Curricula

Objectives

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

Teaching methods

This implementation is for those students writing their thesis in English.

1. Register for the course by the deadline.

2. All registered students will have access to the Moodle workspace the day after registration closes (not right after you register) and a welcome email will be sent.

3. It is assumed that students have already begun writing the theoretical basis of their thesis in English at this point. Students must compile a document that includes 3-5 pages of theoretical basis text (that include in-text citations and list of references) and return to Moodle by the deadline.

4. Only those students who have successfully completed the document by the deadline will be sent a Zoom invite for the mandatory Kick Off session (1.5 hours).

5. Students work independently online to complete 8 minor tasks in chronological order. The average pace is one minor task a week, but students can complete the tasks at a faster pace.

6. When the 8 minor tasks have been completed, students are eligible to register for the Show What You Know session (small Zoom group where students summarize their results and give feedback to others).

Kick Off sessions, online coaching during the completion of the 8 minor tasks and Show What You Know sessions occur on Mondays in Zoom, 16.00 – 18.00.

This information is also in video format.
https://panopto.jamk.fi/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=29578e67-f6f2-499d-89fc-ae1900da9b61

Further information for students

This implementation is for those students writing their thesis in English.

1. Register for the course by the deadline.

2. All registered students will have access to the Moodle workspace the day after registration closes (not right after you register) and a welcome email will be sent.

3. It is assumed that students have already begun writing the theoretical basis of their thesis in English at this point. Students must compile a document that includes 3-5 pages of theoretical basis text (that include in-text citations and list of references) and return to Moodle by the deadline.

4. Only those students who have successfully completed the document by the deadline will be sent a Zoom invite for the mandatory Kick Off session (1.5 hours).

5. Students work independently online to complete 8 minor tasks in chronological order. The average pace is one minor task a week, but students can complete the tasks at a faster pace.

6. When the 8 minor tasks have been completed, students are eligible to register for the Show What You Know session (small Zoom group where students summarize their results and give feedback to others).

Kick Off sessions, online coaching during the completion of the 8 minor tasks and Show What You Know sessions occur on Mondays in Zoom, 16.00 – 18.00.

This information is also in video format.
https://panopto.jamk.fi/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=29578e67-f6f2-499d-89fc-ae1900da9b61

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Evaluation criteria, pass/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.

Prerequisites

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).