Academic Track Project (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Mentoring sessions will be scheduled separately by academic track teachers in their academic tracks.

Objective

The academic track project aims to develop your research skills by undertaking a real-life research project in connection with your academic track, in which you collect and analyze data and report research results, either individually or in groups. Your academic track teacher automatically becomes the tutor teacher of your academic track project.

The competences to develop are proactive development, learning to learn, and ethics.

Proactive development:
You can apply existing knowledge and utilize relevant research methods including digital technology in development projects. You can interpret new evidence in the light of the existing body of knowledge, make comparisons, and draw inferences.

Learning to learn:
You learn to formulate relevant questions and seek information. You can review relevant theoretical and empirical literature to comprehend diverse perspectives, understand new developments in your field of study, and make informed decisions based thereon. You can acquire the researcher’s mindset to problematize, explore, and understand real-life phenomena.

Ethics:
You understand and apply the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.

Content

Contents of projects are determined according to the contents of your selected academic track.

Materials

The applied track project is related to the academic track. You should benefit from the learning material of your academic track for your applied track project.

Teaching methods

Blended model.

Virtual learning: You will do the assigned project individually or in groups.
Face-to-face learning: There will be mentoring sessions organized by the academic track teachers.

Employer connections

The applied track projects aim to solve real-life problems in business, and they can be assigned by companies.

Exam schedules

There is no exam. Students write project reports and present the project outcomes in their academic tracks.

International connections

The assigned applied track projects can have international connections.

Completion alternatives

You have the right to apply for recognition of your studies if you have prior learning (e.g. university studies completed elsewhere) that can be accredited towards the degree you are currently completing.

The recognition of prior learning is possible in three primary ways: accreditation (replacement or inclusion), recognition of informal learning and studification. More precise info: Jamk Degree Regulations, section 17.

Student workload

Doing the project (includes mentoring sessions, data collection, and data analyses) - 100 hours
Writing project report and making a presentation - 35 hours

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1):
You can review academic literature but fail to apply existing knowledge in a research project. You are aware of relevant research methods including digital technology in development projects. You understand the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.
Satisfactory (2):
You can review academic literature in a relatively systematic manner and attempt to apply existing knowledge in a research project. You attempt to utilize relevant research methods including digital technology in development projects. You understand and attempt to apply the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3):
You can review academic literature in a systematic manner and apply existing knowledge in a research project. You utilize relevant research methods including digital technology in development projects. You understand and apply the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.
Very good (4):
You can review academic literature in a systematic manner and apply existing knowledge insightfully in a research project. You utilize relevant research methods insightfully including digital technology in development projects. You understand and apply insightfully the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

You can review academic literature in a systematic manner and apply existing knowledge insightfully and critically in a research project. You utilize relevant research methods insightfully and critically including digital technology in development projects. You understand and apply insightfully and critically the well-established principles of responsible conduct in research.

Qualifications

This is only for second-year students in the IB bachelor's degree programme, who are also enrolled in an academic track of the IB bachelor's degree programme.

Further information

Assessment methods are informed by the corresponding academic track teachers in their academic tracks.