Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- describe the objectives and core contents of their thesis
- plan and describe the stages of the thesis process
- take into account the possible research permit and copyright issues

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course consists of two parts: Thesis planning 4 credits + Thesis report writing 1 credit:

Thesis Report Writing 1 credit, online delivery: to be registered according to a separate schedule in Moodle.
The Thesis Report Writing course is part of the Thesis Design course. It should be taken when the work is in its very early stages. The course will be announced on the Moodle platform

Designing a thesis 4 credits:

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Choice of topic and related preparatory tasks

OCTOBER-MARCH - Topic seminar

The topic seminar is a presentation of a topic. The seminar will focus on the starting points of the work, and will require you to answer the following questions:

What, why, for whom, how?
What does it require of the author?
What are the objectives?
What are the skills that are being applied?
How does expertise come to the fore?
How is the topic approached, from what perspective?
The research approach - an initial plan of how to go about the research
Formulating the problem!
Making and developing a work plan
Framework
Documention has been started
Choose a supervisor and opponent for your work
How do you make the process visible?

Presentation 5 min / student -> 10 min discussion


DECEMBER - PLANNING - WORKSHOP

After the workshop and as a follow-up, the following should be clarified/visited:

Students should justify their work: what, why, for whom and how the questions are relevant.
What does the thesis and the process require of the author?
The objective must be clear and written down.
What will be applied in the work?
How does expertise come into it?
What kind of research approach is there in the work?
Formulation of the problem and refinement of the formulation task from the topic seminar.
Scheduling the process
How to document the process, how do you make the process visible?
Presenting/constructing the disposition
Guidance

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Timing and attendance

2 contact meetings with the steering group
Possibility for students to arrange separate tutoring time with individual tutors
The thesis is done independently with the support of guidance and supervision

Student time use and work load

1cr = 27 hrs student work, 5 cr=135 hrs

Assessment criteria

PASS/FAIL, the implementation is connected to whole thesis process ( in total 15 cr), which continues in Spring.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- present the results or output of their thesis
- report on their thesis in writing in accordance with the thesis guidelines of LAB University of Applied Sciences
- write a maturity test.

Implementation and methods of teaching

PUBLICATION SEMINARS: APRIL/MAY

Finalising the thesis result, finalising the report and finalising the presentation at the publication seminar and the maturity essay.

Return of the final written report to the supervisors
Publication seminar: 20 min / student + commentary 25 min

Timing and attendance

Attendance at the seminar is compulsory and must be arranged separately with the supervising teacher in the event of a disability. Individual tuition as required

Learning material and recommended literature

In the Moodle Platform for Thesis work

Working life cooperation

The thesis can be carried out in cooperation with working life or in RND - projects. The student acquires and negotiates the cooperation independently.

Assessment criteria

Pass/Fail. The final thesis is assessed according to the LAB University of Applied Sciences' thesis assessment framework:

https://elab.lab.fi/sites/default/files/category-page/2022-08/LAB_Thesis_evaluation_criteria_Bachelor_170822.pdf

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- implement the thesis on the basis of an approved thesis plan.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The thesis will be taken forward through seminar work and individual guidance.
There will be 3 seminar days and the student will arrange the individual supervision with his/her supervisor as needed.

JANUARY Drafting seminar

10 min/presentation/student 10 min feedback discussion

The drafting seminar will examine the whole process and how to present it. Feedback will be given on the whole process development cycle, so the student will have to present drafts, material experiments in abundance. The student is expected to reflect on and evaluate their own work and process. The seminar should demonstrate a research approach appropriate to the topic and the decisions and policies that have been taken and how they have been justified.

In addition, the seminar will provide feedback on the written part, the guidance on documentation should be fully in place.

Some issues from the planning seminar will be revisited in this seminar if they were not in order then. The student will appear in the drafting seminar as an expert.


FEBRUARY - 2024 DESIGN PROCESS AND WRITING

Individual guidance at times provided by your instructor - reserve times yourself.

Plus separate writing workshops in February and March.

Look: Joint info on the Institute of Design Thesis Moodle


MARCH: PREPARATION SEMINAR, 2 days

The work is almost done! The seminar presentation is also the publication of the "dress rehearsal"


The Preparatory Seminar will prepare you to present your work at the Graduate Seminar and to complete your work on time. Students present their work as experts on their topic. Folding the presentation prepares the student for the folding of the written part, which is part of the expression in art work. The seminar will cover

The objective and the design task
The solution model and methods used for the design task
Product design, prototypes and experiments -> as far as they are ready
Causal relationships in the process and decision making -> explain why you have arrived at a particular outcome and how the background/design process has supported it
How the work will proceed and a timetable for completion


Time for presentation 20 min / student + commentary 20 min

Timing and attendance

Attendance at the seminar is compulsory and must be arranged separately with the supervising teacher in the event of a disability. Individual tuition as required.

Learning material and recommended literature

In the Moodle Platform for Thesis work

Working life cooperation

The thesis can be carried out in cooperation with working life or in RND - projects. The student acquires and negotiates the cooperation independently.

Assessment criteria

Pass/Fail. The finished final thesis is assessed according to the LAB University of Applied Sciences' thesis assessment framework:

https://elab.lab.fi/sites/default/files/category-page/2022-08/LAB_Thesis_evaluation_criteria_Bachelor_170822.pdf

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- implement the thesis on the basis of an approved thesis plan.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The thesis will be taken forward through seminar work and individual guidance.
There will be 3 seminar days and the student will arrange the individual supervision with his/her supervisor as needed.

