Bachelor's Thesis (15 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Purpose of the course:
The student prepares a working life oriented thesis as part of their bachelor's degree in which they demonstrate their competence required for expert duties in the field as well as general working life skills.

Course competences
Learning and information management competence
Entrepreneurship, innovation and working community competence
Internationalisation and communications competence
Ethical competence

EUR-ACE accredited degree programmes
Research and information retrieval
Engineering practice
Communication and team-working

Intended learning outcomes:
As a student, you recognise development needs in working life and in your own field. You plan a development assignment or research related to them, which you implement as your thesis. You use reliable and research-based information from different sources in compliance with source criticism and the principles of good scientific practice. In your development assignment or research, you apply your competence in the field as well as your development and research competence. You are able to communicate about your thesis at different stages of the process to different target groups in an illustrative way, both in writing and orally. You act in compliance with the principles of ethical research.

Content

Thesis process and practices (thesis topic proposal, plan, implementation, reporting, publication, open science)
Information seeking and source criticism
Writing the thesis and drawing up a theoretical framework
Thesis assessment

Location and time

Kevät- ja syyslukukausi 2023, opiskelijan oman aikataulun mukaan.

Teaching methods

Ohjattu varhaiskasvatuksen alaan liittyvä opinnäytetyö tai kehittämistehtävä.

Employer connections

Opinnäytetyön tai kehittämistehtävän aiheen tulee liittyä varhaiskasvatukseen tai sosiaalipedagogiseen työhön.

Completion alternatives

Opinnäytetyö tai kehittämistehtävä.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The thesis evaluation criteria at levels adequate 1 and satisfactory 2 are described in the thesis evaluation criteria form.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The thesis evaluation criteria at levels good 3 and very good 4 are described in the thesis evaluation criteria form.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The thesis evaluation criterion at level excellent 5 is described in the thesis evaluation criteria form.

Qualifications

Sufficient familiarity with own professional field and mastery of development and research methods.

Further information

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