Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

3. Reporting and Evaluating the Thesis (after gate 5 and final evaluation), 5c
Goals and contents
- producing a Master’s thesis and relevant materials, which follow TAMK’s instructions and research ethical principles
- presenting orally the justification and evaluation of the research methods, implementation, and the results of the thesis.

Content (course unit)

Implementation parts depend on the degree programme
- finalising and publishing the Master’s thesis
- creating a poster
- checking for plagiarism – Turnit
- maturity test
- presenting the thesis in the evaluation situation
- written peer evaluation (will there be time for oral evaluation during the presentations also)

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.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Personal advising and seminars.

Learning materials

1) Ojasalo – Moilanen – Ritalahti (2009 tai uudempi). Kehittämistyön menetelmät: uudenlaista osaamista liiketoimintaan. Helsinki: WSOYpro.
2) Toikko – Rantanen (2009 tai uudempi). Tutkimuksellinen kehittämistoiminta: näkökulmia kehittämisprosessiin, osallistamiseen ja tiedontuotantoon. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
3) Menetelmäopetuksen tietovaranto MOTV. [online]. http://www.fsd.uta.fi/menetelmaopetus/
4) Metodix – Metoditietämystä kaikille. [online]. http://metodix.wordpress.com
5) Other material announced in the course.

Supporting Moodle-course.

Content scheduling

Thesis seminars according to separately given timetable.
- Presenting thesis in progress or finished thesis
- Commenting other students' thesis

Maturity test.

Finalising the Master’s thesis.
- Checking for plagiarism – Turnitin
- Publishing

Further information

The aim of the thesis is to develop working life. It develops and demonstrates the student’s ability for independent, demanding research expert work. The thesis can be done for one's own employer, another client, one's own company or other need for research and development of working life.

Theses are public.