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Master’s Thesis Final Report (10 cr)

Code: TH00BP82-3037

General information


Enrollment

01.07.2024 - 30.09.2025

Timing

31.07.2024 - 31.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Master School

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master`s Degree Programme in Social Services and Health Care, Gerontological Expertise

Teachers

  • Heli Vaartio-Rajalin
  • Sini Eloranta
  • Riikka Maijala

Groups

  • YGEROK24V

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:
· produce a lingually acceptable final report on her/his development project
· present verbally the process, main results and outcome of her/his development project
· evaluate critically own competence as a project manager and phases of her/his development project
· recognize utility of the outcome of her/his development project
· evaluate critically the process, outcome and final report of other students’ development project
· write a maturity test concerning her/his master’s thesis

Content

· Final report of the master’s thesis
· Reporting seminar
· Maturity test
· Acting as opponent
· Peer feedback
· Self-evaluation
· Poster prsenting the development project

Materials

National and international publications related to the thesis topic. Literature on RDI methods.

Teaching methods

Independent work. Based on sociocultural learning concept, along with an approach that promotes innovation in learning and development.

Exam schedules

No exam.

International connections

Learning and applied RDI activities are combined with the development needs of working life through Innovation pedagogy and the tripartite model.

Student workload

Completing the final report
Plagiarism check
Preparing and presenting a poster or oral presentation at the TALK seminar
Writing a maturity test

Content scheduling

Objectives:

The student is able
- produce a linguistically acceptable written final report
- describe the overall process of the thesis, its key results, and the outcomes
- critically evaluate own skills and the different phases of their thesis
- recognize the usability of the final product of the thesis
- write a maturity test based on the thesis

Content:
- final report of the thesis
- maturity test
- oral or poster presentation of the thesis

Further information

The reporting phase can only begin once the implementation phase has been approved.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Approved completion of the tasks. The evaluation grid is described in detail in Messi, covering the following areas:
- knowledge and skills in the field, as well as the ability to understand and evaluate them
- RDI expertise
- self-development skills
- organizational and collaboration skills
- ethical competences

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The report does not meet the given requirements.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The criteria are described in detail in Messi.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The criteria are described in detail in Messi.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The criteria are described in detail in Messi.