Thesis (15 cr)

Objective

Students will be competent in applying their professional knowledge and practical skills in research, development and innovation tasks linked to their professional studies requiring expertise in cooperation with others involved in the process. They will demonstrate that they possess the competence to use critical, research based, developmental and ethical thinking as a basis for developing their expertise.

Content

Part 1: Finding the thesis topic 3 cr
Aims of the thesis, selecting and defining the topic
Supervision and peer supervision
Commitment, responsibility and duty
Topic analysis and data retrieval methods
Part 2. Planning the thesis 5 cr
Cooperation with commissioning party
Commissioning agreement and copyright
Evaluation procedures
Thesis plan and presentation
Part 3. Carrying out the thesis, presentation and reporting 7 cr
Presentation and use of the thesis, seminars and poster
Publication and marketing
Part 4. Maturity test
Polytechnic Studies Act 352/2003

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criteria: http://www.kamk.fi/opari/Opinnaytetyopakki/Etusivu

Prerequisites

The topic analysis must be approved before starting on the thesis plan. The plan must be approved prior to writing/carrying out and presenting the thesis. The thesis must be presented prior to completing the maturity test.