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Thesis Plan (5 cr)

Code: TH00CA49-3009

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 22.01.2025

Timing

01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Marika Kouki

Groups

  • PSOSTS22
  • PSOSS22V

Objective

• you are able to solve problems creatively and carry out networked, collaborative research and development of social and education services with various operators
• you are able to write a thesis plan independently and use research and/or development methods to reform work and/or operating practices
• you are able to produce knowledge to promote well-being and comply with research and development ethics principles and practical instructions
• you know how to communicate about research and give constructive peer feedback

Content

• the scope of the thesis, its presentation and approval
• writing the thesis plan and its approval
• research communications as part of preparing a thesis
• the commissioner and the contract with the commissioner
• the thesis instructions of Turku University of Applied Sciences and the degree programme
• workshop activities, peer feedback and designation of the thesis supervisor

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Qualifications

The student may begin writing a thesis when they have completed at least 60 credits in their entirety and both study units of research and development methods. The Development and Research Methods course can also be completed during the same semester as the student starts work on the thesis.