Curricula

Objectives

You will learn to apply in practice the issues taught in professional studies in mechanical engineering, practice in the methods of working in industry and prepare for the typical work tasks of a production engineer. The projects aim to be done in multidisciplinary teams on company-oriented topics.

Engineering practice:
You will be able to identify, formulate and solve simple problems and be able to choose well-established analytical, computational and experimental techniques or methods appropriate to the situation. You know how to combine theory and practice to solve a development problem.

Multidisciplinary Competences:
You will have an awareness of financial, organizational and managerial aspects (such as project management and risk and change management) in an industrial context and business context. You will have the ability to manage complex technical or professional tasks or projects while taking responsibility for decision making.

Communication and team-working:
You will be able to communicate clearly about ideas, problems and solutions in the engineering community and act effectively as an individual and as a member of a team. You can write technical reports

Content

Development project and areas of its implementation such as project plan, goal setting, knowledge base formation, ideation methods, problem solving, presentation of results, reflection on results. Written and oral reporting and writing memos

Learning materials and recommended literature

Project work instructions

Teaching methods

Team work through the whole course done by students. Project work is controlled via Moodle.

The responsible and transparent use of AI applications is encouraged in this course. Instructions for using artificial intelligence can be found in chapter 3.2 (https://help.jamk.fi/raportointiohje/fi/3-kirjoittamisprosessi/tekoalyn-kaytto-oppimistehtavissa-ja-opinnaytetyossa/) of the thesis reporting instructions. If necessary, the instructions for each learning assignment contain more detailed information on how to use it in that particular task.

Practical training and working life connections

The topics of the project work are based on working life and the topics are obtained from companies.

Alternative completion methods

Project work 100 % and compulsory seminar presentation.

Content scheduling

100% project learning. Common contact hours about 5 h, group work, self-study and group-specific supervision a total of 130 h. learning work a total of 135 h

Further information for students

Developmental feedback related to different aspects of the project work is given.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The overall assessment is based on the work of the group, the returnable project folder and the seminar presentation held on the project. The project folder contains: project report, self-assessment, group self-assessment, media release and notes on the project team meeting. In addition, the overall evaluation is affected by the client's evaluation of the project work.

Adequate (1): You have clear lacks in the overall implementation of the project, in the progress of the planned schedule, and you have not been able to utilize the information obtained from other courses in the implementation. You have produced very limited results in line with your goals, your solutions are not justified and your information retrieval has been limited. Your report does not follow JAMK's bachelor thesis guidelines.

Satisfactory (2): You have slight lacks in the overall implementation of the project, the progress of the planned schedule and you have made little use of the information obtained from other courses in the implementation. You have produced limited results compared to your goals, the results are not justified and your information search has been limited. Your report does not follow JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your presentation is reasonably informative.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): You have minor lacks in the overall implementation of the project, the progress of the planned schedule, and you have utilized the information gained from other courses in the implementation. Your work is productive in terms of goals, the results are justified, and your search for information has been varied. Your report has been written in accordance with JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your presentation is informative, knowledgeable and convincing.

Very good (4): You understand the overall implementation of the project, stay on the planned schedule and have made extensive use of information obtained from other courses in the implementation. You have responded comprehensively to your goal setting, the results are well-justified, and your search for information has been extensive. Your report has been written in accordance with JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your presentation is very informative, knowledgeable and convincing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You manage the implementation of the overall project, stay on the planned schedule and have made very extensive use of the information obtained from other courses in the implementation. You have produced very comprehensive results in line with your goals, the results are very well justified and your search for information has been very extensive. Your report has been written in accordance with JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your presentation is very informative, knowledgeable and convincing.

Prerequisites

The students master the basics of their own professional skills.