JANUARY Drafting seminar

10 min/presentation/student 10 min feedback discussion

The drafting seminar will examine the whole process and how to present it. Feedback will be given on the whole process development cycle, so the student will have to present drafts, material experiments in abundance. The student is expected to reflect on and evaluate their own work and process. The seminar should demonstrate a research approach appropriate to the topic and the decisions and policies that have been taken and how they have been justified.

In addition, the seminar will provide feedback on the written part, the guidance on documentation should be fully in place.

Some issues from the planning seminar will be revisited in this seminar if they were not in order then. The student will appear in the drafting seminar as an expert.


FEBRUARY - 2024 DESIGN PROCESS AND WRITING

Individual guidance at times provided by your instructor - reserve times yourself.

Plus separate writing workshops in February and March.

Look: Joint info on the Institute of Design Thesis Moodle


MARCH: PREPARATION SEMINAR, 2 days

The work is almost done! The seminar presentation is also the publication of the "dress rehearsal"


The Preparatory Seminar will prepare you to present your work at the Graduate Seminar and to complete your work on time. Students present their work as experts on their topic. Folding the presentation prepares the student for the folding of the written part, which is part of the expression in art work. The seminar will cover

The objective and the design task
The solution model and methods used for the design task
Product design, prototypes and experiments -> as far as they are ready
Causal relationships in the process and decision making -> explain why you have arrived at a particular outcome and how the background/design process has supported it
How the work will proceed and a timetable for completion


Time for presentation 20 min / student + commentary 20 min

Timing and attendance

Attendance at the seminar is compulsory and must be arranged separately with the supervising teacher in the event of a disability. Individual tuition as required.

Learning material and recommended literature

In the Moodle Platform for Thesis work

Working life cooperation

The thesis can be carried out in cooperation with working life or in RND - projects. The student acquires and negotiates the cooperation independently.

Assessment criteria

Pass/Fail. The finished final thesis is assessed according to the LAB University of Applied Sciences' thesis assessment framework:

https://elab.lab.fi/sites/default/files/category-page/2022-08/LAB_Thesis_evaluation_criteria_Bachelor_170822.pdf

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- present the results or output of their thesis
- report on their thesis in writing in accordance with the thesis guidelines of LAB University of Applied Sciences
- write a maturity test.

Implementation and methods of teaching

PUBLICATION SEMINARS: APRIL/MAY

Finalising the thesis result, finalising the report and finalising the presentation at the publication seminar and the maturity essay.

Return of the final written report to the supervisors
Publication seminar: 20 min / student + commentary 25 min

Timing and attendance

Attendance at the seminar is compulsory and must be arranged separately with the supervising teacher in the event of a disability. Individual tuition as required

Learning material and recommended literature

In the Moodle Platform for Thesis work

Working life cooperation

The thesis can be carried out in cooperation with working life or in RND - projects. The student acquires and negotiates the cooperation independently.

Assessment criteria

Pass/Fail. The final thesis is assessed according to the LAB University of Applied Sciences' thesis assessment framework:

https://elab.lab.fi/sites/default/files/category-page/2022-08/LAB_Thesis_evaluation_criteria_Bachelor_170822.pdf

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- describe the objectives and core contents of their thesis
- plan and describe the stages of the thesis process
- take into account the possible research permit and copyright issues

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course consists of two parts: Thesis planning 4 credits + Thesis report writing 1 credit:

Thesis Report Writing 1 credit, online delivery: to be registered according to a separate schedule in Moodle.
The Thesis Report Writing course is part of the Thesis Design course. It should be taken when the work is in its very early stages. The course will be announced on the Moodle platform

Designing a thesis 4 credits:

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Choice of topic and related preparatory tasks

OCTOBER-MARCH - Topic seminar

The topic seminar is a presentation of a topic. The seminar will focus on the starting points of the work, and will require you to answer the following questions:

What, why, for whom, how?
What does it require of the author?
What are the objectives?
What are the skills that are being applied?
How does expertise come to the fore?
How is the topic approached, from what perspective?
The research approach - an initial plan of how to go about the research
Formulating the problem!
Making and developing a work plan
Framework
Documention has been started
Choose a supervisor and opponent for your work
How do you make the process visible?

Presentation 5 min / student -> 10 min discussion


DECEMBER - PLANNING - WORKSHOP

After the workshop and as a follow-up, the following should be clarified/visited:

Students should justify their work: what, why, for whom and how the questions are relevant.
What does the thesis and the process require of the author?
The objective must be clear and written down.
What will be applied in the work?
How does expertise come into it?
What kind of research approach is there in the work?
Formulation of the problem and refinement of the formulation task from the topic seminar.
Scheduling the process
How to document the process, how do you make the process visible?
Presenting/constructing the disposition
Guidance

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Timing and attendance

2 contact meetings with the steering group
Possibility for students to arrange separate tutoring time with individual tutors
The thesis is done independently with the support of guidance and supervision

Student time use and work load

1cr = 27 hrs student work, 5 cr=135 hrs

Assessment criteria

PASS/FAIL, the implementation is connected to whole thesis process ( in total 15 cr), which continues in Spring.

Assessment scale

1-5