Master's Thesis Design (5 cr)
Code: NY00FJ81-3040
General information
- Enrolment period
- 02.08.2023 - 13.09.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.09.2023 - 31.12.2023
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- RDI portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- MD in Media Production
- Campus
- TAMK Mediapolis
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 10 - 25
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Media Production
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.
Location and time
syyskuu 2023 Aloitustehtävä: tutustu ja arvioi kehitystehtäväsi aiheeseen liittyvää YAMK opinnäytetyötä (https://www.theseus.fi/ ) – ja valmistele PP-esitys enintään yhdelle kalvolle 13.9 päivään mennessä.
KE 13.9. klo 13-17 Aloitustehtävä, esitykset, KV-ennakkotehtävän anto
TO 14.9. klo 9–17 Kehittämistyön menetelmät, taustatiedon hankinta, https://libguides.tuni.fi/ kirjallisuuskatsaustehtävän antaminen, tutkimuskirjoittaminen ja aineistonhallinta
TO 18.1. klo 9-12 Taustatietotehtävän ja kirjallisuuskatsausten läpikäynti
TO 14.3. klo 13-17 Opinnäytetyösuunnitelmat: ongelman/tavoitteiden asettelu, tutkimusmenetelmä, aineisto
KE 15.5. klo 9–17 Opinnäytetyöt: taustatieto, menetelmät ja raportointi
TO 16.5. klo 9–17 opinnäyteseminaari jatkuu
Assessment scale
0-5