
Exam schedules
- Ideapaperi esittäminen seminaarissa
- tiedonhakutehtävä, alustava kirjallisuuskatsaus
-vertaisarviointi tehty
Assessment scale
Pass/Fail
Teaching methods
Osasuoritukset (vaihtelevat alakohtaisesti)
- Ideapaperi, tiedonhakutehtävä, alustava kirjallisuuskatsaus
- opinnäytetyösuunnitelma
- opinnäytetyösopimus / -lupa
- vertaisarviointi
Learning materials
Omaan opinnäytetyöhön liittyvä kirjallisuus
Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
- hyväksyttävä Ideapaperi esitetty,
- tutkimussuunnitelmaan liittyvä alustava kirjallisuuskatsaus tehty