Curricula

Objectives

The students demonstrate mastery of their field and good proficiency in Finnish or Swedish. Students who have completed their education in a language other than Finnish can take the maturity test in Finnish or in the language of instruction.

Content

Media bulletin concerning the Master's thesis

Time and location

You will write an internal bulletin from your master thesis and make an oral presentation.

Learning materials and recommended literature

- Your own master thesis
- JAMK open course materials for internal bulletin

Student workload

- Preparation for maturity test 3 hours
- Writing the maturity test 2 hours 15 minutes
- Making oral presentation 30 minutes

Further information for students

The maturity test is assessed by the thesis supervisor and the academic coordinator of the programme who delivers the master thesis seminars

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

The supervisor of the master's thesis will assess content and language of media bulletin.

Note: To pass the test, the length must be 3000-3500 characters.

Things assessed in the text:

1. Content: comprehensibility of the bulletin, key results of the thesis and its usefulness to the field, and competent treatment
2. Language: independence of the text (the content of the bulletin is understandable even if the reader has not read the thesis), consistency of the treatment (the structure of a bulletin), good formal style and error-free language and spelling.

Pass(S):
The content of media bulletin corresponds master's thesis content and language is acceptable in formal style.

Fail (0):
The maturity test does not fulfill Pass level criteria or the title is missing or it is written in I form.

Prerequisites

The master's thesis is being assessed.

Further information

Implementation language: Finnish, Swedish or the language of degree programme (see Degree Regulations).

The 1st supervisor receives and evaluates Master degree student's maturity test.

Supervisors of the degree programme will grade the maturity test.