Bachelor's Thesis, Thesis WritingLaajuus (2 cr)
Course unit code: ZZ00BL97
General information
- Credits
- 2 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- English
- Responsible person
- Anna Jokelainen, Opinnäytetyön kirjoittaminen
- Diane Ruppert, Thesis Writing
Objective
You should participate in this course after you have begun the Thesis process in your department and have already written at least three pages of the Knowledge base / Literature review section. The goal of this course is that you can identify your strengths/weaknesses and gather knowledge about formal academic text based on credible sources. You will also analyze the success of your text concerning adherence to APA guidelines and Jamk project reporting instructions.
Competences (Common competencies of Baschelor's Degrees by ARENE):
1. Learning to learn
2. Proactive development
3. Ethics
4. Operating in a workplace
Content
Direct quotations
Paraphrasing
APA citations
Formal academic style
Use of verbs
Flow of academic text
Qualifications
Before registering for the Thesis Writing course, you should have already completed the Research and Development course (5 credits) and the Bachelor’s Thesis Plan (3 credits).
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The course will be marked with a ‘pass’ when all eight analysis templates have been completed successfully and the student has attended the final Show What You Know session.