KEMA261 Maturity Exam for Bachelor's Degree (0 cr)

Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish, Swedish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Chemistry
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

With the maturity exam, students demonstrate their in-depth familiarity with the topic of their thesis and their mastery of academic writing conventions. In addition, students whose school language has been Finnish or Swedish demonstrate in the maturity exam that their proficiency in either language is at the level of excellent.

Students who have completed their school education in a language other than Finnish or Swedish can complete their maturity exam in Finnish or Swedish, if they have sufficient skills in these languages, or in English.

The content of the maturity exam is evaluated by a representative of the discipline in question and its language quality by a language specialist approved by the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi).

In cases where students write the maturity exam in a language other than their school language, the familiarity with the thesis topic and the mastery of academic writing conventions are emphasized in the evaluation.

Learning outcomes

In the maturity exam, the student demonstrates
  • familiarity with the subject of the thesis,
  • mastery of academic writing conventions,
  • Finnish or Swedish proficiency.

Additional information

If you write the Maturity exam in English, you can find more instructions here Maturity exam | University of Jyväskylä (jyu.fi)

Description of prerequisites

Writing Bachelor's Thesis simultaneously

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
The maturity exam is graded on a two-level scale of pass/fail, and both the content and language quality must be at an acceptable level in order to receive the passing grade.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Evaluation of the Content (0 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish, Swedish

Teaching

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Language Checking (0 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
Finnish

Teaching