Thesis Plan (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- can use national and international information sources in planning their bachelor’s thesis
- can use applicable information critically
- know copyrights and respect them
- can consider research-related and field-specific ethical principles
- can select and define a working life oriented thesis topic which supports their learning
- can make a thesis plan in accordance with TAMK’s thesis guidelines and justify their choices
- know applicable research methods of the field of education
- can choose suitable data collection and analysis methods for the thesis
- know the meaning of evidence-based operation in the field of education

Content (course unit)

Course is accepted when at least thesis plan and thesis contract or permit are accepted.

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
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

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
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criteria can be found from TAMK's web pages: https://intra.tuni.fi/en/handbook?page=3104
General rating of thesis will be given in the end of the process.

Location and time

Spring 2025- spring 2026.

Assessment methods and criteria

Please see intra's evaluation criteria for Research.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Orientation lessons ( mandatory), online workshop (mandatory), idea workshop ( mandatory), data search class with an information specialist, data search task, team work with a cowriter, tutorials with thesis supervisor, Manuscript seminar (mandatory), Presentation seminar (mandatory), maturity test ( independently), peer reviewing, creating a poster.

Learning materials

Fain, James. Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research, 5e. F. A. Davis Company, 2017.
Curtis E, Drennan J (eds.) (2013) Quantitative health research: Issues and methods. Open University Press, Maidenhead. eBook.

Denzin NK & Lincoln YS (eds.) (2018) The SAGE handbook of qualitative research. SAGE, Los Angeles.

Kyngäs H, Mikkonen K, Kääriäinen M (eds.) (2020) The application of content analysis in nursing science research. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Polit DF & Beck CT (2017) Nursing research: generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia.


The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland 2023 (PDF)

Glasper, Edward Alan, and Colin Rees. Nursing and Healthcare Research at a Glance. Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Student workload

The thesis equals 15 credits = 405 hours

Content scheduling

Orientation phase spring 2025, Implementation phase fall 2025, Presentation phase spring 2026.

Completion alternatives

Accreditation is possible if previous bachelor's /master's/ doctoral thesis within 10 years.

Further information

Orientation, BT moodle, and Student Guide will provide more information.